Examples International responsibility and cooperation lever

With the “International responsibility and cooperation” lever, Germany maintains awareness of the global effects of its actions and commits to strengthening multilateral processes, thereby accelerating SDG implementation. The German Government shapes international settings such that multilateralism is reinforced and takes account of the spillover effects of national actions.

What Germany has done in the period covered by this report:

Many of the current challenges such as climate change or intensifying violent conflict do not stop at national borders. Germany strives in the international arena for accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals and lobbies for greater multilateralism.
Germany assumes responsibility for the effects of its actions in other regions of the world and fosters sustainable development worldwide in concert with its partner countries.
Germany takes action in all areas of transformation to minimise negative interlinkages and cross-border spillover effects.

Cooperation in action

Generation Equality ForumInternal link

Since its establishment in 2020, the Generation Equality Forum is the central multi-stakeholder partnership for the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5) – Achieve gender equality.
Commitment to stronger multilateralism: Germany’s co-facilitation of the Pact for the FutureInternal link

In 2024, Germany and Namibia, working together as co-facilitators of the Pact for the Future, took a major step forwards in strengthening and modernising multilateralism.

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As at: 17.06.2025