Fig. 3: Global individual SDG target score changes in 2030 and 2050.

RCP2.6 scenarios for a 2030 and b 2050, RCP4.5 scenarios for c 2030 and d 2050, and RCP6.0 scenarios for e 2030 and f 2050. Note: Global individual SDG target score changes in 2100 are shown in Supplementary Fig. 1. The individual SDG targets include SDG 1.1 (eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere), SDG 2.3 (enhance agricultural productive capacity), SDG 3.9 (reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination), SDG 4.3 (ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university), SDG 5.5 (ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life), SDG 6.4 (ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater), SDG 7.2 (increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix), SDG 8.4 (improve resource efficiency in consumption and production), SDG 8.5 (achieve full and productive employment), SDG 9.4 (promote clean and sustainable industrialization), SDG 10.4 (adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social, protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality), SDG 11.6 (reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities), SDG 12.2 (achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources), SDG 13.2 (integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning), SDG 14.1 (prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution), SDG 15.1 (ensure sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems), SDG 16.7 (ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels), and SDG 17.1 (strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection).