Newsletter from the SDG Watch Europe network – JUNE 2019

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EDITORIAL: Towards a sustainable future: Time for bold and courageous political leadership
Statement on the European Elections 2019

Europe’s failure to stamp out inequalities – by EEB & GCAP

The Spring 2019 Climate Alliance South America Tour – Supporting climate justice with indigenous partners – by Climate Alliance

Do you want to learn more about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? A new game tests your knowledge about the SDGs and takes you on a treasure hunt through downtown Brussels – by EEB

Small Towns facing global challenges of Agenda 2030 & Petition to create European Day of Memory and Welcome – by Snapshots from the Borders 

 

• LATEST POLICY UPDATES
  • Elmoustkbal SDGs platform. Egyptian platform to implement SDGs.
  • Launch of the SDG Accountability Handbook by TAP network
  • SDG Index and Dashboards Report for European Cities by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
  • Recommendations adopted by 3rd meeting of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) Towards a Global Pact for the Environment held in Nairobi on the possibility of a Global Pact for the Environment
  • Weekly Wetland Sustainability Report by NET Africa
  • Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in the EU: a matter of human and fundamental rights by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
  • Fritjof Capra speaks to the Heart of the Matter. A Systems Approach to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Preview. Full 29-minute video.

 

• ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
  • LLP annual conference
  • Report launch ‘Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in the European Union and beyond’. Presented by: Make Europe Sustainable for All (MESA) and SDG Watch Europe
  • Post-European elections debate organized by 11.11.11
  • WEBINAR: Tools to operationalise the synergies between SDGs and Human Rights