Pressemitteilungen

Bonn/New York, 6. Juli 2020

Um zu verhindern, dass die Coronakrise und ihre wirtschaftlichen Folgen gerade für die ärmeren Länder der Welt in einer noch größeren sozialen und menschlichen Katastrophe enden, darf die internationale Solidarität nicht an Ländergrenzen halt machen. Das fordert die Nichtregierungsorganisation Global Policy Forum (GPF) zum Auftakt des - virtuellen - Meetings, zu dem das höchste Gremium der UN für globale Nachhaltigkeit - eine Art "Sicherheitsrat für Nachhaltigkeitsfragen" - ab morgen, Dienstag, 7. Juli, zusammen kommt. "Nachhaltigkeitsziele und [...]

Berlin/ New York, 09. Juli 2019 – Anlässlich des heute beginnen High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) werden 47 Länder über die Umsetzung der Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDG) in ihren jeweiligen Ländern berichten. Marie-Luise Abshagen, Referentin für Nachhaltige Entwicklung im Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung, wird vom 12. bis 18. Juli vor Ort sein, blickt dem HLPF allerdings kritisch entgegen.

New York, 8 July 2019: “The world is off-track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Most governments have failed to turn the transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real transformational policies. Even worse, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise in a growing number of countries.”

“The implementation of the 2030 Agenda is not just a matter of better policies. It requires more holistic and more sweeping shifts in how power is vested, including through institutional and governance [...]

The third edition of the civil society report Spotlight on Sustainable Development states that unpaid care work represents the largest subsidy to the global economy and the main obstacle for women´s economic participation. Care public policies are needed to transform the social organization of care and narrow gender gaps.

New York, 9 July 2018: “The world is off-track in terms of achieving sustainable development and fundamental policy changes are necessary to unleash the transformative potential of the SDGs.” This is the main message of the Spotlight Report 2018, the most comprehensive independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The report is launched on the opening day of the High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York by a global coalition of civil society organizations [...]

New York, 10 July 2017: A global coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions presents today the report Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017. It is published on the opening day of the High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York. The report provides the most comprehensive independent assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).