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[SPECIAL ISSUE] Hickmann T., Lederer M., Marquardt J., Schwindenhammer S., Weiland S. 2020. “Nachhaltig bis 2030? Die Agenda der Vereinten Nationen” (Sustainable until 2030? The United Nations’ Agenda). Special issue of WeltTrends, 165, Juli 2020 (in German).

This special issue of WeltTrends, guest edited by the chairs of the Working Group on Environmental Policy / Global Change (AK Umwelt) of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), analyses the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda. The introductory article provides an overview by the editors and also draws a first interim assessment of the agenda. Frank Biermann, in this contribution, describes the Sustainable Development Goals as a new management tool for global governance, which is not legally binding, but can nevertheless have a political impact. Marianne Beisheim then discusses the German sustainability strategy below and explains the global reporting process in the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development in New York. Finally, Christian Hey gives insights into political practice, using the Federal State of Hesse as an example to illustrate the role of the state administration in sustainability politics.

This special issue of WeltTrends, guest edited by the chairs of the Working Group on Environmental Policy / Global Change (AK Umwelt) of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), analyses the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda. The introductory article provides an overview by the editors and also draws a first interim assessment of the agenda. Frank Biermann, in this contribution, describes the Sustainable Development Goals as a new management tool for global governance, which is not legally binding, but can nevertheless have a political impact. Marianne Beisheim then discusses the German sustainability strategy below and explains the global reporting process in the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development in New York. Finally, Christian Hey gives insights into political practice, using the Federal State of Hesse as an example to illustrate the role of the state administration in sustainability politics.

All contributions are based on presentations and discussions at a conference of the Working Group on Environmental Policy / Global Change, organised in cooperation with the Schader Foundation on 5–6 March 2020 in Darmstadt, Germany.

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