Monday | 8 July 2019 Espoo, Finnland Moritz Schmidt, LAG 21 NRW The key role of cities and regions in addressing climate change while implementing SDGs Monday | 8 July 2019 Espoo, Finnland Moritz Schmidt, LAG 21 NRW
LAG 21 We are an independant network for civil society, administration and political stakeholders We are rooted in the worldwide local Agenda 21 movement Our goal is the implementation of the 2030-Agenda We see ourselves as moderators and realizers in the transformation processes towards sustainable development We coordinate the regional networking hubs for sustainable development strategies in western Germany (RENN.west) 05/11/2019
Background NRW Characteristics of North Rhine-Westphalia: Most populous German federal state: approx. 17.9 Mio. inhabitants GDP: 774 Billion US-$ (21,1% of whole German GDP) Population density: 524 inhabitants per km² Heterogeneous (urban and rural) settlement structures 19th century: economic rise based on industrialization and the steal and coal industry 1960s to today: structural change to a service based and high technology industry (diversified economy) GDP Poland: 524 Billion US$ Ukraine: 112 Billion US$ 05/11/2019
Global Sustainable Municipalities ‘Global Nachhaltige Kommune’ (Global Sustainable Municipalities) is a project implemented in the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia helping 15 local authorities, ranging from small and medium-sized to large towns and rural districts, via systematic support in elaborating a sustainability strategy addressing their individual local challenges, based on the global framework of the SDGs. Its approach has also been adopted in other German regions (p. 100). 05/11/2019
GNK Background Development of local sustainable development strategies in the light of the 2030-Agenda Vertical integration of regional and national sustainable development strategies 2019-2021 2016-2018 05/11/2019
GNK Topics 05/11/2019 Sustainable admin-istration Education and culture Fair work and economy Social justice and resilient society Sustainable consumption and health Global responsibility and One World Climate Change mitigation and energy Sustainable transport Climate change adaptation and natural ressources Sustainable neighbour-hoods 05/11/2019
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