The OECD Measuring Distance to the SDG Targets Study aims to help member countries assess where they stand now and to identify the areas where additional effort is required in order to achieve the goals. It also sets out the statistical agenda – showing how much we do not yet know, and how this might …
Since 2018, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) regularly monitors the progress of European countries towards the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through the selection of over 70 elementary indicators and their aggregation into 16 composite indicators. In this document, ASviS presents the composite indicators to measure the performance of the European …
Despite considerable efforts these past four years, we are not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We must dramatically step up the pace of implementation as we enter a decisive decade for people and the planet. We must connect the dots across all that we do – as individuals, civic groups, …
In January 2019, the European Commission presented its reflection paper ‘Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030’, reaffirming the EU’s commitment to delivering on the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its implementation.
This intention was first expressed in the European Commission’s Communication ‘Next steps for a sustainable European future: European action for sustainability’ in November …
This ASviS Report for 2019, now in its fourth edition, introduces several innovations. The Report sets out the position of Italy, its regions and the European Union with regard to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda, analyses the regulatory output of the last twelve months, and puts forward proposals to improve Italy’s …
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) has established a process of voluntary national reviews (VNRs), which have become a tool for the review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. Between the years 2016 and 2018, 111 VNRs have been submitted by governments to the HLPF. Since its inception, the HLPF peer review system …
The Third Edition in an annual series commissioned by civil society organisations
This report, the third edition of Progressing National SDGs Implementation, aims to provide useful insights and suggestions to inform these discussions and help guide improved implementation and reporting. It documents and analyses all 46 VNR reports submitted in 2018 to the HLPF, as …
The report demonstrates that progress is being made in some critical areas, and that some favorable trends are evident. Extreme poverty has declined considerably, the under-5 mortality rate fell by 49 per cent between 2000 and 2017, immunizations have saved millions of lives, and the vast majority of the world’s population now has access to …
The Sustainable Development Report 2019 presents an updated SDG Index and Dashboards with a refined assessment of countries’ distance to SDG targets.
As in previous years, the Sustainable Development Report 2019 presents the most up-to-date metrics to gauge the performance of countries on the SDGs. Trends are presented at the level of goals and for …
De duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (SDG’s) in een Belgisch perspectief
Er is meer dan 3 jaar verstreken sinds de Verenigde Naties een akkoord hebben bereikt over 17 duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals of SDG’s). Ze staan voor een bijna alomvattende en behoorlijk ambitieuze agenda, te realiseren tegen 2030. Doelen als armoede en honger uitbannen, ongelijkheid verminderen en …