Co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Canada, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Tajikistan and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs with the support of ...
Global poverty reduction is a story of success. The proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty decreased from 15.7% in 2010 to 10% in 2015. However, the pace of reduction has been ...
The overall theme of this years’ HLPF is "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development". The Alliance 8.7 has therefore ...
The Baha'i International Community , alongside a number of cosponsors, is hosting a film screening side event during the High Level Political Forum focused on local ownership of global processes. An 8 ...
World Animal Net, Inc with Born Free Foundation and Animal Issues Thematic Cluster (within NGO Major Group) We must urgently improve our relationship with animals and nature to tackle the global ...
The COVID-19 global crisis has exposed the systemic weaknesses and the high degree of vulnerability of our peoples and its serious consequences on all the sectors of society, and their most basic and ...
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on “STI for SDGs Roadmaps – paving the pathways for sustainable recovery and future resilience” (22 June, 9:30am – 1:00pm, New York, EDT) was successfully organized by ...
1. The Rio+20 outcome document, The future we want, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an Open Working Group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate ...
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are three interlinked emergencies driven by human activities. Despite a temporary reprieve due to the pandemic, preliminary data shows that ...
In 2015, world leaders made a commitment to end all forms of violence against children by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This moment presents an historic opportunity to ...
Lack of fiscal space and the risk of sovereign debt distress have come into sharp focus as key stumbling blocks to achieving the 2030 Agenda as countries seek to invest in recovery, climate action and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our society’s resilience. The sheer magnitude of the crisis was, in most cases, beyond our society’s capacity to cope. Along with tragic losses of human life, the ...