SDG 14 on 'life below water' focuses on the sustainability of the oceans, recognising their essential role in life on our planet. Oceans contain 80 % of all life forms, produce more than 50 % of the Earth's oxygen and play a central role in regulating the climate. In addition, the 'blue economy' provides 4.5 million direct jobs in the EU. To manage maritime activities sustainably and cope with different environmental pressures, the EU has implemented a wide range of policies, such as the common fisheries policy, the marine strategy framework directive and the maritime spatial planning directive, as well as specific legislation related to marine litter. Other new initiatives under the European Green Deal also play an important role in relation to ocean governance and sustainable blue growth, such as the 2030 biodiversity strategy, the offshore renewable energy strategy, the 'Fit for 55' package and the new guidelines on aquaculture.

EPRS podcast - Policy: EU action on ocean governance and achieving SDG 14

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be attained by 2030. The SDGs and the broader 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, of which they form the core, are based on findings that human activities have triggered dramatic changes in the conditions on Earth (climate change and biodiversity loss), which in turn have contributed to the deterioration of human wellbeing. To reverse the trend, there is an urgent need to simultaneously address the multiple causes and consequences of environmental depletion and social inequalities, by developing synergies and managing trade-offs between the SDGs. The European Union has been a leader in drafting the SDGs; it is also a frontrunner in mainstreaming the SDGs in all its policies.

EPRS podcast - Policy: Understanding SDGs: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals

At least one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN will be missed in 2030 – SDG 2 – 'zero hunger'. Hunger and malnutrition are rising dramatically across the world, a trend aggravated by the pandemic. In 2020, 811 million people in the world were facing hunger, the highest level since 2014. In the EU itself, considered one of the most food-secure regions in the world, nearly 7 million people were already experiencing severe food insecurity before the pandemic, and malnutrition is on the rise. SDG 2 aims not only at achieving food security but also at improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. These objectives have been mainstreamed in the recently reformed common agricultural policy and the 'farm to fork' and biodiversity strategies.

EPRS podcast - Policy: SDG 2 – zero hunger and EU action against hunger and malnutrition

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond

Conference Are we on track with the SDGs? Civil Society Dialogue with Policy Makers on the EUVR

30 years of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought- Exhibition “They Defend our Freedoms” - 30 years of Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: The arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman

From Politics to practice - European Sustainability Policy, Chemie3 and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda (SDGs).

SDM and WIC building at sunset in Strasbourg

Work in progress in front of the Salvador Di Madriaga (SDM) entrance in the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Extraordinary meeting of DEVE and ENVI with SDG advocates.

BUSSON, Sophie - representaive of Reporters Without Borders, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2005, HAIDAR, Ensaf - wife and reprensentative of BADAWI, Raif, LITVINA, Zhanna, representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2004

Sakharov Prize Network Mid-term Conference.  Family photo with  Sakharov Prize Laureates

Richard BALFE, Terry WYNN, Lyndon HARRISON, Roger BARTON, Michael MCGOWAN, Alfred LOMAS,  Pauline GREEN, Janey BUCHAN, Barry SEAL

UK SD MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels

Erkki TUOMIOJA, Chairman of Finnish SDP Parliamentary Group and Klaus HANSCH EP President at a meeting in Strasbourg in April 1996.

Meeting of the Presidency of the Democratic Coalition Party with the bureau of the SD Group.

Martin SCHULZ - EP President,  Dejan ZIDAN

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Dejan ZIDAN, President SD party Slovenia

MEPS SD Group

SD German delegation meeting with guests from the German SPD Party

Delegation of SD group meets with the Vice German Chancellor.

