Biannual report of "Red Española para el Desarrollo Sostenible" (REDS, Spanish Network for Sustainable Development in english) regarding to the degree of compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in a hundred municipalities in Spain.
As a summary, in the last two years, Spanish cities have experienced enormous progress in their commitment to sustainability. The global diagnosis of the degree of compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals in cities concludes that the majority (82%) are halfway through and in a progressive transition towards sustainability. About 11.30% of the SDGs have managed to achieve a satisfactory degree of compliance with their indicators in certain cities and only 6.6% show low levels of progress in some municipalities.
Among the SDGs with a greater degree of proximity to compliance, SDG 3 (Health and well-being) and SDG 4 (Quality education) stand out, with 28 and 22 cities that manage to achieve the highest values. They are followed by SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions), the goal with the highest score, followed by SDG 17 (Partnerships to achieve the goals), with 19 and 18, respectively. Finally, SDGs 6 (Water and sanitation), 7 (Affordable and sustainable energy) and 13 (Climate action) have the highest performance in 13-15 cities.
The full report can be downloaded via this link: https://reds-sdsn.es/informe-ods-ciudades-2020