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

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.

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

Meeting SDM S3

Zuzana BRZOBOHATA - Robert DUSEK - Richard FALBR - Jiri HAVEL - Pavel POC - Libor ROUCEK - Olga SEHNALOVA

Czech SD MEPs at the EP in Strasbourg.

The Salvador de Madariaga - SDM - building in Strasbourg

Återupptagande av sessionen

Öppnande av sammanträdet

Uttalande av talmannen

Justering av protokoll från föregående sammanträden: se protokollet

Parlamentets sammansättning: se protokollet

Utskottens och delegationernas sammansättning

Arbetsplan

Kommissionens förslag till översyn av stabilitets- och tillväxtpakten (debatt)

Bedömning av kommissionens förslag till reviderad utvidgningsmetod (debatt)

Automatiserat beslutsfattande: att säkerställa konsumentskydd och fri rörlighet för varor och tjänster (debatt)

Små och medelstora företag och bättre lagstiftning (debatt)

Översyn av riktlinjerna för transeuropeiska energiinfrastrukturer - Invändning enligt artikel 111: Unionens förteckning över projekt av gemensamt intresse (debatt)

Anföranden på en minut om frågor av politisk vikt

Föredragningslista för nästa sammanträde: se protokollet

Avslutande av sammanträdet

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

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)

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