EP President meets with the President of the German SDP party

SDOE (Financial Economic Crime Unit) in Athens

Resumption of the session

Opening of the sitting

Statement by the President

Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings : see Minutes

Composition of Parliament : see Minutes

Composition of committees and delegations

Order of business

Commission communication on the Review of the economic governance (debate)

Assessment of the revised enlargement methodology proposal of the European Commission (debate)

Automated decision-making processes: Ensuring consumer protection, and free movement of goods and services (debate)

SMEs and better regulation (debate)

Revision of the guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure - Objection pursuant to Rule 111: Union list of projects of common interest (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Closure of the sitting

Plenary

8th Ordinary Plenary session of Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) - Committee on Sustainable Development

zEP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond

The conference, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of European Parliament's democracy support activities is opened by President Roberta Metsola and bring together high-level speakers to reflect upon the lessons-earned from the past ten years and stake out the way ahead in setting future priorities and development of the European Parliament's democracy support. Extracts from the opening statements and atmosphere shots of the event, with special guests such as Pat COX, former EP President, Hauwa IBRAHIM, 2005 Sakharov Prize laureate, SAlih MAHMOUD OSMAN, 2007 Sakharov Prize Laureate and Leyla YUNUS, 2014 Sakharov finalist.

10 Years of Supporting Democracy beyond the EU (Democracy support and Election coordination Group (DEG)): atmosphere shots

Sakharov Prize winners Salih OSMAN (Sudan) and Lorent SALEH (Venezuela) exchange of views with the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) of the European Parliament in Brussels. Statements by Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sakharov Prize winner, Lorent SALEH, Sakharov Prize winner, Isabel WISELER-LIMA (EPP, LU) and Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT).

Exchange of views with Sakharov Prize winners Salih OSMAN (Sudan) and Lorent SALEH (Venezuela): extracts from the meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2018.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2018)

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2017.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2017)

This clip shows the Laureates of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought since 1988 to 2019.

Clip: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (1988 - 2019)

During the EP plenary session (12 - 15 March 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman. Statements by Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Ana GOMES (S&D, PT), Julie WARD (S&D, UK), Michèle RIVASI (Greens/EFA, FR) and Johannes HAHN, Member of the EC in charge of European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Illustration shots on the day in which Salih Mahmoud OSMAN received the Sakharov Prize 2007 (11/12/2007).

The arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman: extracts from the debate and illustrative pictures

This memoclip presents all the Sakharov Prize laureates from 1988 to 2016

Memoclip: Sakharov Prize laureates - 1988-2016

Debate on the Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom, during the&nbsp;Extraordinary Plenary sessionof the EP in Brussels. Statements by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group leader, Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), SD Group leader, Syed KAMALL (ECR, UK), ECR Group leader, Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), ALDE Group leader, Gabriele ZIMMER (GUE/NGL, DE), GUE-NGL Group leader, Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Greens Group leader,&nbsp; Nigel FARAGE (EFDD, UK), UKIP Group leader, and Marine LE PEN (ENF, FR), ENF Group leader

Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom: extracts from the EP Extraordinary Plenary session (1st part)

Sakharov Prize Network Conference in the EP in Brussels. Family photo, address by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Ensaf HAIDAR, wife and representative of Raif Badawi and Cutaways from the meeting with Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2015 (Saudi Arabia), Denis Mukwege, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2014 (DRC), Ali Ferzat, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2011 (Syria) Vitaliy Ponomarev, representative of Memorial, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2009 (Russia), Salih Mahmoud Mohamed Osman, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2007 (Sudan), Sophie Busson, representative of Reporters Without Borders, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2005, Zhanna Litvina, Representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2004 (Belarus), Taslima Nasreen, Sakharov Prize Laureate 1994 (Bangladesh) and Vildana Selimbegović, Representative of Oslobodjenje, Sakharov Prize Laureate 1993 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sakharov Prize Network Conference: family photo, address by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Ensaf HAIDAR, wife and representative of Raif Badawi and ambiance shots

Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with former Sakharov Prize Laureates on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the creation of the prize: arrivals and roundtable

Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sudanese defence lawyer for the victims of the war in Darfur, receives the Sakharov Prize 2007 award during a ceremony held in the plenary in Strasbourg.

Sakharov Prize 2007: award to Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sudanese defence lawyer for the victims of the war in Darfur

Recording of Sakharov Prize 2007: Award ceremony Salih Mahmoud Mohamed Osman - Sudan

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