The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, ratified by all 193 member states of the U.N. General Assembly in 2015, outline 17 goals considered central to sustainable development in all countries. Building on and broadening the Millennium Development Goals adopted in 2005, the new goals offer a more holistic vision of child and youth development, as well as recognition that the well-being and healthy development of children and youth are essential to global development. The goals were developed with worldwide input, are intended to apply to all countries, and focus on equity. This brief summarizes a longer social policy report, "Children, Youth and Developmental Science in the 2015-2030 Global Sustainable Development Goals" (Abbie Raikes, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross, Pia Rebello Britto, Iheoma Iruka). The report describes the central role of supporting child and youth development in achieving the vision behind the U.N. Sustainable Development Agenda. It addresses the importance of developmental science in achieving the aims of the Sustainable Development Agenda through generating knowledge of child and youth development in diverse contexts, monitoring and measurement to reveal patterns of success and inequity, and building capacity for developmental science in all countries. [For the full report, see ED581660.]