46 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2023/2010(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted by UN member states at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the 6th European Union – African Union Summit of 17-18 February 2022 and the related final statement entitled ‘A Joint Vision for 2030’,
Amendment 8 #
— having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, entitled ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 entitled ‘Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution’,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 30 October 2019 entitled ‘Leaving no one behind when implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 08 December 2021 entitled ‘Renewed sustainable finance strategy',
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 d (new)
Citation 11 d (new)
— having regard to the IPCC sixth assessment report of 28 February 2022 entitled ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’ and its Synthesis Report published on 20 March 2023,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 e (new)
Citation 11 e (new)
— having regard to the OECD report of 10 November 2022 entitled ‘Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity’,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 f (new)
Citation 11 f (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document of 18 November 2020 entitled ‘Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach’ (SWD(2020)0400),
Amendment 26 #
— having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on the annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 23, 21.1.2021, p. 130.
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2017 on EU action for sustainability2a, _________________ 2a OJ C 334, 19.9.2018, p. 151.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, with less than seven years to go until the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the new geopolitical landscape and the multiple crises in various areas have hinderfurther slowed the achievement of the SDGs; whereas the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs are key to addressing the current challenges and reorienting the global compass towards a socially and environmentally just transition that leaves no one behind;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the EU’s 8th Environment Action Programme is the EU’s common legal climate and environmental agenda until 2030 and the EU’s basis for achieving the UN 2030 Agenda and its SDGs, pursuing a wellbeing economy as a priority;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the 17 SDGs with their respective 169 targets and accompanying indicators represent the only globally shared and politically agreed framework for evidence-based policies;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic has resulted in a significant setback for the SDGs; whereas the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2020 and 2021 recorded the only declines in the 30-year history of the index, erasing the gains made in the previous five years3a, _________________ 3a United Nations Development Programme Report 2022, ‘Uncertain times, unsettled lives’ : https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documen ts/global-report-document/hdr2021- 22overviewenpdf.pdf
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas according to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) 2022 SDG Index, no country, including any European country, is on track to achieve all 17 SDGs by 2030; whereas, according to the Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022, progress on the SDGs has stalled since 20204a; _________________ 4a Europe Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘Achieving the SDGs: Europe’s Compass in a Multipolar World’: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledev elopment.report/2022/europe-sustainable- development-report-2022.pdf.
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas, according to the SDSN 2022 SDG Index, EU countries are closest to achieving the 2030 Agenda targets, yet are responsible for larger negative spillovers, which undermine the ability of other countries to achieve their targets;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas, in order to actually achieve the SDGs and to overcome the consequences of the crises, policy coherence and close cooperation between all development finance institutions, governments, EU institutions and all partners is urgently needed to ensure that limited public funds are used in the most effective and efficient way; whereas the successful mobilisation of further capital, both public and private, is essential;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas a European governance strategy integrating the SDGs in a transversal approach would allow greater alignment between, and efficiency in, public policies;
Amendment 112 #
A h. whereas prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual global financing gap between the funds available and those needed to achieve the SDGs was estimated at USD 2.5 trillion per year; whereas the pandemic is estimated to have widened this gap to at least USD 3.9 trillion per year and is expected to increase by USD 400 billion per year between 2020 and 20255a; _________________ 5a OECD (2022), Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
A i. whereas Russia's military aggression in Ukraine has significantly worsened the situation of SDGs in Ukraine and neighbouring countries; whereas Russia's ongoing military aggression in Ukraine will impact the worldwide implementation of the SDGs, particularly in relation to the fight against poverty and hunger, and access to affordable energy; whereas, in this context, it is necessary to finance renewable energy sources in order to ensure alignment with the 2030 Agenda goals and to avoid future pressure in the energy sector;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas the SDGs are universal and indivisible; whereas they are in common for and applicable to all actors, including the public and private sectors, civil society and social partners; whereas these actors should be systematically involved in the elaboration and implementation of policies related to the SDGs;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
