Reinterpreting the SDGs: Taking Animals into Direct Consideration

The United Nations Agenda 2030 contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). These are formulated in anthropocentric terms, meaning that they to be achieved for the sake of humans. As such, SDGs neglecting interests and welfare non-human animals. Our aim this paper was ethically evaluate assumptions underlie current stance SDGs. We argue there no good reasons uphold these assumptions, should therefore reconsidered so take animals into direct consideration. This has some interesting implications how we understand fulfil pursuit sustainability general. Most noticeably, several SDGs—such as those regarding zero hunger (SDG 2), health wellbeing 3), clean water sanitation 6)—should well. Moreover, measures undertake order achieve humans must also account their effects on