Activities of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2023/2010(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
Amendments (34)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Record (AR6) of 20 March 2023, which states that many mitigation and adaptation actions have multiple synergies with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the Progress in the implementation of the SDGs (ECON-VII/028)
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian war of agression against Ukraine are severely worsening the lack of progress towards the achievement of the SDGs;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas, according to the One Health approach, there is evidence that human health depends on planetary health and that a healthy environment is a fundamental pillar for sustainable development and human wellbeing;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the capacity to retrieve data to fill in the SDG indicators is limited in several developing countries, which can seriously hinder the assessment of progress;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas the burden of debt is seriously limiting the capacity of developing countries to invest in achieving the SDGs; whereas large debt servicing payments due in 2023 and 2024 can dramatically hinder the fiscal space of developing countries for SDG investment;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the new geopolitical landscape brought about by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and, health, debt and food security crises; warns against further polarisation in 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 society;
Amendment 158 #
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, especially in taking the lead to mobilize adequate financial resources to support SDG- relevant transformations; underlines that 2023 offers a unique 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 crucial year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people and communities;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation process for almost all the SDGs is lagging and that two consecutive years of regression have been recorded for many indicators9; reaffirms the importance of each SDG and highlights the key challenges that persist for sustainable development, particularly in relation to poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG4 4), safe water and adequate sanitation for all (SDG6), climate change (SDG 13), oceans (SDG 14) and biodiversity (SDG 15); underlines the strategic role that SDG 10, on reducing inequality, can play in the global implementation of the 2030 Agenda; _________________ 9 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022- sustainable-development-report.
Amendment 199 #
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 and its Member States 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;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the importance of building new governance mechanisms that attempt to address political and societal fragmentation, bridging different policy preferences and providing a platform for transforming collective knowldege into collective action;
Amendment 211 #
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 Agendacognises the potential of the European Commission's comprehensive or “whole of government” approach to implementing the SDGs comprising, inter alia, the European Green Deal-related strategies and initiatives; regrets, however, the fact that the Commission has still not presented a comprehensive strategy for achieving the 2030 Agenda; stresses that the enactment of such a strategy should be preceded by a broad public participatory consultation process, including regional and local governments, all relevant civil society organizations and scientists;
Amendment 212 #
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, which should include an SDG roadmap for every Commissioner’s portfolio; regrets that previous European Parliament resolutions, as well as Council conclusions on the SDGs, have not been yet fully implemented by the Commission;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete short-term and long-term proposals for improvement; stresses that all Member States should raise the level of ambition of their national responses on SDG implementation and more actively contribute to the EU action to achieve the SDGs;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate the SDGs in its Impact Assessment framework so that interlinkages, synergies and trade-offs between all the dimensions of sustainable development can be systematically considered;
Amendment 235 #
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 ande importance of the European Parliament using its scrutiny, legislation and budgetary powers to foster the implementation of the Agenda 2030 on sustainable development in the EU and its Member States, in particular by ensuring the coherence of all EU legislation with the SDGs; underlines that coordination within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership as well as a multilevel governance coordination approach, capacity building and sharing of best practices, and in order to increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 248 #
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 2023calls on the EU to push for further standardisation of national and regional voluntary reviews, given that their content and structure differ notably from one country to another; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023; stresses that the EU voluntary review should duly take into account the contributions provided by the civil society during the consultation process and address, among other issues, the international spillovers of EU internal policies;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review on the implementation of SDGs in 2023, as a follow-up and review mechanism of the work done since 2015, as well as a tool for accountability; regrets, however, that the report cannot be considered as an overall EU report but a Commission-driven report on the work done by this EU institution; recalls the importance of taking into consideration the regional and local perspective, considering that 65% of the SDGs targets cannot be achieved without local and regional involvement; encourages subnational governments to engage in the voluntary reviews, as these procedures are complementary to VNRs and should also be complementary to the upcoming EU voluntary review;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the call on the Commission to establish a new permanent platform for regular and structured dialogue and engagement with local and regional governments, civil society organisations and scientists in order to systematically involve them in a meaningful way in the whole SDG implementation procesand monitoring process; recalls that ensuring diversity of expertise and interests in such platform is essential to ensure solid and functional partnerships;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally; recalls that all impacts of European policies and expenditure affecting the SDG implementation in the Global South must be properly assessed, including trough meaningful consultations with relevant stakeholders from the Global South;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States must avoid negative spillover effects at the expense of the Global South, which occur as a result of their past economic and technological model; advocates cooperation with global partners to turn any negative spillover effects into virtuous circles; calls for all EU policies to be subject to a mandatory SDG check to provide more insight on and address any negative effects, including by taking mitigating action and revising legislative acts where necessary, and ensure that change in this area is measurable;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. 