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SDG Forum 2019: Quo vadis Austria?

Eva Izquierdo 13th January 2020 Leave a Comment on SDG Forum 2019: Quo vadis Austria?

By Lisa Maria Weinberger, SDG Watch Austria/OEKOBUERO – Alliance of the Environmental Movement On 29 November 2019, leading representatives of the political and private sector, academia and civil society came together at the 2nd Austrian SDG Forum 2019 to discuss the progress of the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The event was hosted by […]

Spotted: SDGs in the city!

Eva Izquierdo 19th November 2019 Leave a Comment on Spotted: SDGs in the city!

By Südwind Niederösterreich How is my life related to the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals? Where can we find best practice examples in the city of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria? These questions were the starting point for a project funded by a sub-grant from the European Union’s “Make Europe Sustainable for […]

Considerations on linking Urban Agendas and the SDGs

Eva Izquierdo 24th January 2019 Leave a Comment on Considerations on linking Urban Agendas and the SDGs

By René Hartinger, Ökosoziales Forum Wien The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with it’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals is the most important and most widely known agenda for a sustainable transformation of our societies and our global system. Explained in the shortest possible way (that I can think of), it leads a way into a […]

SDG-Watch Austria: A vibrant CSO platform challenging an inactive political system

admin 13th October 2017 Leave a Comment on SDG-Watch Austria: A vibrant CSO platform challenging an inactive political system

Austria’s former federal president Heinz Fischer assured “Austria’s full commitment to the seventeen specific goals” (1), at a speech to the UN’s general Assembly on September the 27th in 2015. It could have been a historic moment – day 1 of an active Austrian role in the global sustainability transition. But the Austrian government has […]

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