IFPRI is participating in the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. The 2018 meeting will take place from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018. The theme is "Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies.”
The HLPF is also reviewing progress towards the SDGS and focusing in particular on the following:
- Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
- Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
IFPRI Participants:
IFPRI, the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, and the Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations will co-host a side event
Investing for Reshaping Food Systems (July 11 -- 1:15pm-2:30pm EST)
- Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI
- Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI
The Nexus of Climate-Water-Food-Energy: Cities as SDG Laboratories (July 17 -- 1:15 - 2:30pm EST)
- Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), IFPRI
United Nations Plaza
Conference Room F in the UN Conference Building
New York City, NY 10017
United States
