April 2018

FRANCE: 4D as finalist for the 2018 SDG Action Awards

4D was finalist for the 2018 SDG Action Awards. Our project OurLife21 was selected among 700 submitted projects. On the 21 March we were 38 players in the Awards ceremony […]

GERMANY: SDG Festival of Action in Bonn

By Roman Fleissner, AWO Partner organizations from Germany had the chance to join the SDG Festival in Bonn this year. The annual festival organized by the UN SDG Action Campaign […]

INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTISES

By Transformative Cities The 2030 Agenda is about transforming the current unsustainable model into one that respects people and the planet. The Transformative Cities Atlas of Utopias showcases inspiring community-led […]

The EU and the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Time to Change Course

By Dimitris Christopoulos, Olivier de Schutter, Miguel Moratinos, and Eva Joly. This article was published (in French) in Le Monde and in the Financial Times Since 2014, the 47 member-large […]

Inclusive sustainable development in Europe: a new report from the European Disability Forum

By Alexandre Bloxs, European Disability Forum – EDF In March, the European Disability Forum (EDF) presented its 2nd human report entitled “2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) report: A […]

ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

By Federico Demaria “Growth for the sake of growth” remains the credo of all governments and international institutions, including the European Commission. Economic growth is presented as the panacea that […]