Stakeholder Statement Deutschland VNR 2025
Im Rahmen des deutschen Voluntary National Review beim High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2025 wurde ein gemeinsames Stakeholder-Statement erarbeitet und getragen wird von:
Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung, VENRO, DGB, BDI, Wissenschaftsplattform, Kommunale Vertretungen, Jugenddelegierte.
Vortragetragen wurde es von Marie-Luise Abshagen, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung
Excellencies, Distinguished guests,
I am speaking to you as a representative of a group of German stakeholders, which includes civil society organizations, youth representatives, trade unions, business and industry, science as well as local communities and municipalities.
We are united by our commitments to sustainable development, global justice and the willingness to build consensus. We want to signal, it is possible to have different perspectives and still constructively cooperate.
We would like to thank the German government for giving us the opportunity to be part of the presentation of its third VNR. The German government has taken important steps towards improving its policy coherence for sustainable development. Yet, it fails to fully integrate the SDGs into its policies. In the spill-over score of the SDSN, Germany ranks among the 25 worst out of 166 countries.
The government must ensure that negative effects of their policies are measured, managed and stopped, while positive effects contribute to the efforts of other countries in achieving the SDGs. To this end, we urge the government to advocate for globally harmonized standards and governance frameworks for a sustainable and circular economy, human and labour rights, decent work, environmental protection, and economic resilience across supply chains. Furthermore, global challenges have impacts at local level – a favorable political framework, sufficient resources and a genuine multi-level governance are essential for a successful transformation.
A truly just transition with sustainable and inclusive growth must result in well-being and tangible improvements in the quality of life and working conditions of people around the world, especially for the most vulnerable and marginalized groups. To date, these promises have only been partially realized, increasingly jeopardizing public support for the necessary transformational changes. We are only at the beginning of growing multipolar crises. The triple planetary crisis—climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and pollution—hits hardest where responsibility for it is lowest.
People of the Global Majority are facing and feeling the impacts of climate change, debt, violent conflicts, shrinking spaces and wealth inequality the strongest. Decision-making yet remains with those who are unwilling or unable to take much needed steps. In the midst of these overlapping pressures, young people try to flourish in a world shaped by ecological collapse and political inertia. Despite all this, they are expected to stay hopeful and innovative.
Germany bears responsibility—for its own citizens and for people worldwide. A country that leapves no one behind must start by listening to those it often ignores: its youth and other marginalised groups.
It must be in our common interest to support the SDGs, reduce inequalities, and ensure a sustainable, dignified, and peaceful life for all people and generations.
