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Reforming Europe towards Sustainability

The present paper identifies three conditions for making progress: the recognition of well-being, rather than growth in GDP, as an overall objective; achieving sustainable lifestyles; and reforming governance to better serve the goal of sustainable development. Specific proposals under the latter heading include reform of the Commission’s REFIT and impact assessment processes, creation of a …

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EU
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Ready for change? Global goals at home and abroad

This report aspires to contribute to an ambitious and concrete implementation of the SDGs. With the participation of over forty Dutch development organisations, research institutions and environmental organisations, the report analyses existing Dutch and EU policies from an SDG perspective. It brings forward specific policy recommendations about how the Netherlands the EU and its member states …

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EU, Netherlands
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Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development “Transforming Our World”

The Regional Environmental Center (REC), in pursuit of its mandate from the signatories to the Charter of the REC to assist the post-2015 global transformation process in the region, organised the “Regional Consultation on the Implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe”,  in April 2016. This document gathers …

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EU
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Reforming Europe towards Sustainability

The present paper identifies three conditions for making progress: the recognition of well-being, rather than growth in GDP, as an overall objective; achieving sustainable lifestyles; and reforming governance to better serve the goal of sustainable development. Specific proposals under the latter heading include reform of the Commission’s REFIT and impact assessment processes, creation of a …

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EU
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Sustainability Now! A European Vision for Sustainability

This report seeks to assess the stakes, argues for new forms of governance and addresses a limited number of sustainability hotspots.

Source: European Commission, by Karl Falkenberg, Senior Adviser for Sustainable Development to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

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