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Austria's Voluntary National Review – Main Messages
Governance
The Government Programme 2020–2024 further strengthens a targeted coordination in implementing the 2030 Agenda by systematically involving relevant stakeholders.
Digitalisation
Digitalisation is an Austrian priority, also in implementing the 2030 Agenda:
Austria will strengthen digital governance drawing on all stakeholders’ knowledge to enable digital technologies being used in all SDG-areas.
Women, young people and “Leaving no one behind”
Austria’s well-developed social and health-care system is key in combating poverty and social exclusion, ensuring high-quality health-care to everybody, including disadvantaged and highly vulnerable groups.
Along with strengthening primary healthcare, promoting women’s health and assuring quality care, Austria will put special emphasis on fighting poverty among children, women and older persons.
Involvement of young people in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is key:
Equality of women and men is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda:
Climate action
Austria aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. To this end, we are determined to:
At EU-level, Austria supports carbon border adjustments and the earliest possible phasing-out of financing and subsidising fossil infrastructures.
Austria advocates the decarbonisation of energy systems without nuclear power, the latter not being a viable option for combatting climate change.
Indicators measuring advances in achieving SDGs since 2017
SDGs have seen positive developments:
However, significant challenges remain and action is needed in several areas, such as
Report | Topics covered | Process |
Desertification | CSD-16; CSD-17; | |
Drought | CSD-16; CSD-17; | |
Land | CSD-16; CSD-17; | |
Rural Development | CSD-16; CSD-17; | |
Freshwater | CSD-12; CSD-13; | |
Human Settlements | CSD-12; CSD-13; | |
Sanitation | CSD-12; CSD-13; | |
Country Profile 2002 | CSD-12; CSD-13; | |
Pre-WSSD National Report | ||
Full Report | CSD-18; CSD-19; | |
Case Studies | ||
Agriculture | CSD-16; CSD-17; |
Report | Topics covered | Process |
2009 NSDS Profile |
Report | Topics covered | Process |
2009 Indicators Profile |
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