Activities of Jessica POLFJÄRD related to 2023/2010(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the SDG Summit, which are both due to take place in New York, as opportunities to review progress at the halfway point, which must be the starting point for an intensified effort to achieve the goals by 2030; acknowledges, in this regard, the SDGs being focused on in 2023 (SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17); stresses that the Global Gateway initative can and should boost much needed sustainable economic growth and job creation, build resilient infrastructure and foster innovation and contribute to ensuring access to affordable, reliable and modern energy in developing countries, in order to advance progress on SDGs 7, 8 and 9; calls therefore on Team Europe to speed up the roll-out of Global Gateway; highlights that SMEs have a critical role in facilitating progress in this regard;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the EU’s significant role in establishing the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and calls for it to take bold action and provide global leadership by setting an example in the implementation of the SDGs and redoubling its efforts ahead of the deadline; stresses that the EU needs to intensify cooperation and accelerate progress on SDG 17, partnerships for the goals; notes that the EU is uniquely placed to accelerate progress on partnerships, given its proven record as a champion of multilateralism; calls on the EU to increase engagement with regional and local governments, civil society and the private sector;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses Parliament’s important role in promoting the SDGs’ implementation through European policies and heightening the goals’ visibility in public discourse; underlines that coordination within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership and increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda; stresses that it is imperative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of European development policies in order to accelerate SDG implementation in developing countries; calls, therefore, for closer coordination between the EU and its Member States, following a Team Europe approach, to enhance complementarity and maximise the use of existing ODA resources;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the broad recognition, when the SDGs were adopted, of the need to ‘go from billions to trillions’ in financing for development; is alarmed by the fact that the SDG financing gap has instead grown from USD 2.5 trillion to USD 4 trillion per year10; notes that governments alone will never meet the scale of financing needed to deliver the SDGs;stresses that private sector investments are critical to bridge the financing gap and advance on the SDGs; _________________ 10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1787/fcbe6ce9-en.