SDGs implementation: MEPs adopted a report acknowledging the global community is "severely off track"

The committees on Development and on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety adopted a report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ahead of the 2026 UN High-Level Political Forum, by 66 votes in favour, 17 against, and 7 abstentions, during a joint meeting on 23/06/2026.

Once adopted in plenary in July 2026, the report "will form the basis of the European Parliament’s position ahead of this forum set to take place in New York from 07 to 15/07".

In this report, "MEPs acknowledge that despite efforts made since the introduction of the SDGs in 2015, the global community is severely off track in its efforts to achieve their targets by the 2030 deadline".

Furthermore, MEPs are alarmed "by the annual investment gap of approximately $400 Bn in funding needed to achieve the SDGs, a gap exacerbated by declining official development assistance (ODA) levels across the world".

Therefore, they want the EU and member states "to honour their development aid commitments and to reinforce their leadership role to deliver the SDGs and secure adequate and…