Borgmästaravtalet för klimat och energi sammanför lokala och regionala myndigheter som frivilligt åtar sig att implementera EU:s klimat- och energimål inom sitt ansvarsområde. Lokala myndigheter som skrivit under avtalet delar en vision om fossilfria och klimattåliga städer, vars invånare har ti...
Connectivity is about bringing countries, people and societies closer together. It facilitates access and is a means to foster deeper economic and people-to-people ties. It encompasses the hard and soft aspects, including the physical and institutional social-cultural linkages that are the funda...
The 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries on 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality. These metrics provide a gauge at national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. S...
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated targets. All 193 United Nations member states have committed to achieve sustainable development across its three dimensions – economic, social, and envi...
The present report was produced on the initiative of the European Union with the aim of providing a scientific-based contribution to the policy discussions on connectivity in the framework of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The key findings are: i) connectivity can help to achieve the Sustainabl...
