{"id":12390,"date":"2024-06-06T18:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanlab.univie.ac.at\/panel-discussion-the-sdgs-in-urban-areas\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:52:12","slug":"panel-discussion-the-sdgs-in-urban-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanlab.univie.ac.at\/en\/panel-discussion-the-sdgs-in-urban-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel discussion: The SDGs in urban areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][stm_spacing lg_spacing=”80px” md_spacing=”80px” sm_spacing=”80px” xs_spacing=”64px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The SDGs in urban areas – local perspectives for accelerated implementation and the post-2030 sustainability agenda” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Cities play a key role in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs<\/em>), not least because they will be home to an estimated 2\/3 of the world\u00b4s population by 2050. UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres emphasised that \u2018our battle for global sustainability will be lost or won in cities\u2019, highlighting that cities simultaneously face complex and major challenges and host key capacities and resources to manage them innovatively.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”n” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Read more” tab_id=”1719410424800-10f6ebc8-afae”][vc_column_text]Urban actors across the global North and South, including local and national governments as well as civil society organisations, are appropriating the SDGs as a framework for implementing more sustainable forms of urban development. However, the 17 goals, their targets and indicators are also frequently critiqued for their contradictions and vagueness, difficulties in realising their transformative potential, and their dependence on voluntary measures.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In its first Voluntary National Report (VNR) on the implementation of the SDGs in 2020, Austria positively emphasised the underlying participatory process in its development, and the progress and achievement of numerous goals including the eradication of extreme poverty, safe access to water and the collection rate of municipal waste. However, the 2021 SDG Indicator Report by Statistics Austria also examined critical trends and showed, for example, that domestic material consumption of 19.1 tonnes per person is massively above the EU-27 average (14.1 tonnes) and that Austria\u00b4s contribution of 0.31% of gross national income for official development assistance is nowhere near the target of 0.7%.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In July 2024, the second Austrian Voluntary National Report (VNR) will be presented together with local and national reports from other countries at the United Nations High Level Political Forum in New York. We are taking this as an opportunity to hold a panel discussion on 8 July 2024 to discuss the speed and scope of changes in urban areas in recent years, as well as the indicators used and their relevance for sustainable development from different perspectives. Furthermore, panelists will discuss the role of cities and trans-local alliances for progress towards the 2030 sustainability agenda and beyond.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”12877″ img_size=”500×350″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yHw06OIEE9Q”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Further links” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”n” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”City of Vienna” tab_id=”1719413157229-a79ee059-eb3e”][vc_column_text]Smart City Vienna and Agenda 2030<\/a><\/p>\n

Smart Klima City Vienna<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”KDZ” tab_id=”1719413253952-66e641ca-ba5b”][vc_column_text]SDG municipal check for investment projects<\/a><\/p>\n

White paper on resilient communities (2023)<\/a><\/p>\n

Survey on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Austria’s cities (2021)<\/a><\/p>\n

Guidelines for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Austria’s cities (2019)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”LAG 21 NRW” tab_id=”1719413252497-213c2eb0-4a95″][vc_column_text]Information on the “Municipal sustainability budget” model, which was developed jointly by LAG 21 NRW and KPMG<\/a><\/p>\n

Information on the “Municipal Sustainability Strategy” model and the “Globally Sustainable Municipality NRW” model project<\/a><\/p>\n

Information on the topic “Municipal sustainability report”<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Statistics Austria” tab_id=”1719413251249-68944038-fa0f”][vc_column_text]SDG indicator report by Statistics Austria<\/a><\/p>\n

SDG page of Statistics Austria<\/a><\/p>\n

Pre-presentation of the second FNU<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”AG Global responsibility” tab_id=”1719413248158-227e10fa-094c”][vc_column_text]SDG Watch Austria<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][vc_custom_heading text=”Panellist:” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_tta_accordion active_section=”n” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Dalilah Pichler, MSc” tab_id=”1719410942594-a0c52244-249a”][vc_column_text]Dalilah Pichler<\/b>, MSc, has been working as a research assistant and consultant for public management at the KDZ – Centre for Public Administration Research since 2019. She studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics as well as Business and Public Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her current work focuses on organisational development and the analysis of municipal budgets, as well as research on the financing of services of general interest and the development of tools for implementing the SDGs at municipal level. She focuses particularly on the links between sustainability goals and municipal budgets[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12444″ img_size=”400×400″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dr. Klaus Reuter” tab_id=”1719410942594-0a0654b9-da8e”][vc_column_text]Dr. Klaus Reuter<\/strong> is the Managing Director of the Working Group on Agenda 21 in North Rhine Westphalia (LAG 21 NRW). For more than 20 years, the trained biologist and former research assistant to a member of the Bundestag has been shaping his expertise in the field of sustainability through work in practice and research. A particular focus of his work is on the transfer of international sustainability goals to municipal level sas well as the development and implementation of impact-oriented tools for the operationalisation of local sustainability management. Since 2015, Klaus Reuter has been the consortium leader of the Regional Network Centre for Sustainability Strategies West (RENN<\/strong>.west<\/em>), a network of the German Council for Sustainable Development.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12446″ img_size=”400×400″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mag. Alena Sirka-Bred” tab_id=”1719410960989-47d63984-d9bf”][vc_column_text]Alena Sirka-Bred <\/strong> is the Head of the Group for European and International Affairs at the Chief Executive Office of the City of Vienna.<\/strong> She has been legally qualified staff member of the Vienna City Administration since 1997:<\/p>\n