Time to walk the talk on sustainable development goals
As
the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit closed in New York with a bold
new global sustainability roadmap, world leaders now need to focus on
fulfilling that vision. The task ahead is clear, but not easy – world
leaders must go home and make the necessary administrative, legal,
regulatory and fiscal decisions, and spend the next 15 years
implementing and enforcing this agenda. Unlike the Millennium
Development Goals that were mainly aimed at developing countries, for
the SDGs, all goals have to be achieved in all countries.
the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit closed in New York with a bold
new global sustainability roadmap, world leaders now need to focus on
fulfilling that vision. The task ahead is clear, but not easy – world
leaders must go home and make the necessary administrative, legal,
regulatory and fiscal decisions, and spend the next 15 years
implementing and enforcing this agenda. Unlike the Millennium
Development Goals that were mainly aimed at developing countries, for
the SDGs, all goals have to be achieved in all countries.
The Agenda 2030, which contains the 17 SDGs,
agreed upon by countries, with the participation of other actors in an
unprecedented democratic process, necessitate important transformations.
Leida Rijnhout, Director of Global Policies and Sustainability at the European Environmental Bureau, stated that the new development goals present an opportunity to transform the world’s development agenda.
agreed upon by countries, with the participation of other actors in an
unprecedented democratic process, necessitate important transformations.
Leida Rijnhout, Director of Global Policies and Sustainability at the European Environmental Bureau, stated that the new development goals present an opportunity to transform the world’s development agenda.
“The
Sustainable Development Goals should give some much needed impetus for a
paradigm shift to a new global economic and political system based on
sustainability, human rights and equality,” states Leida.
Sustainable Development Goals should give some much needed impetus for a
paradigm shift to a new global economic and political system based on
sustainability, human rights and equality,” states Leida.
For this to happen there’s need for a clear political and moral will to implement the SDGs
“Governments
have to use their political and moral power to put the right policies
in place and mobilise all means of implementation to enable the shift
away from business-as-usual,” states Leida.
have to use their political and moral power to put the right policies
in place and mobilise all means of implementation to enable the shift
away from business-as-usual,” states Leida.
