In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This historic document constituted a universal 'plan for action for people, planet and prosperity.' The Sustainable Development Goals serves as an expert compendium, the most authoritative ready-reference tool for anyone interested in the SDGs.

1: Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer: End poverty in all its forms everywhere 2: Elif Askin: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 3: Christina Binder, Jane Hofbauer: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 4: Jane Kotzmann, Morgan Stonebridge, and John R Morss: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 5: Rangita de Silva de Alwis: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 6: Owen McIntyre: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 7: Francesco Seatzu, Katerina Akestoridi: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 8: Francesco Seatzu, Katerina Akestoridi: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 9: P. Sean Morris: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation 10: Johanna Aleria Lorenzo: Reduce inequality within and among countries 11: Hannah Birkenkötter: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 12: Katerina Mitkidis, Adriana Sefcikova: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 13: Francesca Romanin Jacur: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 14: Christos Kypraios, Irini Fasia: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development 15: Frederic Perron-Welch, Jorge Cabrera, Dario Piselli, Alexandra Goodman, Aleksandra Spasevski: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss 16: Tom Kabau: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 17: Andreas Rechkemmer, Damilola S. Olawuyi: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Ilias Bantekas is Professor of Transnational Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar Foundation), Adjunct Professor of international law at Georgetown University, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service and Senior Associate Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) University of London. He has advised private clients, charities, governments, and inter-governmental organisations (UN, UNDP, EU, Council of Europe and others) in most fields of international law and transnational contracts. He also serves as arbitrator in international commercial disputes. Francesco Seatzu is Chair of International Law at the University of Cagliari. He has been Visiting Scholar and Professor in several universities, most recently the University of Huelva (2017), the University of Murcia (2018), and the University of Donostia-San Sebastian (2019). He is a Member of the Doctoral School of International and EU Law of the State University of Milano, the CIDOIE and the Italian Society of International Law. Katerina Akestoridi was a Teaching Associate at Université Catholique de Lille during the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022 while she also held a Fellowship at the Faculties of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Cagliari, Italy. She has practiced law in Athens, Greece and consulted in the NGO sector (IBAHRI and EHRAC). Her current research focuses on the accountability of non-state actors for sustainable development and the nexus between the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law.

Constitutes an authoritative reference on the Sustainable Development Goals and provides commentary on each goal and its targets Collects all relevant scholarship on the Sustainable Development Goals from different disciplines into one comprehensive source Contributes to the identification of general principles and sub-principles of sustainable development in international law Commentary format and cross-references allow ease of navigation