Why are young people important to the Goals?
There are 1.8 billion people aged 10 – 24 in the world, the largest youth population in history. Young people can be a powerful in holding their governments accountable to
their Global Goals promise by speaking publicly in their support for the Goals now, buying from businesses that are working to support the Goals (and challenging those
that are not) and through their voting power in the near future. Young people can also use their education to take specific action in support of the Goals. They can invent,
they can innovate and they can campaign for causes or to solve problems that they care about.
Choosing one Goal to support is a good way to start, and to take specific action. However, all the Goals are interlinked, so by supporting one Goal your actions will have
positive impacts on other Goals. For example, promoting gender equality (Goal 5) in your school will help support a growing economy (Goal 8) and quality education for all
(Goal 4).
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