The Federal Government has officially requested the drawing up of a second international peer review of its sustainable development policy. In keeping with the 2012 progress report on the National Sustainable Development Strategy, the respective invitations have been issued to internationally recognized experts.
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Is Germany now more sustainable? What is the German government planning in order to forge ahead with sustainable development? The progress report has the answers.
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How do we want to live today and in the future? How carefully is Germany really managing its natural resources? How is it shaping up to its national and international responsibilities for ensuring the sustainable management of the natural resource base on which we all depend?
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Sustainable policy cannot be dictated from above. It depends on interaction between the various levels of society and politics. The German government has put in place an institutional framework so as to ensure that its policies are sustainable and to involve as many stakeholders as possible.
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Sustainable development cannot be imposed from above. The state can, however, do much to support the change of course. To this end, the German government has drawn up a list of priority fields of action.
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The national sustainability strategy is not intended to be a theoretical or academic paper. It seeks to provide practical guidelines to help politicians and society as a whole align their actions to the imperatives of sustainability.
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A transparent and regular monitoring system and the evaluation of implementation status is a significant part of any national sustainability strategy.
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Forests need our protection. Every year around the globe an area of forest equivalent to the whole of Greece is lost. The United Nations has thus declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. In Berlin a campaign has been launched which supports forest protection projects among its other activities.
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The Bundesrat, the second chamber of the German parliament, has approved the 2011 budget. The budget and the financial plan for the period up to 2014 are intended to lay the foundations on which to build the future.
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The international community has decided to renew its efforts to tackle climate change. In the Mexican city of Cancún, 193 states agreed on improved forest protection measures and financial assistance for developing countries.
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