Publications & brochuresProject: Digital data dashboards enabling municipalities to track progress towards VLRs
Snapshot of the Global Forum project “City Movers” on urban sustainable development in Colombia, Kosovo, the Philippines and Tanzania
DocumentGlobal Forum Network Meeting 2022 - National SDG Advisory Bodies calling to action
Report by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE); 04.-07.09.2022 in Cape Town, South Africa
Recommendations & statementsInnovation Policy for Sustainable Development
Statement by the German Council for Sustainable Development; Berlin, 30 March 2022
DocumentTwo-Pager Joint Action for Sustainable Development
DocumentFlyer: Agenda VNR Lab 8
The role of multistakeholder advisory bodies in VNR processes and their potential to accelerate SDG delivery
DocumentFlyer: Agenda Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)
2022 HLPF Side Event - Debate on how local SDG monitoring and implementation connect with national SDG pathways
Publications & brochuresProject: Enhancing the visibility and network character of existing organizational efforts to implement the UN SDGs
Snapshot of a Global Forum project in Bénin and Togo on SDG stakeholder mapping, round table dialogues and digital visibility for accelerated SDG delivery.
Recommendations & statementsTurning Point for a Consistent Sustainability Policy
Recommendations of the Council to secure the global sustainability perspective in light of the war in Ukraine; Berlin, 17 May 2022
Studies & expert opinionsStudy: Pieces of a puzzle: further steps on a journey (Part II)
Second report on the potential for greater use of multi-stakeholder advisory bodies for the 2030 Agenda.
Recommendations & statementsOur Common Agenda – Impetus for an inclusive and networked multilateralism for sustainable development
Statement by Council members in collaboration with Dr
Marianne Beisheim (SWP) and Dr Silke Weinlich (DIE); Berlin, 20 January 2022
Recommendations & statementsRecommendations for the Reform of Government Work: Better Governance for Sustainable Development
Recommendations for the Reform of Government Work: Better Governance for Sustainable Development; Berlin, 4 October 2021
Studies & expert opinionsStudy: Pieces of a puzzle: towards national sustainable development advisory bodies (Part I)
Understanding the stakeholder landscape and policy processes towards establishing national multi-stakeholder advisory bodies for sustainable development.
Publications & brochuresStudy: Pathways for National Sustainable Development Advisory Bodies
Study on the role of national multi-stakeholder advisory bodies to deliver the SDGs.
Publications & brochuresPolicy brief: Pathways for consensus-building
Policy brief on the role of national multi-stakeholder advisory bodies to deliver the SDGs.
Studies & expert opinionsPolicy paper: Reform options for effective UN sustainable development governance
Together with researcher colleagues from SWP and DIE, Council members developed reform options for more effective UN sustainable development governance.
Recommendations & statementsEU–AU partnership for peace: entering a joint future of sustainable development
Recommendation of the Council for Sustainable Development; Berlin, 15 October 2020
Recommendations & statementsLaying the financial foundations for a sustainable recovery from the coronavirus crisis in the EU
Recommendation of the German Council for Sustainable Development concerning the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework and the European coronavirus recovery fu...
Recommendations & statementsSystematically laying the foundations for a sustainable food system is essential
Recommendation of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) for the State Secretaries’ Committee for Sustainable Development on 8 June 2020; Berli...
Recommendations & statementsA sustainable recovery from the coronavirus crisis
Eight recommendations by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) for the recovery from the coronavirus crisis; Berlin, 13 May 2020
Recommendations & statementsSustainable supply chains
Recommendation of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) for effectively embedding sustainability and human rights in global supply chains; Ber...
Speeches & cause for thoughtNational SDGs Implementation in Germany and Europe
Günther Bachmann - Diplomatic Academy “Augusto Ramírez Ocampo” Colombia, Bogotá
Publications & brochuresIn our hands - strategic cornerstones for sutainable development in municipalities
Positions and impulses from the Mayors involved in the "Sustainable City" Dialogue; November 2019
Speeches & cause for thoughtThe Role of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)
Günther Bachmann - Think piece for "Friends of Governance on Sustainable Development", edited by Felix Dodds, Berlin
Speeches & cause for thoughtSustainable finance, reporting and their role in achieving the SDGs
Yvonne Zwick, Deputy Secretary-General RNE - Contribution to the ESDN Conference 2019, Helsinki - Introduction into the Key Themes Session
Speeches & cause for thoughtGünther Bachmann: The business of business is mutual cooperation for sustainable development
This article was published in "GAiA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society", S1/2019
Publications & brochuresOpen SDGclub.Berlin meeting 2019 - Sustainability practitioners calling for action
07 – 09 May 2019, RNE Documentation
DocumentOpen SDGclub.Berlin 2019: Appel à l’action
Les participants ont réitéré l'importance du document de l'Agenda 2030 et ont lancé un appel urgent en faveur d'une intensification des efforts de mise en œu...
