UN Global Goals Reach Almost 3 Billion People In Just 7 Days After 193 World Leaders Unite In NYC

With the historic signing of the goals taking place in New York on 25th September, many extraordinary achievements have been made so far to make the goals famous, highlights available here, with an estimated 40% reach of the global population – an average of 417 million people per day.

– 500 million children reached with the World’s Largest Lesson thanks to commitments from Ministries of Education in 103 countries

– 136 flags raisedfrom the North Pole to North Korea, Moscow’s Red Square to 10 Downing Street, Larke Pass in Nepal to Lira Town in northern Uganda

– Mobile operators text almost one billion people about the goals and spread the word to 5.2 billion customers

– 60,000 people attended the Global Citizen Festival including; First Lady Michelle Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bono, Bill and Melinda Gates and Malala Yousafzai. The concert was headlined by Beyoncé and Coldplay and watched on TV in 26 countries

– 1.3 million mentions on social media with #globalgoals trending across the world thanks to the support of 20 of the worlds top websites, Prime Minister David Cameron, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, Ashton Kutcher, 1D, David and Victoria Beckham and many more

– Countless people joined a star studded line-up in the crowdsourced film ‘We The People’ – contributed to by Stephen Hawking, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Colin Firth, Stevie Wonder, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and many more.

– The World’s First Global Cinema Ad produced by Aardman and voiced by Liam Neeson and Michelle Rodriguez premiered in 34 cinemas globally

– Over 250 million people engaged via Radio Everyone in 75 countries with 600 radio partners

– Famous faces including; Naomi Campbell, Nicole Scherzinger, Lily Cole, Sadie Frost, Jodie Kidd, Laura Bailey, Alice Temperley and Alek Wek pledged their support for the goals they are most passionate about in a series of striking photographs

– ‘Invisible man’ artist Liu Bolin created a new piece of artwork by camouflaging himself in front of 193 UN countries’ flags

– Action/2015 report that over 200,000 people took action across more than 100 countries

The aims of the Global Goals are to achieve three extraordinary things in the next 15 years; end poverty, fight inequality & injustice and tackle climate change – for everyone.

193 world leaders have now adopted these aims and committed to addressing 17 Goals.

Project Everyone, founded by Richard Curtis, aims to both make the goals famous and to push for their full implementation. If the goals are famous- if people care about what has been promised by the politicians, it greatly increases their chance of being implemented.

Richard Curtis said: “In just 7 days we’re halfway towards achieving the ambitious goal of telling everyone in the world about the UN Global Goals. Knowledge is power and country by country people are starting to find out about the plan their politicians have made. We all need to know what our rights are in order to claim them. This simple idea of ‘telling everyone’ about the goals means that we can now begin to hold our politicians to account in addressing the 17 core issues brought to the world’s attention at the Sustainable Development Summit on 25th September. Their final aim will be to make us the first generation to end extreme poverty, the most determined generation to end inequality and injustice and the last generation to be threatened by climate change.”

I hope we can now continue to spread the message of the goals to everyone to help make them a reality by 2030. And work towards an annual day where everyone will be encouraged to focus on the Goals, the progress made so far and what needs to be addressed in the years and years ahead to achieve their final goal.”

Stephen Hawking said: “2015 is the year world leaders sign up to the Global Goals. They are an ambitious to do list to eradicate poverty, save the environment, and make the world a fairer place for everyone. To save the world we need everyone to tell everyone.”

Find out more about the Global Goals: www.globalgoals.org