The SDG Mapper tool has just received a major boost to its detection capabilities, thanks to an expanded and fine-tuned list of keywords. The update strengthens the tool’s ability to capture SDG-related content while avoiding inflated counts.
The SDG Policy Mapping dataset has been updated. It now includes initiatives from the current European Commission period, with policy documents retrieved from Eur-Lex up to July 2025.
Users can filter the mapping by category – legal acts (such as directives, regulations or recommendations) or preparatory documents (such as communications and staff working documents) – and by Commission period. Beyond the 6th (2015-2019) and 7th (2019-2024) Commissions, the tool now covers initiatives from the 8th Commission (2024-2029).
How the European Union is progressing towards the Sustainable Development Goals? And what is the role of the new EC priorities in the SDGs implementation?
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has launched the
🔎 Insights from two JRC reports just published
❔ How to ensure SUSTAINABILITY in the FOOD SYSTEMS in EU and worldwide?
❔ How to achieve SDG2 with improved nutrition and sustainable agriculture?
A transformation of food systems towards sustainability is needed!
👉 Look at existing initiatives addressing the sustainability of food systems in the EU and globally, discovering the key messages and recommendations:
The 2024 report ‘Sustainable development in the European Union — monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context, 2024 edition’, was published today.
Do you want to find out more about SDG interlinkages?
Which are the most important synergies and trade-offs identified in all these years of studies and researches?
Which are their cascading effects on the other goals and targets? Which are the concrete impacts for real-life policymaking?
The EU Green Deal (EGD) is a cornerstone in advancing climate neutrality by 2050 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU. However, several targets directly involve Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs) for their actual implementation. As such, LRAs are forerunners in the implementation of EGD policies.
According to the UN Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN, 2015) “an estimated 65% of the 169 targets behind the 17 SDGs will not be reached without engagement of local and regional governments”.
With only 15% of the Targets on track globally at the mid-point towards 2030 (SDGs Summit, 2023), it is even more crucial that all governmental and territorial levels step in, and contribute in a coordinated effort to the achievement of the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda.
Launched on 2018, the KnowSDGs Platform has greatly been contributing to the SDGs knowledge sharing and mainstreaming. Its tools, developed by the Joint Research Centre, are increasingly used by policymakers, stakeholders and researchers for better understanding how the 2030 Agenda works and might contribute to develop coordinated and coherent approaches for a successful implementation of the global Goals.
