The podcast series "Sustainable Development Goals: evaluating progress for a brighter future" is all about how best to evaluate the SDGs.

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With an online SDG quiz, Welthaus Stuttgart e.V. wants to bring people closer to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Your support is needed for the implementation!

On 11 May, EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Gentiloni spoke to the European Parliament's Environment and Development Committees about the EU's successes and weaknesses in implementing the 2030 Agenda, including innovations in the review process to advance the achievement of the SDGs.

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On 11 May, MEP Anna Cavazzini and MEP Helmut Scholz invite to a webinar on the occasion of the publication of a study by Greenpeace and the Veblen Institute. The study dealt with the European Commission's 'Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments'.

The fourth German HLPF conference will take place on 18 May 2022. At the virtual event, representatives of business, civil society and academia will discuss the implementation of the SDGs as a compass for global cooperation.

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Under the motto "Let's Re-Energise the SDGs", social entrepreneurs, representatives from the private sector, governments, donors and other stakeholders will share their experiences and ideas for fundamental systemic change from 9-13 May as part of Catalysing Change Week 2022.

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To provide developing countries with the financial resources urgently needed to implement the SDGs, UNDP, UN DESA, the OECD, the EU, Italy and Sweden have launched an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) Facility to facilitate investment in the SDGs.

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The German United Nations Association is organising an SDG seminar from 17-19 June 2022, which will focus on the role of the 2030 Agenda for peace processes as well as on the basics of the SDGs. The number of participants is limited, so register quickly!

"Can the world become a place where the planet and all people flourish after the pandemic? Fran Baum and colleagues explore this question in their newly published article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), specifically examining the impact of the Corona pandemic on the SDGs.

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A recently published report by the OECD shows: The implementation of the 2030 Agenda is making slow progress and the achievement of three quarters of the SDGs is still a long way off. In particular, much still needs to happen in terms of social justice.

From 19-20 April 2022, young leaders and delegates from around the world discussed progress on SDGs 4, 5, 14, 15 and 17 with government officials, politicians and relevant civil society actors.

The Global Policy Forum has published a new publication on vaccine equity.

The sustainable use and equitable distribution of water is one of the most pressing problems of our time. For billions of people, the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is still an unfulfilled human right. At the same time, scarce freshwater resources and their associated ecosystems are being overexploited, polluted and damaged all over the world. Join us to discuss these issues at the online seminar on 22/02/2022 from 2pm to 4pm CET.

On 25 and 26 March 2022, the 25th One World Regional Conference NRW will take place in Münster under the theme "One World for All! A lako for gender justice and empowerment".

The DAAD's new programme "SDG Partnerships" promotes university partnerships on the SDGs.

Listen to the new podcast "Iss Was?" by the Agricultural Coordination. The podcast looks at all topics related to SDG 2 and the experts explore the question "How can everyone eat healthy and climate-friendly food today and in the future? You can listen here or on Spotify/Podigee.

At the Global Solutions Forum (GSF) 2022 on 18.01.2022, sustainable development initiatives from Bangladesh, Colombia, Cyprus, Thailand and Turkey will be presented.

The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) is launching the event series REIHE N - The Sustainability Dialogue in the new year.

On December 14, 2021, a webinar will be held in cooperation with SDSN Europe and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) to present the Europe Report on Sustainable Development of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

How do other countries measure the implementation status of the SDGs? What can we learn from them? Read more in the profiles of two countries.