Changes from plenary report to adopted text

– having regard to Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030,

– having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission of 30 June 2017 on the New European Consensus on Development – ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’,

– having regard to its resolution of 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water and its resolution of 5 October 2022 on access to water as a human right – the external dimension,

– having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,

– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives,

– having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2022 on the EU action plan for the social economy,

– having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 27 March 2023 entitled ‘Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development’,

– having regard to the resolution of the International Labour Organization concerning decent work and the care economy, adopted at the 112th International Labour Conference on 14 June 2024,

– having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2022 on addressing food security in developing countries,

– having regard to its resolution of 24 November 2022 on the future European Financial Architecture for Development,

– having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2023 on Policy Coherence for Development,

– having regard to its resolution of 23 June 2023 on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

– having regard to its recommendation of 19 December 2024 to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,

– having regard to its resolution of 11 April 2024 on including the right to abortion in the EU Fundamental Rights Charter,

– having regard to its resolution of 24 June 2021 on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health,

– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 18 November 2020 entitled ‘Delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – A comprehensive approach’ (SWD(2020)0400),

– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 3 November 2021 entitled ‘Better Regulation Guidelines’ (SWD(2021)0305) and to the Better Regulation Toolbox of July 2023,

– having regard to the integration of the SDGs into the better regulation framework, including the Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219),

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 26 May 2015 on poverty eradication and sustainable development after 2015,

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 24 October 2019 on the Economy of Wellbeing and the Council conclusions of 24 June 2024 on EU priorities at the United Nations during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 2024 - September 2025,

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 June 2021 entitled ‘A comprehensive approach to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable development – Building back better from the COVID-19 crisis’,

– having regard to the Council recommendation of 16 June 2022 on Learning for the Green transition and sustainable development,

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 21 June 2022 entitled ‘The transformative role of education for sustainable development and global citizenship as an instrumental tool for the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)’,

– having regard to the Council conclusion of 24 June 2024 on EU development aid targets,

– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan – For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’ (COM(2020)0098),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 May 2021 entitled ‘Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All – EU Action Plan: Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil’ (COM(2021)0400) and its annexes,

– having regard to the report of the European Environment Agency and the Commission’s Joint Research Centre of 3 March 2025 entitled ‘Zero pollution monitoring and outlook 2025’,

– having regard to the Commission communication of 23 February 2022 on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and sustainable recovery (COM(2022)0066),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 March 2024 entitled ‘Managing climate risks – protecting people and prosperity’ (COM(2024)0091),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 26 February 2025 entitled ‘The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation’ (COM(2025)0085),

– having regard to the Commission communication of 7 March 2025 entitled ‘A Roadmap for Women’s Rights’ (COM(2025)0097),

– having regard to the mission letters from Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the 26 European Commissioners,

– having regard to the European Environment Agency report of 4 December 2019 entitled ‘The European environment – state and outlook 2020: Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe’,

– having regard to the EU Global Health Strategy,

– having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III),

– having regard to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030,

– having regard to the European care strategy,

– having regard to the EU’s first voluntary review of SDG implementation, presented to the United Nations on 19 July 2023,

– having regard to Eurostat’s 2024 monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context, published on 18 June 2024,

– having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 entitled ‘Indicators better suited to evaluate the SDGs – the civil society contribution’, of 30 October 2019 entitled ‘Leaving no one behind when implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’, and of 8 December 2021 entitled ‘Renewed sustainable finance strategy’,

– having regard to UN Resolution 70/1 entitled ‘Transforming our World – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (2030 Agenda), adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 in New York and establishing the SDGs,

– having regard to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for Youth,

– having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed at the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UNCBD,

– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

– having regard to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted by UN member states at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015,

– having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015,

– having regard to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030),

– having regard to the Buenos Aires Commitment, which charts a path forward on a care society, adopted at the 15th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was organised by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Government of Argentina and held in Buenos Aires from 7 to 11 November 2022,

– having regard to the 2024 joint report entitled ‘Are we getting there? A synthesis of the UN system evaluations of SDG 5’, published by UN Women, the UN Development Programme, the UN Population Fund, the UN Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme,

– having regard to the agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) of 4 March 2023 (UN High Seas Treaty),