Tag: Member News
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Without governments stepping up climate action at COP23, we will all be left behind
As climate change poses a major challenge to achieve Agenda 2030, countries need to reaffirm their commitment to the Paris Agreement and to its implementation with greater ambition. IFOAM – […]
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NGDO Platform finds innovative ways to engage Lithuanians on the SDGs
For several years, polls have consistently shown that the SDGs remain a mystery to many in Lithuania. This year, in order to change the statistics and create more awareness, the […]
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SDG5 and the #iwantworklifebalance campaign
COFACE Families Europe was selected to be in the SDG Multi-stakeholder platform to support the implementation of the SDGs and voice the concerns of families of all types without discrimination. […]
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Why affordable housing is key to deliver SDGs
Evictions, fuel poverty, increasing homelessness, more people on waiting lists for social housing: these are all elements of the human and economic cost of the policy failures to provide affordable […]
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More than SDG implementation
How to examine the implementation of the Agenda 2030? This issue was discussed at and in cooperation with the University of Roma Tre in Rome during a workshop with academics […]
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We’ve blown the candle out, now make our wish come true!
The #BlowTheCandle campaign walked around Brussels asking random citizens what they wished for a better world. This exercise testified that the content of the 2030 Agenda echoes in many peoples’ […]
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European campaign to make the future EU budget sustainability proof
Investing in fossil fuel infrastructure and fighting climate change at the same time is not an efficient way of using EU tax money. Exacerbating social inequalities through the provision of […]
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Implementing SDG 1 requires tackling the growing old-age poverty
By Luise Steinwachs, Brot für die Welt and Ragnar Hoenig, AWO Bundesverband The first of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals demands UN member states to end poverty in all dimensions […]
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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. […]
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Latvian NGO network uses the SDGs to reach out to new people
In 18 places all over Latvia almost 500 volunteers of all ages and occupations came together to talk about the local implementation of the SDGs. The actions were part of […]