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 and better measuring policies’ impact on territories and specific vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to report on the SDG indicator 17.14.1 on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development as part of their national reporting towards Eurostat;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Notes that reliable, accurate, trustworthy statistics are not only the basis of good technical analysis, but the foundation of evidence-based policy- making at the service of SDG attainment; underlines the importance of measuring the EU contribution to the SDGs in a precise and comprehensive manner, given that this is an essential condition to achieve Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development; calls on the Commission and its Member States to develop more evidence-based indicators, in line with the consumption-based spillover indicator included in the Eurostat report;
Amendment 329 #
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; stresses, in this regard, the importance of providing technical assistance to enhance the capacity of partner countries to collect data needed to fill in the SDG indicators, given that the reporting of the EU on the SDG impact of its projects depends on the actual data provided by partner countries;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. HighlightsRecalls that SDG implementation represents a shared responsibility, requiring action at the national, regional and local levels; highlights, in this regard, the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the preparation of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal; underlines that the financing plan for the SDGs should address the lack of margin under Heading 6 of the Multiannual Financial Framework, which does not provide sufficient means for Union’s external action to help partner countries finance their SDGs strategies;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that adequate long-term financing for the attainment of the SDGs, especially in developing countries, requires a thorough overhaul of the global financial architecture by putting in place measures for a more equitable economic and financial system, including through banking reform; urges the Commission and the Member States to step up their engagement and jointly work towards the necessary reforms of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and multilateral development banks in order to adjust these financial institutions’ visions and operating models with a focus on strengthening the fight against poverty and rising inequality and promoting a just and sustainable transition; points out the need to rechannel IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to developing countries and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in view of increasing SDG investment capacity without creating additional debt; underlines the need to improve the lending terms of MDBs, including lower interest rates and longer- term loans;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that more than half of the world’s poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors, such as the adoption of automatic debt suspension in the event of pre-defined shocks, and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; underlines the need to consider debt for SDGs swaps, which would allow many developing countries to redirect debt service payments towards SDG-related public expenditure;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Highlights that new financing commitments, such as those related to loss and damage, must be operationalized quickly and be directed swiftly where they are needed most;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the importance of domestic resources being mobilised in developing countries and draws attention to the fact that this is contingent on an enabling international environment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the initiative and push for the establishment of a UN intergovernmental commission for international cooperation on tax matters, in order to fight illicit financial outflows and close tax havens; recalls that illicit financial outflows and tax havens have a severe impact on the fiscal space of developing countries and seriously undermine the Rule of Law and institutional resilience in these countries, which is an essential precondition to achieve sustainable development; points out that Africa alone loses at least 88.6 billion dollars annually from illicit financial flows, which could bridge half of Africa’s SDGs financing gap; calls on the EU, in this regard, to coherently list all the countries that qualify as tax havens in the EU listing of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses that Official Development Assistance (ODA) needs to play a key role in financing the SDGs, for which an ambitious increase is needed; calls on all Member States to meet their commitment of attaining at least 0.7% ODA/GNI ratio;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Notes that channelling private finance towards the SDGs is essential, but warns that there is no evidence that blended finance has had a large impact in the attainment of the SDGs so far; calls on the EU to push for a new approach in blended finance that is based on SDG- targeted impact, fair sharing of risks and rewards, clear accountability mechanisms, and coherent social and environmental standards, in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates that the SDGs are the only globally agreed and comprehensive set of goals on the great challenges ahead for both developed and developing countries and the 2030 Agenda should therefore serve as a guiding light for navigating through the current uncertainties; highlights the opportunity that the SDGs provide to establish a true well-being economy centred on people and the planet and to work towards a sustainable world beyond 2030;