proposals. country examples australia this section is an excerpt from sustainable development goals and australia. artwork of 17 individual, yet interconnected, art strips symbolising each of the 17 interconnected sustainable development goals in the shape of the australian continent. the commonwealth of australia was one of the 193 countries that adopted the 2030 agenda in september 2015. implementation of the agenda is led by the department of foreign affairs and trade (dfat) and the department of the prime minister and cabinet (pm&c) with different federal government agencies responsible for each of the goals. in november 2020, the transforming australia: sdg progress report stated that while australia was performing well in health (sdg 3) and education (sdg 4) it was falling behind in the reduction of co2 emissions (sdg 13), waste and environmental degradation (sdg 12, sdg 14 and sdg 15), and addressing economic inequality (sdg 10). africa the united nations development programme (undp) has collected information to show how awareness about the sdgs among government officers, civil society and others has been created in many african countries. nigeria this section is an excerpt from sustainable development goals and nigeria. nigeria is one of the countries that presented its voluntary national review (vnr) in 2017 and 2020 on the implementation of the sdgs at the high-level political forum on sustainable development (hlpf). in 2020, nigeria ranked 160 on the 2020 world's sdg index. the government affirmed that nigeria's current development priorities and objectives are focused on achieving the sdgs. europe and middle east baltic nations, via the council of the baltic sea states, have created the baltic 2030 action plan. lebanon this section is an excerpt from sustainable development goals and lebanon. lebanon adopted the sustainable development goals in 2015. it presented its first voluntary national review vnr in 2018 at the high level political forum in new york. a national committee chaired by the lebanese prime minister is leading the work on the sdgs in the country. in 2019, lebanon's overall performance in the sdg index ranked 6th out of 21 countries in the arab region. united kingdom the uk's approach to delivering the global sdgs is outlined in agenda 2030: delivering the global goals, developed by the department for international development. in 2019, the bond network analyzed the uk's global progress on the sustainable development goals (sdgs). the bond report highlights crucial gaps where attention and investment are most needed. the report was compiled by 49 organizations and 14 networks and working groups.