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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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1. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 1: End poverty in all its forms?

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1. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 1: End poverty in all its forms?

Total Vote: 16

Advancing progress.
75 %
Impeding progress.
18.8 %
Not relevant to me.
6.3 %

2. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 2: End hunger, achieve food security?

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2. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 2: End hunger, achieve food security?

Total Vote: 12

Advancing progress.
83.3 %
Impeding progress.
16.7 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

3. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 3: Ensure healthy lives?

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3. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 3: Ensure healthy lives?

Total Vote: 10

Advancing progress.
80 %
Impeding progress.
20 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

4. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 4: Ensure inclusive education?

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4. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 4: Ensure inclusive education?

Total Vote: 12

Advancing progress.
100 %
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0 %
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0 %

5. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 5: Achieve gender equality?

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5. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 5: Achieve gender equality?

Total Vote: 11

Advancing progress.
100 %
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0 %
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0 %

6. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 6: Ensure availability of water, sanitation?

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6. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 6: Ensure availability of water, sanitation?

Total Vote: 10

Advancing progress.
70 %
Impeding progress.
30 %
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0 %

7. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 7: Ensure access to sustainable energy?

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7. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 7: Ensure access to sustainable energy?

Total Vote: 9

Advancing progress.
88.9 %
Impeding progress.
11.1 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

8. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 8: Promote inclusive economic growth?

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8. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 8: Promote inclusive economic growth?

Total Vote: 8

Advancing progress.
87.5 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
12.5 %

9. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 9: Build resilient infrastructure?

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9. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 9: Build resilient infrastructure?

Total Vote: 9

Advancing progress.
88.9 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
11.1 %

10. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 10: Reduce inequality among countries?

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10. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 10: Reduce inequality among countries?

Total Vote: 9

Advancing progress.
88.9 %
Impeding progress.
11.1 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

11. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 11: Make cities safe and sustainable?

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11. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 11: Make cities safe and sustainable?

Total Vote: 8

Advancing progress.
87.5 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
12.5 %

12. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 12: Ensure sustainable development?

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12. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 12: Ensure sustainable development?

Total Vote: 7

Advancing progress.
85.7 %
Impeding progress.
14.3 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

13. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 13: Urgent action to combat climate change?

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13. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 13: Urgent action to combat climate change?

Total Vote: 8

Advancing progress.
87.5 %
Impeding progress.
12.5 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

14. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 14: Conserve the ocean?

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14. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 14: Conserve the ocean?

Total Vote: 8

Advancing progress.
100 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

15. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 15: Protect terrestrial ecosystems?

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15. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 15: Protect terrestrial ecosystems?

Total Vote: 8

Advancing progress.
100 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

16. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies?

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16. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies?

Total Vote: 9

Advancing progress.
88.9 %
Impeding progress.
11.1 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

17. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 17: Strengthen the global partnership?

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17. Are you advancing or impeding progress toward SDG No. 17: Strengthen the global partnership?

Total Vote: 9

Advancing progress.
100 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
0 %

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