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SDG 9 (Industry Innovation)

The ninth Sustainable Development Goal: build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A research programme on sustainable cement maps to SDG 9 Target 9.4 (sustainable retrofit of industries).
Is an instance
A funder portfolio review reports investment in SDG 9 Target 9.5 (scientific research) by country.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
Labelling all engineering research as SDG 9 without target-specific analysis.
Not an instance
Mapping innovation research to SDG 9 while ignoring its environmental dimensions.

Editorial commentary

SDG 9 contains 8 targets covering sustainable infrastructure, industrial sector growth (with attention to least developed countries), small-scale industries access to finance, sustainable industries, scientific research and technology, infrastructure resilience, mobile and internet access, and domestic technology development. Research contributions to SDG 9 span engineering, materials science, technology innovation, science and technology policy, infrastructure economics, and digital divide research. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and UNIDO coordinate global tracking.

References

UN sdgs.un.org/goals/goal9. UNIDO SDG 9 monitoring framework.

Also known as

SDG 9 · Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure SDG

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

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Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

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