DocumentOpen SDGclub.Berlin 2019: Aufruf zum Handeln
Die Teilnehmer*innen haben die Bedeutung der Agenda 2030 bekräftigt und einen dringenden Aufruf veröffentlicht, sie in konkretes, multilaterales Handeln umzu...
DocumentOpen SDGclub.Berlin 2019: Calling for Action
Participants have reiterated the importance of the 2030 Agenda document and have launched an urgent call for increased implementation efforts.
Recommendations & statementsFor an ambitious European and global sustainability policy – Germany’s special responsibility
Contribution by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) to the meeting of the State Secretaries’ Committee for Sustainable Development on 27 May...
Recommendations & statementssustainable_AND_digital: Sustainable development as the framework for digital transformation
Recommendations of the German Council for Sustainable Development to the German Government, Berlin December 2018
Speeches & cause for thoughtGünther Bachmann - Overcoming Limits
Welcome Address at the Annual meeting of the 2030 Implementation Initiative; Bonn and Düsseldorf, 4–8 December 2018
Speeches & cause for thoughtGünther Bachmann - The HLPF We Need to Support the 2030 Agenda
Key note to the 2018 Sustainable Development Transition Forum: Accelerating Progress towards the SDGs: Enhancing the Role of the High-Level Political Forum, ...
Publications & brochuresGerman Almanac of Sustainability 2018
Ideas and actions aimed at achieving a future-oriented, equitable and open society by the year 2030
Publications & brochuresInterview with Adolfo Ayuso-Audry
Adolfo Ayuso-Audry was a member of the international Peer Review Group 2018 - This article was published in the “German Almanac of Sustainability 2018".
Publications & brochuresMulti-stakeholder peer review of Germany’s Sustainable Development Strategy – a transformative example to follow
By Helen Clark, Chair of the international Peer Review Group 2018 - This article was published in the “German Almanac of Sustainability 2018".
DocumentProgramme 26th EEAC Annual Conference
Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030: Key leverages for transformation, 11 October 2018, Berlin
Speeches & cause for thoughtGünther Bachmann - Stakeholder-policymaker cooperation in the age of the SDGs: what new approaches are required for success?
Key note address: Conference Stakeholder policy cooperation for the SDGs – Stakeholder Activities in different European countries, European Sustainable Devel...
Recommendations & statementsSteering global sustainability away from a dead end
The RNE’s recommendations to the German federal government for enhancing multilateralism for the 2030 Agenda; Berlin, 24 August 2018
Speeches & cause for thoughtHeidemarie Wieczorek Zeul - Reactions from Germany on the 2018 international peer review of the German Sustainable Development ...
Speech given at the 2018 UN High-Level Political Forum Side Event, 12 July 2018, New York
Speeches & cause for thoughtHelen Clark - The 2018 international Peer Review of the German Sustainable Development Strategy
Key note given at the 2018 UN High-Level Political Forum Side Event, 12 July 2018, New York
Speeches & cause for thoughtProf. Dr. Wolfgang Schuster - Policy frameworks and initiatives for sustainability
A perspective by the German Council for Sustainable Development; Heidelberg , June 11, 2018
Publications & brochuresThe 2018 Peer Review on the German Sustainability Strategy
The international peer review group on the German Sustainability Strategy has published its report. (barrier-free document)
DocumentList Members of the International Peer Group 2018
DocumentOpen SDGclub.Berlin Meeting 2016 - RNE Documentation
Publications & brochuresGerman Almanac of Sustainability - Initiatives and impressions on the social reality of sustainability 2017
Collection of german best practice cases regarding sustainable initiatives and projects
Recommendations & statementsFor a comprehensive G20 partnership with Africa to implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Recommendations of the German Council for Sustainable Development to the German Government, Berlin March 2017