Events

SDG Special Session at the 4^th Growth in Transition Conference

November 2018

In order to achieve a broad dissemination of ClEP results a special breakout session on the SDGs was organised at the 4^th Growth in Transition Conference on November 15^th, 2018. The breakout session "The SDGs as Compass for Transformation" focused on the interactions between the UN's sustainability goals (UN SDGs). Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic (IIASA) emphasized in his keynote the importance of not looking at the SDGs in isolation but in a holistic perspective. He stressed that in order to achieve the SDGs and sustainable development beyond 2030, immediate action and a focus on people and the planet are essential. In the short presentations Fritz Hinterberger (SERI - project meetPASS), Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig (WIFO - ClEP) and Willi Haas (BOKU) summarized the results of their research projects with a focus on Austria. In the final discussion, the necessity of a coherent policy design geared to the SDGs was again emphasized.

The presentations of the session can be downloaded below:

• Transformations toward sustainable future disruptive technologies and lifestyles by Nebojsa Nakicenovic
• Interactions between SDG 13 and other SDGs. Experience from the meetPASS project by Fritz Hinterberger
• Climate and Energy Policy Indicators in the Context of SDGs by Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
• 17 goals to tick them off or to transform our world by Willi Haas

ClEP Expert Focus Group

November 2017

On November 27^th 2017, an Expert Focus Group was held at WIFO in order to discuss and validate the indicators for sustainable energy development with selected interdisciplinary experts.