Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda is a global agenda, but it must also be applied at the local level, following the maxim that became a catchphrase in the 1990s: Think globally, act locally. This is the idea that has guided us when adapting the sustainable development goals (SDG) to the reality of a city like Barcelona, one of the first cities to carry out such a comprehensive adaptation of the 169 SDG targets to its local reality. We wanted to be ambitious with our targets and cautious with our indicators, incorporating a monitoring system that will allow us to gradually recalibrate the targets over the next ten years.
The result is Barcelona’s 2030 Agenda, designed as a road map for the city’s public policies during the decade that we are just entering. We propose ambitious objectives for combating poverty, reducing inequality, promoting inclusive education and achieving a profound energy transformation, among many others. Achieving these objectives will enable Barcelona to become more environmentally sustainable, socially fairer and more economically prosperous.
We want the 2030 Agenda to be a real city agenda that can be used as a guide and a driver for all the entities, businesses and organisations that want to work on the shared task of achieving the SDGs in Barcelona. We are counting on the involvement of civil society and the private sector, so that by 2030 the objectives we have set out can become a reality.
Bàrbara Pons Giner
Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda