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In 2015 Austria committed itself to implementing the United Nations Agenda2030 with its 17 sustainable development goals. These include among other things points such as sustainable energy supply food security and social components and much more. This is to ensure a balance between sustainable economic social and ecological development. The Agenda2030 conference with the title Thinking City and Country into the Future was launched in 2019 by the Climate Protection Ministry the State of Styria and the Austrian Association of Towns and Municipalities.Thinking urban and rural areas into the futureIn many municipalities in our country there are already specific projects that are intended to help achieve the sustainability goals. Awareness-raising makes a significant contribution For example in Feldbach all compulsory school students took part in a climate protection school project and dealt intensively with the sustainable development goals in their lessons. Recycling processes were illustrated in workshops and exciting environmental experiments were carried out.Huge interestOver 200 participants took part in the second edition of the sustainability talks and discussed the opportunities and projects of Agenda2030 for municipalities and cities. In addition to interesting keynote speeches by top-class speakers such as retired Vice Chancellor Josef Riegler or Peter Kaltenegger five workshops provided space for discussion and exchange among the participants.Statement by Federal Minister Leonore GewesslerThe 2030 Agenda gives us a good framework for what a good climate-friendly future and future-proof coexistence on our planet can look like. This also requires the active cooperation of the regions cities and municipalities. The climate crisis is the big question of our time - so the challenges are enormous. As the federal government we can create the framework for crisis management. The concrete implementation must then succeed in the regions the federal states and municipalities and in those companies that drive the necessary system change towards a fossil-free and resource-saving economy and society. At the municipal and regional level there is still great potential to further improve peoples quality of life - this must be exploited. Together with the municipalities Cities and their associations must be actively implemented. It is very important to me that we think of all generations. Statement by Provincial Councilor Hans SeitingerThe 2030 Agenda of the United Nations with its 17 sustainability goals focuses on the central challenges of our time. Regardless of whether it is about climate change economic development or social cohesion. I am very proud that so many cities and municipalities are actively involved in working towards a sustainable and livable future. We can only succeed if we all pull together and think globally act regionally and follow the motto. In order to make the added value of these sustainability goals visible in the communities the rural development of Styria supports the implementation of a wide variety of projects in the communities. Statement by the President of the Austrian Association of Municipalities Alfred RiedlFor decades the municipalities have been role models trendsetters multipliers and transformers for sustainability and climate protection measures in all areas of municipal services of general interest. In short the future is shaped in the communities. It is therefore an important concern of the mayors to create a livable environment for the next generation. The 2030 Agenda provides important guidelines for municipalities in implementing the sustainability goals. At the same time it also serves the municipalities as a checklist and orientation for existing and future projects. That is why the Austrian Association of Municipalities supports the 2030 Agenda. Statement by Mayor Siegfried NaglFor many terms such as sustainable and holistic are just empty words. The 17 sustainability goals of the 2030 Agenda on the other hand put this networked thinking into concrete terms - not as individual measures but as a whole. Graz is a human rights and climate innovation city and works actively with the citizens to successfully implement these goals. What is the 2030 AgendaIn September 2015 193 member states signed a partnership for peace prosperity for all and for the protection of the environment and the climate at the General Assembly of the United Nations at the UN Sustainability Summit in New York the 2030 Agenda. With this signing global sustainability goals were set for the first time adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs. The 2030 Agenda thus offers guidelines for sustainable development on an economic ecological and social level and is based on the principle of including all people.
