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Science-based approach essential to ensure successful delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN report
Press Briefing: Global Sustainable Development Report 2023
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT
Live on UN WebTV
Amid overlapping climate and health crises and prolonged conflicts, policies rooted in science will put the world on the best track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says a new report commissioned by the United Nations and written by an independent group of scientists.
With the SDGs in jeopardy at the midpoint of implementation, the 2023 edition of the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) will provide a growing body of evidence as well as practical solutions to help decision-makers overcome impediments to sustainable development. The report comes ahead of the SDG Summit (18 to 19 September) where world leaders are expected to make bold commitments to accelerate SDG implementation.
The report is written by a group of 15 experts appointed by the UN Secretary-General representing a variety of backgrounds, scientific disciplines and institutions while ensuring gender and geographical balance.
WHAT Press briefing on the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023
WHO
- Imme Scholz, Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists that prepared the GSDR
- Astra Bonini, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
WHEN Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT (following the noon briefing)
WHERE UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 (Live on http://webtv.un.org)
Time for Transformation: UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue:
WHAT: UN DESA will host a Global Policy Dialogue to further highlight the report and amplify its recommendations for accelerating progress towards the SDGs in the lead-up to the SDG Summit. It will also be an opportunity for the public to ask questions to four of the scientists who prepared the report.
WHO:
- Nyovani Janet Madise, Director of Development Policy and Head of the Malawi Office of the African Institute for Development Policy
- Shirin Malekpour, Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University
- Åsa Persson, Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Adjunct Professor at Linköping University
- Ambuj Sagar, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies and Founding Head of the School of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Technology
WHEN: Thursday, 14 September 2023, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT
WHERE: Live on http://webtv.un.org
Live on Zoom, register at https://bit.ly/dialogue14sept
Members of the Independent Group of Scientists available for interviews:
- Imme Scholz, Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists that prepared the GSDR (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Ambuj Sagar, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies and Founding Head of the School of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Technology (English)
- Shirin Malekpour, Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University (English)
- Norichika Kanie, Professor at the Graduate School of Media Governance, Keio University (English, Japanese)
- Åsa Persson, Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Adjunct Professor at Linköping University (English, Swedish)
- Nyovani Janet Madise, Director of Development Policy and Head of the Malawi Office of the African Institute for Development Policy (English)
- Ibrahima Hathie, Research Director for the Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (English, French)
- John Agard, Director of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (English)
- Jaime C. Montoya, Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Chair of the Health Sciences Division and Secretary, National Academy of Science and Technology (English)
- Jiahua Pan, Director of the Institute of Eco-civilization Studies and Professor of Economics, Beijing University of Technology, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Urban & Environmental Studies (English, Chinese)
- Nancy Shackell, Senior research scientist, Bedford Institute of Oceanography (English)
For more information on the Report, please visit: https://sdgs.un.org/gsdr/gsdr2023
Hashtag: #GSDR #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Media contacts:
· Sharon Birch, UN Department of Global Communications, birchs@un.org
· Helen Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, rosengrenh@un.org
· Stephanie Rambler, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, rambler@un.org
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