LAG21 Closing Event Opportunities and Challenges en route to Realizing Agenda 2030 – The Role of Cities As part of LAG21’s Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW) Closing Event, Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner (German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE); German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)) gave a keynote on the path dependency of […]
As part of LAG21’s Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW) Closing Event, Annette Turmann (Service Agency Communities in One World) and Dr. Klaus Reuter (LAG21) presented background information and results of the project that began 2016 and ended this year April and saw the participation of 15 model municipalities of 19,000 and up to one million inhabitants. Their commitment to implement Agenda 2030 and realize individual SDGs is reflected in their financial commitment and newly created strategic planning within GNK NRW.
As part of LAG21’s Global Sustainable Municipality in NRW (GNK NRW) Closing Event, Jens Martens from Global Policy Forum addressed the relevance of Agenda 2030 as a guiding framework, not only on the state and regional, but also on the local level. In order to implement Agenda 2030 on the local level, individual SDG indicators need to be determined and subsequently monitored. In the process, networking and knowledge sharing between municipalities can help to accelerate the progress among them and upstream information sharing inform the state and country level. In the end Martens proposes six key areas of activities to overcome four future challenges he identifies to localize SDGs.
Individuals’ decision making and action taking determines whether Agenda 2030 and its 17 SDGs will be realized. But, where lies the greatest potential for a more sustainable lifestyle, what is the role of politics, will all efforts be in vain due to more structural factors, can enhanced cooperation and networking or emerging technologies make a difference?
After cumbersome negotiations, SDG 10 in combination with Subgoal 16 marks the 1st time that public access to information is part of an international agreement. For its implementation, innovative approaches with digital answers are equally beneficial for countries of the global north and south.
Agenda 2030 – Focus Cities and Regions: Think Globally, Act Locally "Cities and municipalities: think global, act local" @FIW_Bonn, w/ Sabine Drees (@staedtetag, Connective Cities), Dr Ute Böttcher (@giz_gmbh, Governance and Conflict directorate), Sègla Lihoussou (ANCB, executive secretary), moderated by @HolgerHank, @DeutscheWelle #weltimwandel pic.twitter.com/ZM1Ds84PsN — JFKuhlmann (@JF_Kuhlmann) November 21, 2017 Wie beginnen heute Abend […]
FIW Bonn’s second Agenda 2030 event on the US current position on Climate Change under Trump – how they got there, implications of staying on course, and what’s to come if the US people not take over the reins to change tack by themselves; w/ Prof Bindenagel, Prof Sielke, Chris Barrett and Mike Bonanno, part of The Yes Men.
Agenda 2030 – Focus Sciences: Observers and Analysts 1st session of this years lecture series on #agenda2030, science and politics together for #sustainability, #SDGs. #weltimwandel pic.twitter.com/DipkIaCmLa — JFKuhlmann (@JF_Kuhlmann) October 24, 2017 Die Eröffnungsrede wird heute von Prof. Conermann gehalten – ein herzliches "Willkommen" an all unsere Gäste! pic.twitter.com/E7NP0KlIlR — FIW Bonn (@FIW_Bonn) October […]