The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, have given a new impetus to global efforts for achieving sustainable development. In this context, Eurostat has published a monitoring report of the progress towards the SDGs in an EU context. This report provides a first statistical overview of trends relating to the SDGs in the EU. As a topic transversal to society, chemistry is a contributor to many SDGs such as clean water and sanitation; affordable and clean energy; industry, innovation and infrastructure; responsible consumption and productions; or climate action. Among other findings, the report shows significant progress over the past five years in affordable and clean energy and in responsible consumption and production.
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