The summits and conferences of 2015, from Addis Ababa to New York and Paris, will have lasting effects on environmental and development policies in the years to come. However, the direction the international community is headed does not only depend on the goals and targets set during the conferences, but also on the political will to realize these targets, and to provide the resources needed. This Global Policy Forum working paper (only available in German) examines the implementation targets of the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa as well as the positions of the respective actors going into the conference, analyses the means of implementation laid down in the 2030 Agenda and assesses whether they will be sufficient to accomplish the broad goals of the sustainable development agenda.
November 9, 2015 | Global Policy Forum
New working paper: The Means of Implementation for Sustainable Development
Download the paper here (German only)
In 2015 international politics have been shaped heavily by a series of global conferences and summits. At the end of November, a new climate agreement will be negotiated in Paris at COP21. In September, the heads of states passed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals, at a summit in New York and in July the third Financing for Development (FfD) conference was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The results of these summits will have lasting effects on environment and development policies around the globe. The direction the international community is headed does not only depend on the goals and targets set during the conferences, but also on the political will to realize these targets, and to provide the resources needed. Therefore, this Working Paper examines the Means of Implementation (MoI), which were agreed in the outcome documents of New York and Addis Ababa.
It portrays the results of the Addis Ababa conference as well as the positions of the respective actors going into the conference, analyses the means of implementation laid down in the 2030 Agenda and assesses whether they will be sufficient to accomplish the broad goals of the sustainable development agenda.
Download the paper here (German only)
