Research Institute for
Sustainability | at GFZ

Science Platform Sustainability 2030

Together with the German Committee Future Earth and SDSN Germany, the IASS is one of the organising institutions of the Science Platform Sustainability 2030, which supports the German Government's Sustainable Development Strategy as well as the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the global 2030 Agenda. The platform will lend the Sustainable Development Goals a stronger presence within the German science landscape and promote constructive dialogues between academia and policymakers. The IASS hosts the secretariat of the SDG Platform and plays a leading role in its thematic development and coordination. Detailed information can be found the science platform's website.

In the run-up to the next meeting of the European Council in Romania, Science Platform Sustainability 2030 is calling on governments to adopt more ambitious policies for sustainable development.

“Make sustainability a key principle of the European Union’s new strategic agenda!”

“Sustainability must become a key principle of the European Union’s new strategic agenda,” argues Patrizia Nanz, co-chair of the Science Platform Sustainability 2030, in the run-up to the meeting of the European Council in Romania on 9 May 2019. The meeting will bring together the heads of state and government of the EU Member States to discuss the Union’s future political direction and priorities.