A k. whereas the 2023 SDG Summit will be a crucial moment for salvaging the 2030 Agenda, given that it takes place just once every four years; whereas a renewed political commitment for the SDGs is urgently needed in order to account for the impact of COVID-19 and the global consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, by establishing new financing commitments and advancing the SDGs through global and transboundary policy actions;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the new geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation any delay in tackling the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increased inequality and poverty; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compass for people’s prosperity and to protect the planet; recalls that a pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of societyenvironmental and climate challenges Europe and the global community are facing and calls upon all EU leaders to do their utmost to advance progress on EU commitments, policies and financing without delays;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises that SDGs are a common concern for humanity as a whole; underlines the threats posed by further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which increase inequality and poverty; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compass to protect the planet and provide the tools to achieve prosperity for all; recalls that a pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs would benefit all countries, all territories, people and segments of society;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfway point in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGs remains crucial; recalls that the 2020s have been declared to be the UN Decade of Action on Sustainable Development; underlines that 2023 offers a uniquerenewed opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction in this crucialand losing another year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people;
Amendment 189 #
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 pointgive new impetus 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 176a); _________________ 6a SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation; SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy; SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities; SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals.
Amendment 200 #
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 ofto meet the deadline;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the fact that the Commission has still not presented a comprehensive strategy for achieving the 2030 Agenda; , despite calls from the European Parliament, the Council of the EU 6a, the European Economic and Social Committee6band the Committee of the Regions6c; insists that such interinstitutional consensus is unprecedented in EU decision-making, and as such, the Commission should proceed with adopting a strategy without further delay;believes that such a strategy should define, at a minimum: (a) a new governance framework, led by a single high-level Commissioner who is accountable for the implementation of the SDGs across all portfolios and who will systematically consult the new multi- stakeholder platform; (b) a revised set of concrete, measurable, EU-wide, time-bound targets to bolster the EU’s ambition and concrete measures for achieving them; (c) an updated monitoring system and indicators, taking into account the EU’s internal and external impact on global SDG progress; (d) a single financial plan to achieve the EU’s SDG objectives, linked to the above targets; (e) a plan for the EU’s SDG diplomacy and international cooperation, led by a Special Envoy for the SDGs, to ensure fair burden sharing and a level playing field; _________________ 6a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/4 1693/se-st14835-en19.pdf 6b https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/files/eesc_contribution_to_the_eu_vol untary_review_with_cover_page.pdf 6c https://cor.europa.eu/en/our- work/Pages/OpinionTimeline.aspx?opId= CDR-103-2021
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Invites the Presidents of Parliament, the Commission and the Council to accompany this strategy with an interinstitutional statement renewing the EU’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda; stresses that this strategy should be published without delay, in order for the EU to play a leading role in reinvigorating the 2030 Agenda at the SDG Summit in September 2023; stresses that the strategy should be regularly reviewed and accompanied by corrective measures in areas where progress is deemed to be stalled or insufficient;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester process and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvementnecessary changes and improvements; calls on the Commission to continue the reform of the European Semester to balance economic, social and environmental priorities, so that it drives a long-term social, environmental and economic transformation and improves the integration of the 2030 Agenda, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Green Deal at all levels; stresses that the SDGs should form the backbone of European public policies;
Amendment 234 #
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; calls for the creation of an inter-institutional task force to facilitate structured dialogue on the SDGs, consisting of representatives from the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council; considers that the task force should assume the responsibility of coordinating the Union’s efforts to deliver the SDGs internally and globally; entrusts the Commission with regularly updating the co-legislators on the policy developments and measures undertaken for the implementation of the SDGs;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023; reitateres that this voluntary review should address the EU's internal priorities in the implementation of the SDGs, its positive and negative impact on the global progress of the SDGs, as well as international partnerships and diplomacy for the SDGs;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. welcomes the initiative of 40 States, including 8 Member