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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Quick self assessment

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: 17

Advancing progress.
70.6 %
Impeding progress.
17.6 %
Not relevant to me.
11.8 %

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: 13

Advancing progress.
76.9 %
Impeding progress.
15.4 %
Not relevant to me.
7.7 %

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: 11

Advancing progress.
72.7 %
Impeding progress.
18.2 %
Not relevant to me.
9.1 %

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: 13

Advancing progress.
92.3 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
7.7 %

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: 12

Advancing progress.
91.7 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
8.3 %

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: 11

Advancing progress.
63.6 %
Impeding progress.
27.3 %
Not relevant to me.
9.1 %

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: 10

Advancing progress.
80 %
Impeding progress.
10 %
Not relevant to me.
10 %

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: 9

Advancing progress.
77.8 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
22.2 %

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: 10

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

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: 10

Advancing progress.
80 %
Impeding progress.
10 %
Not relevant to me.
10 %

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: 9

Advancing progress.
77.8 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
22.2 %

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: 8

Advancing progress.
75 %
Impeding progress.
12.5 %
Not relevant to me.
12.5 %

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: 9

Advancing progress.
77.8 %
Impeding progress.
11.1 %
Not relevant to me.
11.1 %

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: 9

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

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: 11

Advancing progress.
72.7 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
27.3 %

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: 12

Advancing progress.
66.7 %
Impeding progress.
8.3 %
Not relevant to me.
25 %

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: 12

Advancing progress.
75 %
Impeding progress.
0 %
Not relevant to me.
25 %

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