Feb. 2nd : Joint implementation of the Agenda 2030 and the European Green Deal: Transformations for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19

On the occasion of the 2022 UN-ECOSOC Partnership Forum, to be held on 2 February 2022, SDSN Europe and SDSN Greece co-organize a side event.

The European Green Deal, introduced in December 2019 by the European Commission, aims to make Europe climate-neutral, resource-efficient, innovative, and socially inclusive. Therefore, the European Leadership has committed to including both in the European Semester, the alignment process of Member States’ budget and economic policy with the rules agreed at the EU level, and in the Strategic guidelines on various Policy areas, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN Agenda 2030, a globally accepted pledge for poverty eradication and sustainable development, which considers three pillars– economic, social, and environmental. Moreover, the EU has responded to the pandemic’s consequences on health, environment, and economy with a generous “Next Generation EU” package of funds and mobilizing policies, to support the economic recovery, while pursuing Europe’s green and digital transition.

Throughout this session, the participants will examine how the joint implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030 and the European Green Deal could promote the recovery from the COVID-19 consequences, sustainably.