Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Foster Innovation

SDG 9 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sets out eight targets and twelve indicators used to monitor the achievement of the goals. With more than half of the world's population living in cities, mass transport, renewable energy and carbon reduction call for solutions and new industries and information and communication technologies. Innovation in infrastructure, industry and the technologies needed for the transition are the main drivers of economic growth and development. Investment in scientific research, innovation and technologies promotes SDG-aligned infrastructures key to solving and meeting the resulting social, economic and environmental challenges, such as CO₂ and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, improving infrastructure energy efficiency, and creating new jobs.