11.09.2019

Who’s paying the bill? – Reshaping Governance for Sustainability

11.09.2019, Spotlight Report Launch Brussels

Venue: EKD Office Brussels, Rue Joseph II 166, 1000 Brussels,

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Four years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world is off-track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In order to turn the transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real transformational policies, there needs to be a shift towards more coherent fiscal and regulatory policies.
 
The implementation of the 2030 Agenda is not just a matter of better policies. It requires more holistic and more sweeping shifts in how and where power is vested, including through institutional, legal, social, economic and political commitments to realizing human rights and ecological justice. This is the key message of this year's "Spotlight Report on Sustainable Development" that is co-authored by a network of international NGOs, human rights organisations, think tanks, and trade unions since 2016.
In addition, policy coherence for sustainable development requires to fully take into account the externalities and spill-over effects of European policies, production and consumption patterns. With an emphasis on environmental and social impact beyond our borders, the "Spotlight Report Sustainability in Europe. Who is paying the Bill?" was published this year.

We invite you to join a conversation with the authors of the two shadow reports on SDGs implementation with a special focus on European policies.

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in cooperation with Global Policy Forum and SDG Watch Europe

 

Contact: Sidonie.Wetzig(at)fes-europe.eu