States, to submit their voluntary review reports in 2023; encourages Member States to participate in the voluntary national reviews and to give due consideration to and implement the recommendations that will be formulated on that occasion;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates that, to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy and a genuine political reset, which can only be achieved if the SDGs are seen as an opportunity for citizens; reiterates the call on the Commission to establish a new permanent platform for regular and structured engagement with civil society organisations in order to systematically involve them in a meaningful way in the SDG implementation process; calls for this to be implemented by means of a balanced, diversified and democratic representation, covering civil society organisations, community-based organisations, the private sector (including SMEs), trade unions, co- operatives, academia and research institutions, regional and local governments and marginalised groups;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the annual Eurostat monitoring reports on the SDGs; Points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling the gaps for some SDGs, addressing existing data gaps and weaknesses in information systems by strengthening the use of existing statistical data from a variety of sources and embracing artificial intelligence, and better measuring policies’ impact on territories and specific vulnerable groups; believes it is crucial to monitor progress on all 169 sub-goal targets;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes, furthermore, that important data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to the poorest and most marginalised people; calls for the EU to significantly step up technical cooperation with developing countries to address the global data gap created by insufficient monitoring capacities and inconsistent methodologies;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation; welcomes in this regard the work of the UN- HABITAT; praises the work of the Joint Research Centre in relation to the localisation of the 2030 Agenda and the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews, which offers official and experimental indicators useful to set up an effective SDG local monitoring system specifically targeted for European cities;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recognises the importance of private sector reporting for SDG implementation; highlights that corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence, when subject to relevant audits, can be an important framework to encourage greater accountability in the private sector regarding the social and environmental impact of companies and their contribution to the achievement of the SDGs; encourages all actors across society, including private entities, to engage in regular voluntary reporting on SDG implementation; stresses the need to finance trainings for capacity building for SMEs in order to learn how to implement the SDGs in their daily activities;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. CStresses that the absence of a financing plan for the SDGs prevents the overall monitoring of spending on their implementation within the EU budget; calls for the preparation of an EU financing plan for the SDGs under a revised Multiannual Financial Framework; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposalmethodology for a social taxonomy based on the work of the Sustainable Finance Platform6ato complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal; Pillar of Social Rights and the EuropeanGreen Deal, while taking the situation of micro- enterprises and SMEs into account; _________________ 6a https://finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2 022-08/220228-sustainable-finance- platform-finance-report-social- taxonomy_en.pdf
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses the importance of measuring the EU's contribution to the SDGs in order to assess their implementation and to detect, qualify and quantify any deviation from the original plans and targets; calls on the Commission to put in place a specific methodology to ensure full monitoring of SDG-related expenditure in the EU budget;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Requests comprehensive mapping of the financial envelopes of EU policies, programmes and funds, including of the investments and structural reforms pursued under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in order to ensure alignment with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda; calls for the climate-tracking methodology and the Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs), as well as the social priorities set by the SDGs and the European Pillar of Social Rights, to be fully implemented;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly welcomes the Bridgetown Initiative in this regard and calls on the Commission and the Member States to constructively and proactively engage in the relevant discussions in international forums throughout 2023 so that ambitious reforms can be achieved swiftly; stresses that the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact to be held in June 2023 in Paris is an opportunity to build a new contract between the North and the South; believes that this Summit should put forward solutions to restore fiscal space to the most indebted countries, foster the development of the private sector in low-income countries, encourage investment in "green" infrastructure in emerging and developing countries and to mobilise innovative financing for countries and regions vulnerable to climate change;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses the importance of SDG 17 (Partnerships for the goals) for the cross- cutting achievement of the SDGs; regrets that only a minority of EU Member States have reached the target of dedicating 0.7% of their gross national income to official development assistance; recalls that this target has been repeatedly endorsed at the highest level at international aid and development conferences, and calls on the Member States to fulfil it without delay;
Amendment 470 #
24. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and, the Commission and the United Nations.