“Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals” online event
Background note Ensuring adequate access to sustainable development finance was already a fundamental challenge prior to the pandemic and will
Tag: SDG (Sustainable Development Goals)
Governing planetary health. On the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Geopolitics has an important role to play in securing the health of both people and planet. Indeed, businesses cannot be asked to govern the planet’s health if some of the most polluting countries in the world are not on board. Successful governance of planetary health depends on geopolitics and cross border implementation. It also demands that special attention be paid to the interlinkages between businesses, environmental justice and inequalities. All of these are crucial to advance the universal right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Co-organising the COP26 European Union side event “Supporting green & climate resilient development: local to global insights on the AU-EU Partnership”
EU Pavilion side event 02/11/2021 @ 14:30-15:30 “Supporting green & climate resilient development: local to global insights on the
Financing the 2030 Agenda: An SDG alignment framework for Public Development Banks
The present study is the product of the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) collaboration aiming both to propose a definition of SDG alignment and to provide concrete principles to further operationalise and promote such alignment in practice.
Towards a policy consensus: New partnership to focus on the future of Africa-Europe relations
A joint press release about the recent cooperation with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and our Network on a series of high-level, closed doors virtual expert seminars for the AU-EU partnership.
Towards a policy consensus: New partnership to focus on the future of Africa-Europe relations
3 September 2021, Addis Ababa/Brussels/Maastricht/Pretoria — The COVID-19 health crisis and its devastating socioeconomic impact calls for stronger multilateralism and increased
Climate, Conflict and Culture in EU’s diplomacy: Which way forward?
This blog is presenting an interesting combination of ‘’the three Cs” – Culture, Climate and Conflict – at the forefront of the EU’s diplomacy. The question however arises namely how much can the EU afford to prioritise such complex “value driven” policy agendas in a rapidly changing world with more competition and uncertainty?
G20 ministerial meetings: high-time for development and finance ministers to work hand in hand for a sustainable global recovery
On 29 June, G20 Ministers responsible for development policy convened for the first time under the Italian Presidency. The meeting
How to align national Covid-19 recoveries with the Sustainable Development Goals
The Covid-19 crisis encompasses multifaceted and interconnected risks and vulnerabilities, which extend to wide-ranging humanitarian, social, economic and environmental dimensions.
Development cooperation during the pandemic How COVID-19 is highlighting the benefits of a localisation of development cooperation
The discussion about the benefits of this localisation, usually conducted in the development cooperation community under the heading of “participation”, has been especially intensive in the area of humanitarian aid in recent years. “Localisation” refers to the process of international organisations handing over more decision-making power and resources to local stakeholders.