Europe Sustainable Development Report 2021
A top priority of the European Union is to help countries make their
society’s greener and more digital in a way that is fair to
everyone. This can be seen in the European Commission’s 2022
Strategic Foresight Report
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/european-commissions-2022-strategic-foresight-report-out]
and in the EU Green Deal, which puts Europe on track to reach net-zero
global warming emissions by 2050. Other European organisations are
also exploring how EU countries are developing and using digital
technologies, including open data, to achieve climate neutrality,
reduce pollution, and increase energy efficiency. 

One example is the European Sustainable Development Report 2021
[https://eu-dashboards.sdgindex.org/] – an independent report that
describes Europe’s progress towards United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals [https://sdgs.un.org/goals] (SDGs). The report
assesses the progress of 38 countries, including EU Member States,
European Free Trade Association countries, candidate countries, and
the UK by analysing data that links to the SDGs. Examples of these
are:

 	* SDG 4: Quality Education, with subcategories such as ‘Tertiary
educational attainment’ and ‘Adult participation in learning’
 	* SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, with subcategories such as
‘Share of renewable energy in gross final consumptions’ and ‘CO2
emissions from fuel combustion per electricity output’
 	* SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, with subcategories
such as ‘Death rate due to homicide’ and ‘Access to justice’ 

In addition to analysing the data, the information and results
regarding the SDGs and subcategories are illustrated in interactive
maps [https://eu-dashboards.sdgindex.org/map] and visualised in a
graph [https://eu-dashboards.sdgindex.org/explorer] to exemplify the
performance of countries along the SDGs. Thus, by using available
datasets, the report allows readers to visualise the different
countries’ current performance and future trends. 

The report was prepared by teams of independent experts at the
Sustainable Development Solutions Network [https://www.unsdsn.org/]
and the Institute of the European Environmental Policy
[https://ieep.eu/]. This edition is titled ‘Transforming the
European Union to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals’ and
focuses on countries’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/recovery-coronavirus/recovery-and-resilience-facility_en]
and the transformation of the EU food system. The report is published
under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0
[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]) international license
and can be used by interested parties. 

For more information, read the full report
[https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledevelopment.report/2021/Europe+Sustainable+Development+Report+2021.pdf].


 

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Publication Date/Time
2022-07-27T13:30:00+00:00
Discover how countries in the EU are using data to realise their
sustainable development goals and their National Recovery and
Resilience Plans