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REPORT (2025/2248(INI))

On the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum

A-10-2026-0187

Committee on Development Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran

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Parliament's resolution on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals ahead of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum reaffirms commitment to the 2030 Agenda and calls for accelerated action across all SDGs, focusing on water, energy, infrastructure, cities, and partnerships. It urges the EU and member states to increase financing, meet ODA targets, address the investment gap, and support vulnerable groups, while integrating SDGs into all policies and preparing for post-2030.

Committee position. The committees propose a resolution reaffirming EU commitment to the SDGs, urging accelerated implementation, increased financing, and a forward-looking agenda beyond 2030.

Key points

  1. Reaffirms commitment to all SDGs and the Pact for the Future; calls for integrating SDGs across EU policies and strengthening multilateral institutions.
  2. Regrets that the world is off track on the 2030 Agenda; stresses the need for accelerated action, international cooperation, and systemic transformation.
  3. Calls for increased resource efficiency and EU leadership to fill the financing gap, including that left by USAID funding suspension.
  4. Highlights that democratic backsliding and shrinking civic space risk reversing SDG progress.
  5. Stresses the need for science-based, results-driven approaches, good governance, anti-corruption, and human-rights-based implementation.
  6. Calls for strengthened investment in children and vulnerable groups, especially in fragile contexts, in education, healthcare, and child protection.
  7. On SDG 6, calls for full implementation of EU water legislation, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive WASH, and stronger international action on water stress.
  8. Calls for phasing out PFAS in consumer goods, scaling up water diplomacy, and integrating water security into EU development cooperation.
  9. On SDG 7, supports renewables-based transition, modernised grids, phasing out fossil fuels, and addressing energy poverty, especially in fragile contexts.
  10. On SDG 9, stresses closing infrastructure gaps, promoting circular economy, and increasing investment via public-private partnerships and Global Gateway.
  11. On SDG 11, calls for climate-resilient urban planning, equitable investments, improved waste management, and affordable housing for all by 2030.
  12. On SDG 17, urges meeting ODA targets of 0.7% and 0.2% of GNI, addressing debt crisis, and leveraging private finance; calls for post-2030 framework.

Who is affected

  • EU institutions and member states, which are called on to implement SDGs, increase financing, and ensure policy coherence.
  • Partner countries, especially least developed and low-income countries, which need enhanced support and debt relief.
  • Vulnerable groups including women, children, persons with disabilities, and local communities, who are prioritised for targeted support.
  • Private sector and investors, encouraged to engage in public-private partnerships and sustainable finance.
  • Civil society organisations, which need adequate funding and civic space to participate in SDG implementation.

Figures and deadlines

  • USD 4 trillion annual SDG investment gap
  • 0.7% of GNI as ODA and 0.2% to least developed countries
  • 3.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation
  • 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water
  • 1.18 billion people energy poor
  • 55% of world population resides in urban areas
  • 70 million people to gain access to clean drinking water and sanitation via EU strategy

Legal basis: Article 3(5) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 208(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union