Sustainable development goals: all you need to know

Overview on the SDGs aims and history of origins. The article explains why the SDGs follow the Milliennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the evolution in the approach of this new set of goals. The articles last amendment took place in September 2015 when the goals were adopted and show how from the beginning on the topics impact measurement and funding of the SDGs were the two biggest questions. Already in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (development finance summit) of the UN money generated from the private sector would be most important to achieve the SDGs next to public finance and aid.