Austria's Commitment to the 2030 Agenda

ACTIVE ON NATIONAL LEVEL
DIALOGUE WITH SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
UNINETZ REPORT:
150 OPTIONS FOR
A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE
Under the initiative „UniNEtZ - Universities and Sustainable Development
Goals“, cutting across universities, a options report
was handed over to the Austrian Federal Government in March
2022. It provides scientifically-based opportunities for action to
implement the 2030 Agenda in Austria and illustrates the involvement
of science and research in the implementation of the SDGs.
The UniNEtZ project was launched by
the “Alliance of Sustainable Universities”
(Allianz Nachhaltige Universitäten) in
Austria and supported by the Austrian
Federal Ministry of Science, Research and
Economy (BMWFW). In the first project
phase from 2019 to 2021, a total of 15 universities
as well as four partner institutes in
science and research cooperated in this
regard.* In addition to the implementation
of the SDGs in research, teaching and
management, those 19 partner organisations
focused, in particular, on creating
the options report (UniNEtZ Optionenbericht)
for the implementation of the
2030 Agenda in Austria. This report follows
a “bottom-up” approach and identifies
and evaluates options or future-oriented
solution pathways with their respective
consequences, which aim to show transformative
ways of implementation to societyin
a transdisciplinary manner.
* Partner institutes: the Federal Geological Survey
(Geologische Bundesanstalt), the Central Institute for
Meteorology and Geodyna
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