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7 8 Implementation inGermany Sustainable Development – 2030for AgendaThe his is Agenda 2030 The inequality. global reduce to all, promote climate and protection and peace, wide, make accessible education high-quality world hunger and poverty eradicate to aspiration The 17 an goals all-encompassing constitute Development. to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable adop community world the 2015, September In and local go and local state federal, The example. one just is 2017 January in adopted strategy sustainability German new The Germany. in policies for principle guiding the is The 2030 Agenda Development for Sustainable continuously monitored. mea specific through term long the in generations future and eco coun programmes. Agenda Development for Sustainable in their basic 2030 the of key elements embedded also have parties political The Agenda. 2030 the for levels all tori nomic, ecological and social interests of present of present interests and social ecological nomic, t tries andtries are intended to harmonise the ed Development the Sustainable Goals (SDGs) cally unique; ambitious goals its apply to all v sures, the success of which will be be will which of success the sures, ernments are developing policies at policies are developing ernments

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13 14 Executive summary state politics. Development and to localand to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable and, at the same time, contribute the 2030 Agenda to localconditions The UNESCOGlobalGeoparks adapt and climate change. finiteness of geologicalresources help solve.Examples of this are the the UNESCOGlobalGeoparks can themselves with globalissues that development. In addition, they concern demographic changeandeconomic locally relevant issues suchas UNESCO GlobalGeoparks deal with answers. It calls for cross-sectoral, integrative serves as the reference framework. Agenda for Sustainable Development challenges of our time. The UN2030 aware UNESCO GlobalGeoparks promote ness of the mostpressing global

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