As many as one third of the EU’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets will not be achieved by the EU by 2030.

This is what was heard at an event hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) NAT Section and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

In particular, the report underlines stagnation and the reversal of progress on environmental goals and social targets in many European countries, with growing issues around access to and quality of services for all, as well as poverty and material deprivation, driven at least partly by multiple crises since 2020.

The report and ten priority actions directed at political parties, the next European Parliament, the next European Commission, the European Council and Member States were presented by Guillaume Lafortune, Vice-President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

The ESDR is co-designed with civil society and, since 2019, has tracked the performance of all EU Member States and partner countries on the SDGs, which were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015.

The SDGs include no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, climate action, clean water and sanitation.

This year’s report provides essential contributions for the EU to strengthen its SDGs leadership at home and internationally ahead of the June 2024 European elections and the Summit of the Future, convened by the UN Secretary-General to take place in September 2024.

During the event the urgency of taking decisive actions before 2030 to avert irreversible environmental and social tipping points was stressed.

The report and ten priority actions directed at political parties, the next European Parliament, the next European Commission, the European Council and Member States were presented by Guillaume Lafortune, Vice-President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

The call for action on the SDGs (including ten priority actions for the upcoming European elections and the next leadership of the European Union), which was launched with the report and co-signed by the NAT Section and SDO Presidents along with SDNS and 200 co-signatories, should guide European leaders towards a European deal for the future, in line with the green and social deal that the EESC has been urging for years.

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