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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
Policy papers
The EU Ecolabel, the Circular Economy Package, and the Sustainable Development Goals
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/documents/news_alert/1_semester_2016.pdf
Source: EU ECOLABEL News alert
Goal 12
EU
Articles
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
Policy papers
Deirdre de Burca. Director of Advocacy & Justice for Children
Member of the Steering Committee of SDG Watch Europe. Familiar with the overall framework and a particular interest in Goals 16 and 17.
Goal 16, Goal 17
EU
Speakers
Twitter SDG Watch Europe
https://twitter.com/SDGwatcheurope
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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
Policy papers
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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EU
Policy papers
The Role of National Sustainable Development Councils in Europe in Implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
This report suggests fresh thinking and new action in order to foster and expand civil society engagement in implementing sustainability. SDG implementation is clearly a matter of regulation, but regulation alone will not do the trick. We need new forms of governance that resonate with society, the private sector and organised civil society groups. This …
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EU
Monitoring & review tools, Policy papers
Stakeholders activities in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sd and the Sdgs Implementation
In the context of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this ESDN Quarterly Report tries to provide a picture of the extremely variegated, wide and multi-faceted world of stakeholders, other organisations and local initiatives that are relating to the 2030 Agenda. With the intention to …
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EU
Monitoring & review tools