With Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the international community has set itself the goal of saving the planet and working together to overcome global problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, hunger, growing inequalities and armed conflicts.

All 17 Goals are interrelated. They commit all states and communities to making their own societies socially just and economically and ecologically sustainable. At the same time, each and every individual is called upon - for example, to act in a climate- and resource-friendly manner and to consume fairly. It is important not to live at the expense of other countries or future generations and to leave no one behind.

All over the world, discussions are currently being held on how these goals can be implemented. Cities and municipalities have a central role to play in this. As the German city of the United Nations and sustainability hub, Bonn has a special responsibility to implement the SDGs in Bonn.

With the first municipal Sustainability Strategy, which was adopted by the Bonn City Council on February 7, 2019, the city is provided with a binding framework.