Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea of Italy. Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Europe

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1 Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Europe Brussels, 12 November 2015 Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Andrea Innamorati Senior Policy Advisor Directorate General for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs

2 Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1. Adoption of the 2030 Agenda: what have we achieved? 2. Are we ready? 3. Challenges and opportunities 4. The Way Forward

3 1. Adoption of the 2030 Agenda: what have we achieved? Milestone global agreement a) Long journey - inclusive and transparent process; MDGs (top down proposal telescope approach) SDGs (bottom up + IGN mirror approach) a) Completed Rio+20: Sustainable development at the center of the village and completed the follow up (UNEA, HLPF, 10YFP, SDGs, Agenda 2030) a) Convergence, coherence and integration of different processes towards 2030 Agenda (environment and development cooperation; SDG-FfD; ENV/FAC co-leading Council Conclusions: GAC adoption)

4 Adoption of the 2030 Agenda: what have we achieved? Milestone global agreement Title of the Agenda, strongly supported by MATTM, integrated and balanced convergence of different processes in a nutshell Preamble, no more silos conjugated through the 5Ps (People, Prosperity, Planet, Peace and Partnership) Political Declaration, call for action declines the SDGs in political commitments SDGs and Targets 17 SDGs and 169 relevant targets: sets the challenge ahead of us, providing us with the what Means of Implementation, global partnership for SD, SDG 17 and relevant targets and AAAA, providing us with the how Follow up and Review on three levels through the HLPF (ECOSOC/UNGA) and the SDG indicators

5 Adoption of the 2030 Agenda: what have we achieved? Milestone global agreement Sustainable development at the centre of the village Social policies Development cooperation Sustainable development Economic policies Governance Environmental policies 5 years to achieve and now biggest challenge in implementing 2030 Agenda is to ensure that we fully reflect the centrality of sustainable development in policy making at all levels

6 Are we ready? It took a long journey, now we need do move from inspirational commitments to the hard task of implementation at every level.

7 Are we ready? SDGs: are the rich countries ready? (Bertelsmann report) The 2030 Agenda calls on developed and developing countries to take action European region: lack of social coherence and the environmental footprint of production and consumption According to our strength and weaknesses we are all sustainably developing countries The 2030 agenda is the opportunity to put us on track around common objectives To achieve SDGs means making substantial changes in how we live on Earth. (SCP)

8 Challenges and opportunities Governance Ensure effective internal and external action? Europe 2020 and EU SDS (also thematic strategies) Jumbo meetings Participation of stakeholders Integration No prioritizing SDGs but finding a way to address them all Not only: vertical and horizontal integration Structural components of the Agenda (political, SDGs, MoI, FuR) Universality Each country and every level of governance SD no longer marginal, but integrated in every sector Common global goals we are all responsible for

9 Challenges and opportunities What is the current implementing structure at EU level? Where do we start from? Europe 2020 Strategy (growth, productivity, employment and sustainability) Circular Economy package (December 2015) Greening Semester EU SCP/IPP Action Plan And various others EU SDS

10 Challenges and opportunities What are the necessary transformational changes in economy and society and the main policy areas to be addressed by European governments? What our the instruments we can use and how to coordinate them? Europe 2020 Strategy And various others Greening Semester Agenda 2030 EU SCP/IPP Action Plan Circular Economy package EU SDS

11 How to promote them? Need to preserve the political momentum and allow for it to spread to different sectors and permeate decision making and action at all levels in a coordinated and coherent manner seminal year for global Sustainable Development Addis Ababa Action Agenda 2015 Seminal year Sustainable Development COP 21 (we all hope) Agenda 2030

12 How to promote them? 2016 we need to translate our global commitments into action at EU and national level Let us make hay while the sun shines Ensure balanced integration of 3 SD pillars Greening EU Semester Council Conclusions October 2014 Revision EU 2020 Inclusion of Circular economy and efficient use of natural resources principles in the annual planning of economic policies (growth and employment) Integrate SDGs and the 2030 Agenda in EU policies

13 Way forward In translating the inspirational commitments into practice, we need to make sure to not lower the ambitions that guided us in developing the 2030 Agenda. International Governance UN Delivering as One UN Fit for Purpose Follow up and Review HLPF/ECOSOC/GA SDG Indicators UNECE Regional Contribution European Implementation 2030 Agenda EU 2020 European Semester EU SDS Governance Vertical and horizontal Open and participatory process National Implementation Internal/External action Development Cooperation Inter-institutional and multistakeholder platform Sustainable development strategy / Green Act Governance Vertical and horizontal process UNECE RIMs

14 We need to step out of our comfort zone and translate the transformational changes into long term political planning and identify short term actions (Timmermans, Sept. 2015) Way forward Long term vision (2030/2050) vs short term action Potential 2030 Agenda is huge and the impacts already affecting different levels Keep the political momentum high: it took us years to put sustainable development at the center of the village Let us not loose this great achievement FuR (voluntary/mandat ory qualitative/quantit ative) 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Develop mechanisms to promote horizontal coordination: break the silos Vertical coordination: need to achieve complimentary roles through clear and mixed competences

15 We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Andrea Innamorati Senior Policy Advisor Directorate General for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy