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Motion for a resolution
Citation

– having regard to UN Resolution 70/1 entitled ‘Transforming our World – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (the 2030 Agenda), adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 in New York and establishing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), – having regard to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ publication of January 2022 entitled ‘SDG Good Practices: A compilation of success stories and lessons learned in SDG implementation – Second Edition’, – having regard to the UN Global Sustainable Development Report 2019, entitled ‘The Future is Now: Science for Achieving Sustainable Development’, – having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed at the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UNCBD, – having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 and the agreement on new ‘loss and damage’ funding for vulnerable countries adopted at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh on 20 November 2022, – having regard to the third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015, – Sustainable Development Report 2021, entitled ‘The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals’, – General’s report entitled ‘Our Common Agenda’, presented to the UN General Assembly, and to the mandate that UN General Assembly Resolution 76/6 of 15 November 2021 gave the UN Secretary- General to follow up on his report, – having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission of 30 June 2017 on the New European Consensus on Development – ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’1, – having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 20302, – having regard to the European Environment Agency report of 4 December 2019 entitled ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020: Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’, – work programmes for 2020 (COM(2020)0037), 2021 (COM(2020)0690), 2022 (COM(2021)0645) and 2023 (COM(2022)0548), and to their references to the SDGs, in particular the EU’s first voluntary review of SDG implementation, 1 OJ C 210, 30.6.2017, p. 1. 2 OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22. – having regard to the integration of the SDGs into the better regulation framework, including the Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219), – having regard to the Council conclusions of 24 October 2019 on the Economy of Wellbeing3, – having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 June 2021 entitled ‘A comprehensive approach to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development – Building back better from the COVID-19 crisis’, – having regard to Eurostat’s 2021 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context, published on 15 June 2021, – having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives4, – having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2022 on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 20225, – having regard to its resolution of 23 June 2022 on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)6, – having regard to the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission entitled ‘EU Legislative Priorities for 2023 and 2024’7, – having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European 3 OJ C 400, 26.11.2019, p. 9. 4 OJ C 67, 8.2.2022, p. 25. 5 OJ C 347, 9.9.2022, p. 181. 6 OJ C 32, 27.1.2023, p. 28. 7 OJ C 491, 23.12.2022, p. 1. Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/20098, – Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0000/2023), 8 OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1. 9 OJ C 210, 30.6.2017, p. 1. 10 OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22. 11 OJ C 400, 26.11.2019, p. 9. 12 OJ C 67, 8.2.2022, p. 25. 13 OJ C 347, 9.9.2022, p. 181. 14 OJ C 32, 27.1.2023, p. 28. 15 OJ C 491, 23.12.2022, p. 1. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted by UN member states at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015, – having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 and the agreement on new ‘loss and damage’ funding for vulnerable countries adopted at COP27 in having regard to the UN Sharm El-Sheikh on 20 November 2022, – having regard to the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate of 24 September 2019, having regard to the UN Secretary- – having regard to the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6) of 28 February 2022 and its Synthesis Report of 20 March 2023, – having regard to the Human Development Report 2021/22, entitled "Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World, – having regard to the third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015, – having regard to the 6th European Union – African Union Summit of 17-18 February 2022 and the related final statement entitled ‘A Joint Vision for 2030’, – having regard to the negotiations on a new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), to replace the Cotonou agreement, – having regard to the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit on 16- having regard to the Commission 19 September in New York, – having regard to the 2023 SDG Summit which will be convened in September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week, – having regard to the Summit of the Future, scheduled for September 2024, to adopt major reforms of multilateral institutions and financing for sustainable development at global level; – having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Report 2021, entitled ‘The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals’, and the UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, entitled ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’, – having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, – having regard to the ‘SDG Acceleration Actions’ online database, – having regard to the initiative by the UN Secretary-General ‘SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030' of February 2023, – having regard to the resolution of 8 October 2021 of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and the resolution of 28 July 2022 of the UN General Assembly, on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, – having regard to the UNEA Resolution “5/10. The environmental dimension of a sustainable, resilient and inclusive post-COVID-19 recovery”, adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) on 2 March 2022, – having regard to the WHO One Health Initiative, – having regard to the Draft agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) of 4 March 2023 (UN High Seas Treaty), – Having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, – having regard to the UN Secretary- having regard to Rule 54 of its General’s report entitled ‘Our Common Agenda’, presented to the UN General Assembly, and to the mandate that UN General Assembly Resolution 76/6 of 15 November 2021 gave the UN Secretary- General to follow up on his report, – having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission of 30 June 2017 on the New European Consensus on Development – ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’9, – having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 203010, – having regard to the European Environment Agency report of 4 December 2019 entitled ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020: Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’, – having regard to the OECD report of 10 November 2022 entitled ‘Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity’, – having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 entitled ‘Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution’, 30 October 2019 entitled ‘Leaving no one behind when implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’, and 08 December 2021 entitled ‘Renewed sustainable finance strategy', – having regard to the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 8 February 2023 entitled ‘Progress in the implementation of the SDGs’, – having regard to the ‘Green Deal’ and the ‘Global Gateway’ initiatives, launched on 11 December 2019 and on 1 December 2021, respectively, – having regard to the Commission work programmes for 2020 (COM(2020)0037), 2021 (COM(2020)0690), 2022 (COM(2021)0645) and 2023 (COM(2022)0548), and to their references to the SDGs, in particular the EU’s first voluntary review of SDG implementation, – having regard to the Commission staff working document of 18 November 2020 entitled ‘Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach’ (SWD(2020)0400); – having regard to the integration of the SDGs into the better regulation framework, including the Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219), – having regard to the Commission Communication on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and sustainable recovery (COM(2022) 66 final), in particular its commitments to achieve the SDGs, – having regard to the European Commission Social Economy Action Plan adopted on 9 December 2021, – having regard to the Council conclusions of 24 October 2019 on the Economy of Wellbeing11, – having regard to the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on Learning for the Green transition and sustainable development, – having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 June 2021 entitled ‘A comprehensive approach to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development – Building back better from the COVID-19 crisis’, – having regard to the Council conclusions of 21 June 2022 entitled ‘The transformative role of education for sustainable development and global citizenship as an instrumental tool for the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)’, – having regard to Eurostat’s 2021 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context, published on 15 June 2021, – having regard to its resolution of 8 September 2015 on Follow Up to the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water and its resolution of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension, – having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2017 on EU action for sustainability, – having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on the annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), – having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency, – having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives12, – having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2022 on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 202213, – having regard to its resolution of 23 June 2022 on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)14, – having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2022 on the EU action plan for the social economy, – having regard to its resolution of 24 November 2022 on the future European Financial Architecture for Development, – having regard to the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission entitled ‘EU Legislative Priorities for 2023 and 2024’15, – having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2023 on Policy Coherence for Development, – having regard to Article 3(5) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 208(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/200916. – having regard to Rule 54 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0000/2023),

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital

A. whereas, with less than seven years to go until the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the new geopolitical landscape and the multiple crises in various areas have ~~hinder~~further slowed the achievement of the SDGs; whereas ~~the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDG~~collective action on a new scale is urgently needed to respond to poverty that damages hundreds of millions of lives and to respond to the unprecedented threats to the habitability of our planet posed by the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises; whereas the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs, 169 targets and accompanying indicators which represent the only globally shared and politically agreed framework for evidence- based policies are key to addressing the current challenges and reorienting the global ~~16 OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1.~~ compass towards a socially and environmentally just transition ~~that leaves no one behind~~within planetary boundaries that leaves no one and no place behind; whereas the SDGs, being universal and indivisible, are applicable to all actors, including civil society and social partners, and public sector as well as private; whereas these actors should be systematically involved in the elaboration and implementation of policies related to the SDGs;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas, despite some progress on certain SDGs before the crises, some trends are now reversed; whereas, according to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Sustainable Development Report 2022, for the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs and the average SDG Index score further declined in 2021, with no country being on track to achieve all 17 SDGs by 2030; whereas Europe is on track to meet 26 SDG targets, has to accelerate for 64 targets and the current trend needs to be reversed for 15 targets, whereas the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2020 and 2021 recorded the only declines in the 30-year history of the index, erasing the gains made in the previous five years; whereas EU countries are closest to achieving the 2030 Agenda targets, yet are responsible for larger negative spillovers, which undermine the ability of other countries to achieve their targets; whereas if the world's population were to consume as much as the EU, 2.8 Earths would be needed to sustain the demand of natural resources required by such a lifestyle;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the EU Institutions and the 27 EU Member States together constitute the largest donor for developing countries, responsible for approximately 46% of the total ODA provided by all OECD ODA members to developing countries; whereas prior to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the annual SDG global financing gap was estimated at USD 2.5 trillion; whereas the pandemic is estimated to have widened this gap to at least USD 3.9 trillion per year; whereas the fiscal space for relevant policies in developing countries’ is critically reduced by huge and further increasing debt burdens, with 37 out of 69 of the world’s poorest countries either at high risk or already in debt distress as of November 2022, limiting their capacity to invest in achieving the SDGs; whereas that fiscal space is furthermore reduced by external shocks related to the cumulating crises and the absence of a conducive international environment for domestic resource mobilisation, whereas the United Nations estimate that at least $500 billion annually needs to be delivered to provide the necessary SDG stimulus; whereas the UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan aims to tackle the high cost of debt and rising risks of debt distress, to massively scale up affordable long-term financing for development and to expand contingency financing to countries in need; whereas the private sector will continue to play a critical role in the achievement of the SDGs; whereas France will host an international summit on 22 and 23 June 2023 on the theme of a "New Global Financial Pact" in order to take stock of all the ways and means to strengthen financial solidarity with the countries of the Global South; whereas the current context demands extraordinary sustained response from all EU actors and a system- wide review of the European Financial Architecture for Development (EFAD) ;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the Synthesis Report of the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6)1a _________________ 1a https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment- report/ar6/

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas, with the compound shocks and permanent crises ranging from climate change and biodiversity emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine to the rising prices of energy, food and fertilisers, fragile supply chains, higher inflation, unsustainable debt burden and tightened monetary policy, a general trend emerges of a “two-track recovery” between advanced economies and developing countries, characterised by a great financial divide, with high borrowing costs for developing countries as one symptom of an imbalanced international financial and monetary system, worsening the lack of progress towards the achievement of the SDGs; whereas the international system does not have the tools to effectively facilitate debt restructurings that sufficiently reduce countries’ debt burdens or to address a systemic debt crisis;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)

— having regard to the Human Development Report 2021/22, entitled "Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World"1a _________________ 1a https://hdr.undp.org/content/human- development-report-2021-22

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas 2023 is a pivotal year for the review of the SDGs and a push for their realisation by 2030, especially with the EU presenting its first Voluntary Review report at the HLPF in July 2023 and the global SDGs Summit on 19-20 September 2023 marking the mid-point of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and bringing together political and thought leaders from governments, international organizations, the private sector, civil society, women and youth and other stakeholders; whereas the 2023 SDG Summit will be a crucial moment for a renewed political commitment to the SDGs to salvage the 2030 Agenda, given that it takes place just once every four years;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the Commission has not yet devised an overarching strategy for the EU’s implementation of Agenda 2030 or a financing plan for the SDGs, as requested on repeated occasions since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015 by the Parliament, the Council and the European Council; whereas the Commission has committed to taking a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to SDG implementation; whereas a European governance strategy integrating the SDGs in a transversal approach would allow greater alignment between, and efficiency in, public policies;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e bis(new)

A e bis whereas, in 2021, the EU's collective ODA represented 0.49% of EU Gross National Income (GNI), which remains below the agreed target of 0.7 per cent of donor country gross national income; whereas, with the adoption of the €79.5 billion Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI-GE) under the EU budget for the period 2021-2027, the EU can deploy strategically and flexibly this single unified development instrument to support developing countries more effectively; whereas the establishment of the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) provides an open architecture for public development banks (PDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) to leverage public and private finance through EU guarantees and blended finance, to achieve more ambitious inclusive development and green impact; whereas there are serious doubts as to whether the EU’s new Global Gateway strategy aligns with development effectiveness principles or is a suitable tool to fill the SDG financing gap; whereas reducing inequalities (SDG 10) is inextricably linked to the overall implementation of the Agenda 2030 and to effective climate action; whereas sustainable resource mobilisation is essential for transformative public action; whereas it is crucial to scale up efforts related to tax justice, climate justice and intergenerational justice both within developed and developing countries.

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 20221a _________________ 1a https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/Th e-Sustainable-Development-Goals- Report-2022.pdf

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

A f. whereas the EU’s political commitment to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) was reaffirmed in the 2017 New European Consensus on Development, which identified PCD as a ‘crucial element of the [EU’s] strategy to achieve the SDGs and an important contribution to the broader objective of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD); whereas PCSD is an approach to integrate the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development at all stages of the policy-making cycle, in order to foster synergies across policy areas, and identify and reconcile potential trade-offs, as well as address the international spillover effects of EU policies; whereas close cooperation between all development finance institutions, governments, EU institutions and all partners is urgently needed to ensure that limited public funds are used in the most effective and efficient way, keeping in mind that the successful mobilisation of further capital, both public and private, is essential; whereas, notably, Article 208 TFEU requires the EU to incorporate development cooperation objectives into all internal and external policies that are likely to affect developing countries;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

A g. whereas the success of the European Green Deal and the pledge of a just green transition is inextricably linked to the achievement of the SDGs; whereas the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment provides evidence that the current negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems will undermine progress towards 80% of assessed SDG targets relating to poverty, hunger, health, water, cities, climate, oceans and land; whereas the climate and biodiversity crises are intertwined and need to be addressed in tandem and coherently; whereas the external dimension of the Green Deal and the Global Gateway strategy should allow Europe to better project itself abroad, articulating a green vision for climate mitigation and adaptation, nature protection and biodiversity, addressing infrastructure development and broader development needs anchored in European strategic objectives; whereas in doing so, the EU is also committed to inclusive approaches, supporting women and youth, and leaving no one behind;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h(new)

A h. whereas the 8th Union Environment Action Programme is the EU’s common legally agreed climate and environmental agenda until 2030 and forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the UN 2030 Agenda and its SDGs, pursuing a wellbeing economy as a priority; however requires strengthening environmentally positive incentives as well as phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies, in particular fossil fuel subsidies, at Union, national, regional and local level, without delay;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i and A j (new)

A i. whereas education is a key resource for achieving the SDGs and a lifeline for people in crisis situations; whereas yet hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable children, youth and adults are still excluded from education today; whereas the education-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda have been severely derailed and risk leaving learners and societies ill-equipped to face an uncertain future; whereas globally 760 million people still have no access to electricity and 2.4 billion people rely on harmful fuels for cooking detrimental to their health and the environment; whereas seven out of every ten buildings in the EU are energy inefficient while 11% of the EU population is affected by energy poverty, leading to possible delays in access to basic needs, care, education and healthcare, in particular for children and young people; whereas buildings represent approximately 40% of the EU's energy consumption and 36% of carbon emissions; A j. whereas 3.6 billion people worldwide live without safely managed sanitation and 2.3 billion lack basic handwashing facilities at home1c; whereas 2018-2028 has been declared the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development; whereas, in particular, Resolution 64/292 of the UN General Assembly explicitly recognised the human right to water and sanitation; whereas, in developing countries and emerging economies, demand for water is increasing from all sectors, in particular for energy and agriculture; whereas the developed world and China EU imports large quantities of virtual water, that is water used for the production of food and goods, including from countries suffering from water scarcity; whereas ‘Right2Water’ was the first successful European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) with 1.9 million signatures; whereas, in its resolution on the Follow Up to the ECI, the Parliament considered it regrettable that the Commission's communication in response to the ECI lacked ambition; whereas, according to the NGO 'Global Witness', more than a third of the land and environmental defenders murdered worldwide between 2015 and 2019 belonged to indigenous communities, whose land and water management skills are crucial in combating the climate crisis and biodiversity loss;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda~~Recognises that SDGs are a common concern for humanity as a whole; Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with their 169 accompanying measurable targets, especially in light of the new deteriorating geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increased inequality and poverty; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compass for people’s prosperity and to protect the planetsuch as, among others, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and the ongoing climate, biodiversity, health, debt and food security crises as well as the growing backlash against women's rights and gender equality and the violent conflicts that continue to affect many parts of the world, especially the developing countries; recalls that it is crucial to take into account the strong interdependence between such crises;warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increased inequality and poverty and has resulted in fragmented societies in many parts of the developed and developing world in recent years, and against any delay in tackling the environmental and climate challenges Europe and the global community are facing; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of implementing an integrated approach of the SDGs, which provide the only evidence-based universal policy roadmap, for protecting the planet and averting the climate crisis and provide the tools to achieve prosperity for all; recalls that athe pledge to leave no one and no place behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs shwould benefit all countries, regions, people and segments of society; by focusing on issues of equality and non- discrimination and addressing the root causes of these issues, with particular attention being paid to those who are most marginalised and vulnerable, and that it should enhance cultural sustainability and the rights of indigenous people; stresses that the SDGs should be achieved in a social and climate-just way while respecting a fair distribution of scarce resources within the planetary boundaries; reiterates that peace, diplomacy, and international cooperation are fundamental conditions for the world to progress on the SDGs towards 2030 and beyond;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfway point in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGs remains crucial and must be further credibly demonstrated; for instance in taking the lead to mobilize adequate financial resources to support SDG-relevant transformations; recalls that the 2020s have been declared to be the UN Decade of Action on Sustainable Development; emphasises the need for EU Members and the European Commission to promote policy coherence and inclusiveness at all levels of governance, prioritizing and including SDGs in all impact assessments; underlines that 2023 offers a unique opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction ~~in this crucial~~and losing another year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people; and communities; calls upon all EU leaders to do their utmost to advance progress on EU commitments, policies, and financing without delay;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

3. Notes that the implementation process for almost all the SDGs is lagging and that two consecutive years of regression have been recorded for many indicators178; reaffirms the importance of each SDG and highlights the key challenges that persist for sustainable development, particularly in relation to poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), ~~climate change (SDG 13),~~gender equality (SDG 5), safe water and adequate sanitation for all (SDG 6), clean and affordable energy (SDG 7), climate change (SDG 13), life below water including oceans (SDG 14) and biodiversity (SDG 15); underlines the strategic role that SDG 10, on reducing inequality, cand SDG 17 on global partnerships can play in the global implementation of the 2030 Agenda; 17 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022-sustainable-development-report. 18 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022-sustainable-development-report.

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the importance of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the SDG Summit, which are both due to take place in New York, as opportunities to review progress ~~at the halfway point, which must be the starting point~~of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the halfway point; believes these meetings must give high-level political guidance and new impetus for an intensified effort and accelerated action to achieve the goals by 2030; acknowledges, in this regard, the SDGs being focused on in 2023 (SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17)19;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

19 SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation; SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy; SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities; SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals. 4 a. Reaffirms that access to water and sanitation is a fundamental right and that improving access to them is crucial for pursuing poverty eradication, social equality, public health, food security, and sustainable development objectives; Recalls that, as the EU Water Framework Directive recognises, water is not a mere commodity but a public good that is vital to human life and dignity; stresses that water policies must prioritise the sustainable management of rivers, lakes, wetlands, springs, and aquifers, and support sustainable water management in the agricultural sector as key to confronting ongoing crises of pollution, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss, and climate change; highlights the potential risks of water grabbing and water pollution in large-scale land acquisitions for agriculture and extractive industries;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recognises the EU’s significant role in establishing the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and calls for it and its Member States to take bold action and provide global leadership by setting an example in the implementation of the SDGs ~~and redoubling~~ , redoubling its efforts to meet the deadline and by leading a political reset of the SDGs at the upcoming SDG summit, such as pushing for binding targets, mandatory review, and a more transformational approach towards achieving the SDGs as a whole; invites ~~efforts ahead of the deadline;~~ the Presidents of Parliament, the Commission and the Council to come forward with a joint declaration renewing the EU’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda; stresses that the EU needs to intensify cooperation and accelerate progress on SDG 17, partnerships for the goals; notes that the EU is uniquely placed to accelerate progress on partnerships, given its proven record as a champion of multilateralism; highlights the role and resources of local and regional authorities, and especially the key role of regions and cities, with the OECD estimating that 65% of the SDGs targets cannot be reached without their coordination or involvement; and stresses that multi-level governance is one of the SDGs' core values; calls on the EU to increase engagement with civil society and the private sector;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets the fact that the Commission has still not presented a comprehensive strategy for achieving the 2030 Agenda; , despite calls from the European Parliament, the Council of the EU 6a, the European Economic and Social Committee6band the Committee of the Regions,even though there are less than seven years left to achieve the SDGs and, hence, urgent implementation is required; insist that the Commission should proceed with adopting such strategy without further delay; believes that it should define, at a minimum: (a) a new governance framework, led by a single high-level Commissioner who is accountable for the implementation of the SDGs across all portfolios and who will systematically consult the new multi- stakeholder platform, for transforming collective knowledge into collective action, and which should include regional and local governments, all relevant civil society organizations and scientists; (b) a revised set of concrete, measurable, EU-wide, time-bound targets and indicators and concrete measures for achieving them; (c) an updated monitoring system and indicators , taking into account the EU’s internal and external impact on global SDG progress; (d) a single financial plan to achieve the EU’s SDG objectives, linked to the above targets; (e) a plan for the EU’s SDG diplomacy and international cooperation, led by a Special Envoy for the SDGs, answerable to the Commissioner responsible, to promote consistent action on the SDGs globally through the EU’s external actions and to ensure fair burden sharing and a level playing field;; stresses that the strategy should be regularly reviewed and accompanied by corrective measures in areas where progress is deemed to be stalled or insufficient; calls for the implementation of the SDGs to be an agenda item for the weekly College of Commissioners meeting not less than every three months; urges the future upcoming Council’s Presidency to organise a high-level debate on how to implement the SDGs on time, preferably in the General Affairs Council at ministerial level;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester~~Stresses that the SDGs should form the backbone of European public policies and that all Member States should raise the level of ambition of their national responses on SDG implementation; calls on the Commission to continue the reform of the European Semester to balance economic, social and environmental priorities and to better link it to the monitoring of the Green Deal, the Paris Agreement, and National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), engaging local and regional authorities in the process - whilst noting, in particular, that very few Member States have explicitly linked National Recovery and Resilience Plans to the SDGs- and including comprehensive mapping of the corresponding financial envelopes and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for ~~improvement~~necessary changes and improvement, including recommendations for country- specific SDG targets; and to continue reforming it in order to balance economic, social and environmental priorities, so that it drives a long-term social, environmental and economic transformation and improves the integration of the 2030 Agenda, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Green Deal at all levels;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses ~~Parliament’s important role~~the important role of the European Parliament as well those of national parliaments and regional and local authorities, in promoting the SDGs’ implementation through European policies and heightening the goals’ visibility in public discourse; underlines ~~that coordination within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership and increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda;~~ its scrutiny, legislation and budgetary powers to foster the implementation of the Agenda 2030 calls, to this end, on its committees to further integrate SDG considerations in their legislative and non-legislative work; also calls for Parliament to appoint a standing rapporteur on the implementation of the SDGs to embed them in EU legislation across committees; welcomes in this regard the efforts made by the Parliament’s SDG Alliance; calls for the President of the European Parliament to appoint a Vice- President for the SDGs to promote the SDGs within the bureau and externally represent the European Parliament on the SDGs; encourages the Parliament’s general secretariat to produce a Parliament SDG review to fully assess its contribution to the achievement of the Goals, following similar commitments by other Union institutions; underlines that coordination and regular structured dialogue within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership and increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda; therefore calls for the creation of an inter- institutional task force to assume the responsibility of coordinating the Union’s efforts to deliver the SDGs internally and globally;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Ccommi~~ssion’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary r~~tment of nine EU Member States to present their national voluntary review at the 2023 HLPF and invites all Member States to engage in this process in the following years; and to give due consideration to and implement the recommendations that will be formulated on that occasion; emphasizes that voluntary national reviews can only serve the purpose of providing accountability if they are done in an objective manner that focuses on shortcomings as much as on achievements; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States as well as third countries to include the social economy in an horizontal and holistic manner in their Voluntary National Reviews, re~~port in 2023~~cognizing its key role in achieving the SDGs; considers that 2023 is the moment for the global community to shift from voluntary reporting to mandatory reporting; calls on the EU to push for further standardisation of national and regional voluntary reviews;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023; highlights the importance of the EU voluntary review containing: (a) a reaffirmation of the EU’s commitment to deliver the Agenda 2030 and the accompanying Goals; (b). a strategic overview of the EU commitments and targets to progress towards the SDGs, including, where applicable, quantified and time-bound targets for 2030; (c). a comprehensive summary of EU internal and external actions in support of the implementation of the SDGs, as well as policy coherence between action at both levels, including potential trade-offs, having regard to impacts on partner countries and positive and negative impacts on the global progress of the SDGs, as well as international partnerships and diplomacy for the SDGs; (d). orientations on actions to be undertaken to take the implementation of the 2030 Agenda further, in particular in anticipation of the 2024-2029 Commission political priorities; recalls the importance of taking into consideration the regional and local perspective and the contributions provided by civil society during the consultation process; calls on the Commission to include a social economy perspective in its European Voluntary Review;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

— Having regard to the Commission Communication on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and sustainable recovery (COM(2022) 66 final, in particular its commitments included to achieve the SDGs,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. RHighlights that, to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy; reiterates the call on the Commission to establish a new permanent platform, for a “whole of society” approach as an important innovation, for regular and structured engagement with civil society organisations, community-based organisations, the private sector (including SMEs), trade unions, co- operatives, academia and research institutions, regional and local governments and marginalised groups in order to systematically involve them in a meaningful way in the SDG implementation process;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)

— having regard to the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit on 16- 19 September in New York;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and representatives of local and regional governments and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally; notes that its implementation will enable partner countries to achieve their own development goals (e.g. the AU Agenda 2063) and their self-reliance on the path to a just and equal society; stresses in this context that the universality of the SDGs as a common agenda represents an opportunity to restore trust and position the EU as a bridge builder between the Global North and the Global South; stresses, in this regard, sufficient alignment with partner countries’ own efforts and local needs, when it comes to partnerships on development cooperation; highlights that it is imperative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of European development policies in order to accelerate SDG implementation in developing countries; calls for a stronger EU engagement and coherence across all policies and financing instruments for fostering sustainable development; advocates for a regular review with partner countries and relevant stakeholders from the Global South on jointly agreed development objectives in order to address shortcomings; stresses the need to promote the social economy in the EU’s relations with third countries, including during trade negotiations; reiterates that trade policy can be an instrument for fostering regional integration and stability, economic development, migration, combating climate change as well as fostering peace and security; Recognises the important role of the ACP-EU partnership notably in fostering sustainable development in ACP countries and ensuring the existence of stronger alliances to tackle global challenges; strongly supports the signing of the new agreement (Post-Cotonou Agreement) as soon as possible;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraphs 12 and 12 a (new)

12. Stresses, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States must avoid negative spillover effects at the expense of the Global South, which undermine their efforts to achieve the SDGs and which occur as a result of their Member States’ past economic and technological model; advocates cooperation with global partners to turn any negative spillover effects into virtuous circles; calls for all EU policies to be subject to a mandatory ~~SDG check to provide more insight on and address any negative effects and ensure that change in this area is measurable;~~ check to assess all impacts and expenditure affecting the SDG implementation in the Global South and address any negative effects, including by taking mitigating action and revising legislative acts where necessary, and ensure that change in this area is measurable; welcomes the recent agreement reached between the co- legislators on the Deforestation Regulation; reiterates its calls on the Commission and on the Council to take the actions listed in its recent resolution on policy coherence for development so as to make the implementation of this principle and the “Do no harm” principle effective; with special attention paid to trade, finance, environment and climate change, food security, migration and security. 12 a notes that critical raw material sourcing necessary for the EU energy transition is often associated with potentially severe environmental impacts as well as potential conflicts with local communities and human rights violations against indigenous people in the Global South; Expresses particular concern about the significant impact of certain mega-projects in third countries, notably energy and extractive industries, on indigenous peoples and local communities and urges the EU and Member States to maintain high social and environmental standards in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and ILO Convention No 169., notably the recognition of the principle of free, prior and informed consent and customary ownership;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 and 13 a (new)

13. PReiterates its support for the work of Eurostat in relation to the annual SDGs monitoring in the EU; points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling ~~the~~existing gaps for some SDGs, and addressing weaknesses in information systems by strengthening the use of existing statistical data from a variety of sources and by better measuring EU policies’ ~~impact on territories and specific vulnerable groups;~~ cross-border and long-term distributional impact on territories and specific marginalized and vulnerable groups, in the EU and globally; believes it is crucial to monitor progress on all 169 sub-goal targets; Calls on Member States to enhance their data collection as well as to adopt SGD indicators and monitor their implementation in the NRRPs; 13 a. Points out that Eurostat sustainable development indicators do not reflect reality on the ground, since they are used to assess the SDGs at national level and are largely dependent on data made available by national institutes; believes, therefore, that local and regional NUTS-2-level data should also be used and be based on measurable, time-bound targets; stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation should be ensured and closer aligned to the global SDG monitoring framework, covering, where appropriate, geographic location and demographic aspects, gender, income, education level, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, impairment and other characteristics; calls on Member States to report more thoroughly to the OECD on their development cooperation, so as to fill the data gap regarding the EU's external impact on third countries' SDG progress and to develop more evidence-based indicators, in line with the consumption- based spill over indicator included in the Eurostat report;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes, furthermore, that important evidence-based data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to their impact on poorest and most ~~marginalised people~~vulnerable and marginalised groups and territories; highlights the disruption of data production and data accuracy as a result of the global crises; highlights that accurate and reliable data is crucial to measure progress and identify bottlenecks; regrets the lack of comprehensive ODA reporting per SDG by the EU and all Member States; calls for strengthening and accelerating human, institutional and infrastructure data capacity building, especially in the developing countries and EU internal monitoring tools, such as the Gender Marker or the newly established Inequality Marker; calls for the EU to significantly step up technical cooperation with, and technical assistance to, developing countries to address the global data gap created by insufficient monitoring capacities and inconsistent methodologies;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 8 September 2015 on Follow Up to the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 and 15 a (new)

15. ~~Highlights~~Recalls that SDG implementation represents a shared responsibility, requiring action at the national, regional and local levels; highlights, in that regard, the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews, as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation; calls for Member States to put in place comprehensive tools for the effective implementation of SDGs, such as mapping; stresses that regular comprehensive reviews of SDGs progress at sub-national and local level can reinforce vertical and horizontal coherence, stimulate local participation, facilitate peer-learning and sharing of best practices between regions and cities at global level and contribute to the overall SDG implementation and therefore recommends support for the implementation at all territorial levels; welcomes in this regard the work of the UN-HABITAT and strongly supports the work of the Joint Research Center on localising the SDGs inter alia through the “REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps” project and the European Handbook for SDGs Voluntary Local Reviews; calls for a European platform for VLRs to foster exchange and learning as well as twinning approaches across Europe for accelerated SDG implementation at local level; suggests that this data be integrated in the EU cohesion policies; 15a. highlights that corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence, when subject to relevant audits, can be an important framework to encourage greater accountability in the private sector regarding the social and environmental impact of companies and their contribution to the achievement of the SDGs; encourages all actors across society, including private entities, to engage in regular voluntary reporting on SDG implementation stresses the need to finance trainings for capacity building for SMEs in order to learn how to implement the SDGs in their daily activities;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Calls on the Commission to present the ‘beyond GDP’ dashboard without delay, as set out in the 8th environment action programme~~Points out that there is a growing awareness that economic growth, as measured primarily by GDP, has little to do with prosperity and well-being and that sustainability must be at the core of economic systems; demands crucial reforms also in the methodology of measuring economic performance, which have to properly indicate progress, based on the well-being of people and the planet; calls on the Commission to present the summary dashboard and indicator set measuring ‘beyond GDP’ without delay, as set out in the 8th environment action programme; urges the Commission to develop beyond GDP indicators that incorporate societal and environmental factors, and enhance cooperation with the international community;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls the broad recognition, when the SDGs were adopted, of the need to ‘go from billions to trillions’ in financing for development; is alarmed by the fact that the SDG financing gap has instead grown from USD 2.5 trillion to USD 4 trillion per year201; stresses, in this regard, the need for a reformed global plan to finance the SDGs; draws attention to the fact that, with global GDP now over USD 100 trillion and the capitalisation of global equity and fixed income markets being around USD 250 trillion, global financial resources are sufficient for a big push towards closure of the SDG financing gap and should be made available for this, including through fair effective taxation and effective international measures against tax competition, tax avoidance and evasion;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

20 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1787/fcbe6ce9-en. 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Outlook o17 a. Underlines the important role of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a catalyst for change and leverage for the mobilisation of other resources and recalls that it remains a major source of finance for the poorest countries, and continues to play a crucial role role in achieving the 2030 Agenda; notes with concern that, while being the biggest global ODA provider, the EU and its Member States failed to achieve their collective commitments to provide at least 0.7% of GNI as ODA and, in this context, urges them to honour their commitment; stresses the need for donors to prioritise grant-based financing, especially to LDCs, in view of their unsustainable debt burdens; insists that ODA, as defined in the OECD, should always have as its primary objective the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries and therefore needs to play a key role in Ffinancing ~~for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1787/fcbe6ce9-en.~~ the SDGs; stresses that the principles of development effectiveness should be followed, that human rights must be fully respected by all actors benefiting from blended finance and guarantees; calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in private sector cooperation so that it is open to effective stakeholder, parliamentary and public scrutiny;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the preparation of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal; Stresses that the absence of a financing plan for the SDGs prevents the overall monitoring of spending on their implementation within the EU budget; calls for the adoption of an EU financing plan for the SDGs under a revised Multiannual Financial Framework; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming, especially the MFF, NDICI-Global Europe, EFSD+, the EU’s main development financing tools as well as explore synergies with Horizon Europe, LIFE+, InvestEU, Digital Europe Programme; underlines that the financing plan for the SDGs should address the lack of margin under Heading 6 of the Multiannual Financial Framework, which does not provide sufficient means for Union’s external action to help partner countries finance their SDGs strategies; stresses that important EU investment strategies like the Global Gateway must be clearly oriented towards and fully assessed against the need to implement the 2030 Agenda with its “leave no one and no place behind” principle and encompassing the whole social, economic and environmental dimension; is worried that the Global Gateway lacks a clear development mandate, and that its design and planning is surrounded by a lack of transparency and public scrutiny; criticises the absence of fresh funding and its reliance on private finance which is inherently risk averse, and thus, its inability to reach the furthest behind first; highlights that the NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review provides an opportunity to assess the EU’s contribution to achieve the SDGs worldwide and reaffirms its support towards the Agenda 2030 by setting out clear and measurable commitments for the coming years; recalls the obligation in the Taxonomy Regulation on the Commission to publish a report with a view to extend its scope beyond environmentally sustainable economic activities, including other sustainability objectives, such as social objectives; emphasizes that this would help implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Green Deal while taking the situation of micro- enterprises and SMEs into account;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that adequate financing for the attainment of the SDGs, especially in developing countries, requires a thorough overhaul of the global financial architecture to align all of its parts with the Agenda 2030 for global development, the Paris Agreement on climate action and the Global Biodiversity Framework; calls for the swift operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27 and that new financing commitments are directed swiftly where they are needed most; urges the Commission and the Member States to step up their engagement and jointly work towards the necessary reforms of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and multilateral development banks in order to adjust these financial institutions’ visions and operating models with a focus on strengthening the fight against poverty and rising inequality and promoting a just and sustainable twin transition; regrets that, in a number of cases, the structural reforms promoted by the IMF and the World Bank have contributed to the weakening of the ability of developing countries to promote public policies to fight poverty and to strengthen education and health systems; urgently calls on the Commission to track inconsistencies among expenditures and identify and phase out all environmentally harmful subsidies without delay, as required by the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030; points out the need to rechannel IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to developing countries and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in view of increasing SDG investment capacity without creating additional debt; underlines the need to improve the lending terms of MDBs, including lower interest rates and longer-term loans;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the Bridgetown Initiative in this regard and calls on the Commission and the Member States to constructively and proactively engage in the relevant discussions in international forums throughout 2023 so that ambitious reforms can be achieved swiftly; in this regard, welcomes the fact that a Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is to be held in Paris in June 2023, making it possible to promote an inclusive approach by bringing together all the relevant stakeholders; calls on the EU and international partners to fully engage in real commitments and action during this international summit to facilitate vulnerable countries' access to the financing they need to address the consequences of current and future crises and to implement Agenda 2030, and make it an opportunity to build a new contract between the North and the South;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 and 21 a (new)

21. SIs alarmed by the fact that LDCs were already unable to finance the implementation of the SDGs before the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine and are now even more in need of financial support; stresses that more than half of the world’s ~~poorest~~69 low and middle income countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; ~~welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s pus~~notes with deep concern that according to the United Nations, 25 developing countries paid more than 20 per cent of total government revenue in external debt service in 2022, while sixteen of the most debt-troubled countries today owe more than 30 percent to private creditor; underlines that the high cost of borrowing for developing countries inhibits investment in the SDGs; emphasises the need both for arapid global ~~SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors;~~ debt relief efforts for developing countries, ending the “too little, too late” syndrome and unnecessary aggravation of debt situations, and for systemic changes towards a rules-based multilateral order capable of preventing new debt crises; Reiterates its call on the Commission, in consultation with all major international actors and the countries concerned, to draw up a genuine strategy to save developing countries from excessive indebtedness; in particular, calls for the creation of a multilateral debt workout mechanism, under UN auspices; notes that the Common Debt Framework still does not provide concrete debt relief and calls for an enhanced multilateral debt relief initiative with an effective mechanism to engage private creditors, debt relief in return for SDG achievement and climate action (debt swaps), measures to facilitate lender coordination on new loan contracts and the adoption of automatic debt suspension in the event of pre-defined shock; 21 b. Welcomes the UN Secretary- General’s push for a global SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 which calls for additional liquidity, effective debt restructuring and the expansion of development financing, with the view to free up significant fiscal space in developing economies and a reform of the global international financial architecture; calls for a collective response from the EU and its Member States to the SDG Stimulus initiative and to start without delay parallel preparation of proposals for such a plan ;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recognises the importance of domestic resources being mobilised in developing countries as well as the structural challenges of their mobilisation and draws attention to the fact that this is contingent on an enabling international environment; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States~~recalls that illicit financial outflows and tax havens have a severe impact on the fiscal space of developing countries and seriously undermine the Rule of Law and institutional resilience in these countries, which is an essential precondition to achieve sustainable development; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the lead to clamp down on tax evasion and tax avoidance practices, including listing of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, to scale up its cooperation with developing countries on tax matters to enable them to enhance mobilisation of public resources, and to take the initiative and push for the establishment of a UN intergovernmental commission for international cooperation on tax matters, in order to fight illicit financial outflows and cross-border tax evasion, and to close tax havens;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Reiterates the critical role of public and private investments and public- private partnerships to increase developmental investments in developing countries and LDCs, where needs are the greatest, in closing the annual SDG funding gap of USD 4 trillion; therefore calls on the Commission to engage in in- depth discussions and engagement with the private sector to encourage private financing; at the same time, also warns of the risks involved, for example the erosion of universal access to quality public services that are critical (such as health, education and social protection, or local renewable energy production) or the overcompensation of private investors; Notes in that regard that the overall evidence of the development effectiveness of subsidising private investment remains weak and that there is currently a lack of evidence that blended finance has had a large impact in the attainment of the SDGs; therefore calls on the EU to push for a new approach in blended finance that is based on SDG-targeted impact, fair sharing of risks and rewards, clear accountability mechanisms, and coherent social and environmental standards, in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; and to prioritise partnerships with LDC domestic enterprises that pursue sustainable and inclusive business models;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates that the SDGs are the only globally agreed and comprehensive set of goals on the great challenges ahead for both developed and developing countries and the 2030 Agenda should therefore serve as a guiding light for navigating through the current uncertainties; strongly advocates for SDG 17 (Partnership for the goals) for the urgent revitalisation of global partnerships particularly between governments, the private sector, and civil society in the pursuit of realizing the Agenda 2030; highlights the opportunity that the SDGs provide to establish a true well-being economy centred on people and the planet and to work towards a sustainable world beyond 2030;

2023/05/09
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

— having regard to the resolution on Policy Coherence for Development adopted by the European Parliament on 14 March 20231a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0071_EN.pdf

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)

— having regard to the resolution of 8 October 2021 of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and the resolution of 26 July 2022 of the UN General Assembly, which recognised the human right to a healthy environment,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, with less than seven years to go until the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the new geopolitical landscape and the multiple crises in various areas have further hindered the achievement of the SDGs; whereas collective action on a new scale is urgently needed to respond to poverty that is ruining hundreds of millions of lives and to respond to the unprecedented threats to the habitability of our planet posed by the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises; whereas the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs are key to addressing the current challenges and reorienting the global compass towards a socially and environmentally just transition that leaves no one behind;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas, despite some progress on certain SDGs before the crises, some trends are now reversed; whereas, according to the SDNS Sustainable Development Report 2022, for the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs and the average SDG Index score further declined in 2021;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. Whereas, on 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognised the human right to water and sanitation; whereas ‘Right2Water’ was the first successful European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) with 1.9 million signatures;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY, Petros KOKKALIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. Whereas, in its resolution on the Follow Up to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) Right2Water, the Parliament considered it regrettable that the Commmission's communication in response to the ECI lacked ambition1a; whereas the Commission attempted to address the concerns of the ECI relating to access to water in the recast of the Drinking Water Directive; whereas no actions have been taken in relation to the right to sanitation; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2015-0294_EN.html

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. Whereas reducing inequalities (SDG 10) is inextricably linked to the overall implementation of the Agenda 2030 and to effective climate action; whereas sustainable resource mobilisation is essential for transformative public action; whereas tax justice, climate justice and intergenerational justice must be urgently pursued both within developed and developing countries;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. Whereas 760 million people currently live without electricity and 2.4 billion people rely on harmful fuels for cooking1a; whereas 3.6 billion people worldwide live without safely managed sanitation1band 2.3 billion lack basic handwashing facilities at home1c; whereas 2018-2028 has been declared the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”; _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01- 2022-who-publishes-new-global-data-on- the-use-of-clean-and-polluting-fuels-for- cooking-by-fuel-type 1b https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and- sanitation/sanitation/ 1c https://www.unwater.org/water- facts/handwashing-and-hand-hygiene

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas the COVID crisis required forceful public policy responses, for which developed countries rapidly found resources, and a wide consensus emerged on the need for a transformative “build back better” approach responding also to the deepening climate crisis; whereas, at the same time, the very asymmetric impact of the COVID crisis rapidly exacerbated the inequality crisis plaguing the world;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

A e. whereas education is a key resource for achieving the SDGs and a lifeline for people in crisis situations; whereas yet hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable children, youth and adults are still excluded from education today; whereas the education-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda have been severely derailed and risk leaving learners and societies ill-equipped to face an uncertain future;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

A f. Whereas the Commission has not yet devised an integrated plan for the EU’s implementation of Agenda 2030 or a financing plan for the SDGs, as requested several times by the EP, notably the resolution of 23 June 2022; whereas the Commission has committed to taking a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to SDG implementation;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)

A g. Whereas there is a significant annual SDG investment gap of $USD 4 trillion and the fiscal space for relevant policies in developing countries’ is critically reduced by huge and further increasing debt burdens, external shocks related to the cumulating crises and the absence of a conducive international environment for domestic resource mobilisation;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)

A h. whereas France will host an international summit on 22 and 23 June 2023 on the theme of a "New Global Financial Pact" in order to take stock of all the ways and means to strengthen financial solidarity with the countries of the Global South, especially in the context of the current and future crises they are facing;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)

A i. whereas the 8th Union Environment Action Programme forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the UN 2030 Agenda and its SDGs; whereas the achievement of the environmental- and climate-related SDGs underpins the social and economic SDGs;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)

A j. whereas the Joint Statement on legislative priorities for 2023 and 2024 sets the overarching objective to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development through the legislative proposals put forward;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)

A k. whereas the success of the European Green Deal and the pledge of a just green transition is inextricably linked to the achievement of the SDGs;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)

A l. whereas 2023 is a pivotal year for the review of the SDGs and a push for their realisation by 2023, especially with the EU presenting its first Voluntary Review report at the HLPF in July 2023 and the global SDGs Summit on 19-20 September 2023 marking the mid-term of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with their 169 accompanying measurable targets, especially in light of the new deteriorating geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increaseding levels of inequality and poverty ; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide ~~a universal compass~~the only evidence-based universal policy roadmap for people’s prosperity ~~and to~~, protecting the planet and averting the climate crisis; recalls that athe pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of society;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfway point in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGs remains crucial and must be further credibly demonstrated; underlines that 2023 offers a unique opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction in this crucial year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has disrupted the global energy supply systems, and has underscored the need to rapidly end dependence on fossil fuels and phase out all relevant subsidies and shift to renewable energy sources; stresses, in this regard, the urgency for the EU and Member States to make concerted efforts to progress towards SDG 7 to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; underlines that security of energy supply, universal access and affordability in the long term can only be attained through renewable energy deployment; stresses that achieving SDG 7 will contribute to the attainment of several other SDGs, including in relation to poverty eradication, gender equality, climate change, food security, health, education, sustainable cities and communities, clean water and sanitation, decent jobs, innovation, transport, and refugees; highlights that the implementation of SDG 7 should be aligned with a just, inclusive and equitable energy transition with universal energy access, green jobs, diversified economies, people’s well-being and the empowerment of women, local communities and vulnerable groups to leave no one behind;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Welcomes the outcome of the UN 2023 Water Conference; calls on the EU and Member States to put forward ambitious commitments to advance on SDG 7; stresses that water policies must prioritise the sustainable management of rivers, lakes, wetlands, springs, and aquifers, guaranteeing their good ecological status, within the framework of the human right to a healthy environment and as key to confronting ongoing crises of pollution, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss, and climate change; highlights that water and sanitation services should be guided by the respect for human rights, leaving no one behind, including those who live in situations of vulnerability, marginalization or poverty; stresses that privatisation or commodification of water and sanitation services are detrimental to the complete fulfilment of human rights, and should therefore not be considered as policies at the global, national or local level, or in international cooperation, but that, instead, public ownership and management, strengthened through public-public and public-community partnerships, should be promoted;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. welcomes the landmark agreement for a Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester as its compass and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvement, including recommendations for country-specific SDG targets ; suggests that reporting on the implementation of the SDGs should be an opportunity to streamline the European Semester, notably in country reports and national reform programmes;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses Parliament’s important role in promoting the SDGs’ implementation through European policies and heightening the goals’ visibility in public discourse; calls, to this end, on its committees to further integrate SDG considerations in their legislative and non-legislative work; welcomes the efforts made by the Parliament’s SDG Alliance; encourages the Parliament’s general secretariat to produce a Parliament SDG review to fully assess its contribution to the achievement of the Goals, following similar commitments by other Union institutions; underlines that coordination within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership and increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Recognises that the SDGs have to be strengthened through the creation of effective legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and practices at EU and Member States’ level to promote their implementation;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Ccommi~~ssion’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023~~tment of nine EU Member States to present their national voluntary review at the 2023 HLPF and invites all Member States to engage in this process in the following years; emphasizes that voluntary national reviews can only serve the purpose of providing accountability if they are done in an objective manner that focuses on shortcomings as much as on achievements;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023;highlights the importance of the EU voluntary review containing: a. a reaffirmation of the EU’s commitment to deliver the Agenda 2030 and the accompanying Goals; b. a strategic overview of the EU commitments and targets to progress towards the SDGs, including, where applicable, quantified and time-bound targets for 2030; c. a comprehensive summary of EU internal and external actions in support of the implementation of the SDGs, as well as policy coherence between action at both levels, including potential trade-offs, having regard to impacts on partner countries; d. orientations on actions to be undertaken to take the implementation of the 2030 Agenda further, in particular in anticipation of the 2024-2029 Commission political priorities .

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally; notes that its implementation will enable partner countries to achieve their own development goals (e.g. the AU Agenda 2063) and their self-reliance on the path to a just and equal society; stresses in this context that the universality of the SDGs as a common agenda represents an opportunity to restore trust and position the EU as a bridge builder between the Global North and the Global South;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States must avoid negative spillover effects at the expense of the Global South, which undermine their efforts to achieve the SDGs and which occur as a result of their Member States’ past economic and technological model; advocates cooperation with global partners to turn any negative spillover effects into virtuous circles; calls for all EU policies to be subject to a mandatory SDG check to provide more insight on and address any negative effects and ensure that change in this area is measurable; welcomes the recent agreement reached between the co- legislators on the Deforestation Regulation, which will ensure that products circulated in the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in other parts of the world; reiterates its calls on the Commission and on the Council to take the actions listed in its recent resolution on policy coherence for development so as to make the implementation of this principle effective;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reiterates its support for the work of Eurostat in relation to the SDGs monitoring in the EU; Points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling the gaps for some SDGs and better measuring policies’ ~~impact on territories and specific vulnerable groups~~cross- border and long-term distributional impact on territories and specific marginalized and vulnerable groups, in the EU and globally;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation should be ensured in the Eurostat SDG monitoring, closer aligned to the global SDG monitoring framework, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, gender, income, education level, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, impairment and other characteristics;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes, furthermore, that important evidence-based data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to the their impact on poorest and most ~~marginalised people~~vulnerable and marginalised groups and territories people; highlights that accurate and reliable data is crucial to measure progress and identify bottlenecks; regrets the lack of comprehensive ODA reporting per SDG by the EU and all Member States; calls for strengthening and accelerating human, institutional and infrastructure data capacity building, especially in the developing countries and EU internal monitoring tools, such as the Gender Marker or the newly established Inequality Marker;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation; stresses that regular comprehensive reviews of SDGs progress at sub-national and local level can reinforce vertical and horizontal coherence, stimulate local participation, facilitate peer-learning between regions and cities at global level and contribute to the overall SDG implementation; strongly supports, in this regard, the work of the Joint Research Center on localising the SDGs inter alia through the “REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps” project and the European Handbook for SDGs Voluntary Local Reviews; calls for a European platform for VLRs to foster exchange and learning as well as twinning approaches across Europe for accelerated SDG implementation at local level; suggests that this data be integrated in the EU cohesion policies;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out that there is a growing awareness that economic growth, as measured primarily by GDP, has little to do with prosperity and well-being and that sustainability must be at the core of economic systems; regrets that no policy at EU level aims at a paradigm shift or reform of our economic systems, including the replacement of GDP growth with a measure of progress based on the well-being of people and planet as the key measure of economic performance; Calls on the Commission to present the ‘beyond GDP’ dashboard without delay, as set out in the 8th environment action programme;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Draws attention to the fact that, with global GDP now over USD 100 trillion and the capitalisation of global equity and fixed income markets being around USD 250 trillion, global financial resources are sufficient for a big push towards closure of the SDG financing gap and should be made available for this, including through wealth and profit taxes and effective international measures against tax competition, tax avoidance and evasion;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the ~~prepara~~adoption of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming, especially the MFF, NDICI-Global Europe, EFSD+, the EU’s main development financing tools; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Stresses that important EU investment strategies like the Global Gateway must be clearly oriented towards and fully assessed against the need to implement the 2030 Agenda with its “leave no one behind” principle and encompassing the whole social, economic and environmental dimension;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Highlights the urgency to require financial institutions to define and adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios and other assets with the SDGs and regularly report on progress inter alia in the context of their ESG reporting;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18 c. Encourages all actors across society, including public and private profit and non-profit entities, to engage in regular voluntary reporting on SDG implementation;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18 d. Underlines the importance of making the Union budget consistent with the 17 SDGs and their respective sub- targets; invites the Commission to examine the modalities of a dedicated methodology for tracking SDGs expenditure in the Union budget, complementary to the climate and biodiversity tracking methodologies already in place; requests that a comprehensive mapping of the financial envelopes of existing and future Union policies, programmes and funds, including of the investments and structural reforms pursued under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, be made to ensure coherence with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18 e. Adds its voice to the multiplying calls for deep reform of the global development finance architecture to align all of its parts with the Agenda 2030 for global development, the Paris Agreement on climate action and the Global Biodiversity Framework; calls for the shift operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)

18 f. Calls on the EU and international partners to fully engage in real commitments and action during the international summit on the "New Global Financial Pact" in Paris in June to facilitate vulnerable countries' access to the financing they need to address the consequences of current and future crises and to implement Agenda 2030;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that more than half of the world’s 69 poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; emphasises the need both for rapid debt relief, ending the “too little, too late”1asyndrome and unnecessary aggravation of debt situations, and for systemic changes towards a rules-based multilateral order capable of preventing new debt crises;Reiterates its call on the Commission, in consultation with all major international actors and the countries concerned, to draw up a genuine strategy to save developing countries from excessive indebtedness;Notes that the Common Debt Framework still does not provide concrete debt reliefand calls for an enhanced multilateraldebt relief initiative with an effective mechanism to engageprivate creditors, debt relief in return for SDG achievement and climate action (debt swaps) and measures to facilitate lender coordination on new loan contracts; _________________ 1a https://www.undp.org/publications/dfs- avoiding-too-little-too-late-international- debt-relief

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Points to the pertinence of its 2018 resolution “Enhancing developing countries’ debt sustainability”1a, which has only increased since new pressures and the lack of adequate action are now resulting in a new big debt crisis; Reaffirms the calls made in this resolution for the systematic consideration of resource needs in the context of human rights, including the right to development, and the prioritisation of these needs, for the establishment of an international debt repayment mechanism, for the transformation of the UNCTAD Principles to Promote Responsible Lending and Borrowing into legally binding and enforceable instruments, for the sanctioning of lenders who lend to manifestly corrupt governments or in violation of the law established by the national parliament of the borrowing state; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2018-0104_EN.html

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Welcomes the UN Secretary- General’s push for a global SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; calls for a collective response from the EU and its Member States to the SDG Stimulus initiative; calls also on the Commission to start without delay parallel preparation of proposals for such a plan;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Reiterates its support for private sector engagement to increase developmental investments in developing countries, but also warns of the risks involved, for example the erosion of universal access to quality public services or the overcompensation of private investors; Notes with great concern that the overall evidence of the development effectiveness of subsidising private investment remains weak;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Insists that Official Development Assistance (ODA), as defined in the OECD, should always have as its primary objective the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries; Stresses that the principles of development effectiveness should be followed, that human rights must be fully respected by all actors benefiting from blended finance and guarantees, and that the private sector entities involved must have a transparent ownership structure, practice country-specific reporting and refrain from tax avoidance; Calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in private sector cooperation so that it is open to effective stakeholder, parliamentary and public scrutiny;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Patrizia TOIA, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR

22 c. Highlights that the NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review provides an opportunity to assess the EU’s contribution to achieve the SDGs worldwide and reaffirms its support towards the Agenda 2030 by setting out clear and measurable commitments for the coming years;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Suggests that the UN should push all Member States to support the introduction of concrete timelines and implementation plans that are binding for the signatory states towards 2030 and beyond; Furthermore calls on the UN to prepare a post-Agenda 2030 strategy well ahead of time;

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Udo BULLMANN, Petros KOKKALIS, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Karsten LUCKE, Ilan DE BASSO, Heléne FRITZON, Erik BERGKVIST, Carina OHLSSON, Evin INCIR, Mick WALLACE, Clare DALY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission as well as to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United Nations General Assembly .

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

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