The article reflects on Croatia’s EU Council Presidency in the first half of 2020. The programme for Croatia’s Presidency had four pillars: a Europe that is developing, a Europe that connects, a Europe that protects and an influential Europe. The article focuses on the various challenges faced by the Croatian Presidency during its six-month term. The period of Croatia’s Presidency will forever be remembered as the time when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Other demanding issues also had to be dealt with: the UK leaving the EU; the challenges of European (non-)solidarity; the continuation of the enlargement process, with the green light being given to Northern Macedonia and Albania; the migrant crisis at the border of Turkey and Greece; the preparations for the EU’s 2021–7 budget; and the COVID-19 recovery plan.

The concept of sustainable cities is based on a development paradigm that recognizes the rapid growth of urban population and makes an important contribution by forming a global urban plan. Sustainable city is organized in order to emphasize the importance of people and their needs. This paper will define what sustainable city is and show how certain innovative elements have been introduced in Copenhagen in order to achieve city sustainability. In that regard, an overview of innovative urban solutions in the context of environmental protection will be given. A comparative analysis of the achievement of the SDG 11 objective - Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Communities in Copenhagen will be carried out in relation to the other European Union capitals. The aim of this research is to determine whether Copenhagen is a sustainable city and how sustainable cities contribute to promoting the sustainable development goals. Finally, proposals will be made to achieve those objectives for other cities, based on the results achieved by the City of Copenhagen.

Članak analizira provedbu ekološke dimenzije Agende 2030 u EU. Uvodni dio posvećen UN Agendi 2030 – zaštiti okoliša i klimatskim promjenama nudi detaljni pregled ciljeva, koji pokrivaju ekološku dimenziju Agende 2030 u užem smislu, dok naredno poglavlje posvećuje pažnju analizi provedbi tih ciljeva u EU u dokumentima, strategijama te prema indikatorima unutar godišnjih izvještaja Eurostata. Članak zaključuje kako, unatoč predanosti EU ekološkim politikama, posebno u kontekstu klimatskih promjena, dodatno značajniju pozornost treba usmjeriti na implementaciju dva elementa: proces prilagodbe klimatskim promjena i proaktivnu ulogu EU u globalnoj klimatskoj akciji.

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