On Tuesday 21 June 2016, the Minister of the Environment, Carole Dieschbourg, will open the plenary session of the Supreme Council for Sustainable Development (CSDD).
Several members have had their term extended, including Francis Schartz as president, Jean Lamesch and Raymond Schadeck as vice presidents, Edgard Arendt, Marc Eicher, Robert Garcia, Ariane König and Marieke Kremers. The seven new members of the Council are Claudine Lorang, Hedda Pahlson-Moller, Romain Poulles, Norry Schneider, Jean Stoll and Francisca Rocha, Christiane Wickler.
The CSDD is composed of 15 personalities from various sectors of Luxembourg society, selected according to their knowledge, competence and commitment to society. These members are not members of CSDD as representatives of an organisation of association, but as an independently-acting individual. The CSDD does not involve a member with a national and European political mandate.
The CSDD acts as a discussion forum, may propose research and studies in all areas related to sustainable development. Its mission is to ecnourage the participation of public or private organisations, as well as citizens, in achieving these goals. It also advises on all measures concerning the national sustainable development policy adopted or envisaged by the government, including the national plan for sustainable development and the implementation of Luxembourg's international commitments.
In September 2015 at the UN Sustainable Development Summit, the international community set out 18 sustainable development goals, themselves bound by 169 targets. The objective of this action plan is to contribute to global development, foster the well-being of all and protect the environment.
Progress towards the SDGS and their social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development requires more intensive cooperation between all levels of government, as well as with partners from business, civil society and academia. In this context, the Minister of the Environment asked the CSDD in its new composition to advice the government of the involvement of actors from Luxembourg society in achieving the 17 sustainable development goals.
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