The Government approves the 2021 Progress Report

Spain will report to the United Nations on the progress made

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El Council of Ministers has approved the 2021 Progress Report, a package of measures that includes the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy, as a tool to ensure that Spain complies with the Agenda 2030.

This document will allow Spain to report to the United Nations on the progress made in the framework of the implementation of the Action Plan approved in 2018 and on the future commitments to accelerate their compliance, included in the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy.

An accountability that will take place within the framework of the second Voluntary National Exam that Spain will undergo next July.

The 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy specifies eight major challenges that we currently face and the accelerating policies for sustainable development that must be put in place to address them.

The eight great challenges facing our country

Specifically, it has been detected that the main challenges facing our country are that of poverty and inequality; the climate and environmental emergency; the gender inequality gap and discrimination; the inefficiencies of the economic system; precarious employment; the crisis of public services; global injustice and threats to human rights and democratic principles; and the situation of the rural environment, among others.

To face these challenges, the Government must implement a series of concrete policies from now until 2030, which are included in the document.

In 2015, our country committed itself to implementing the 2030 Agenda to improve people's lives, the natural environment in which we find ourselves and our relationship with it, as well as to strengthen our institutions and public services.

Almost six years after its approval, the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy aims to mark the path for Spain to meet its commitment in the coming years.

You can download the full 2021 Progress Report hither. Find out more at our blog!