International Geneva @ the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020

The high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) annual meeting is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The 2020 meeting will be held from 7 July to 16 July 2020, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. The theme is "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development". Find here information on international Geneva activities on the environmental dimension of SDGs at HLPF2020.

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Environment @ HLPF

A healthy environment is the fundamental and core requirement for achieving the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are threats to human and environmental health as well as obstacles on the path to achieving the SDGs.
This critical role of the environment is reflected in the several events at HLPF that focus on water and sanitation, on green economy, on green recovery, on biodiversity and on food security, among other environmental topics.

About SDG Acceleration Actions

SDG Acceleration Actions are initiatives voluntarily undertaken to accelerate the SDG implementation by governments and any other non-state actors – individually or in partnership. Any new action or action that builds on existing efforts (scaling up, new phase, etc.) related to the achievement of one or more of the 17 SDGs or addressing the interlinked nature of the 2030 Agenda could be considered as an SDG Acceleration Action.

Moving ahead on the Decade of Action for SDG implementation, the recovery from the COVID-19 is an opportunity for governments and stakeholders alike to Build Back Better their societies. The SDG Acceleration Actions online database is a tool to help inspire and mobilize actions around the world to promote the implementation of the SDGs, as well as build resilience and bring inclusive recovery in the context of new realities post COVID-19, so that the global economy, planet and people we serve could emerge stronger together from the crisis.

Official programme

Keynote by the President of the UN Environment Assembly

14 July 2020
21:00-22:00 CEST
UNEA

Messages from the regions

Multilateralism after COVID 19: what kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary?

Special and side events

SDGs Learning, Training & Practice

7-13 July 2020
UNITAR | UN DESA

Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) under the COVID-19 Pandemic – Integrating Actions towards Full Achievement of SDGs

Celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the recognition of the human rights to water and sanitation

7 July 2020
14:00-15:00 CEST
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation | UNOHCHR | Permanent Mission of Spain | Permanent Mission of Germany | UN Water

Opening of the SDG Learning and Training: Learning and Training for SDG implementation in the COVID-19 era

7 July 2020
15:00-16:30 CEST
UNITAR | UN DESA

Building back better for nature and people to achieve the 2030 Agenda, through a transformational green recovery and recognising the right to a healthy environment

Lessons from the Proposal for a ‘Sustainable Development Council for the UN General Assembly’ (from Rio+20) for the Future of the High-level Political Forum

13 July 2020
16:00 CEST
Stakeholder Forum

Resources

International Institute for Sustainable Development | Guest Article | Agreeing on Transformative Action under Extraordinary Conditions

International Geneva @ the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020 | HLPF

Environment @ HLPF

About SDG Acceleration Actions

Official programme

Keynote by the President of the UN Environment Assembly

Messages from the regions

Multilateralism after COVID 19: what kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary?

Special and side events

SDGs Learning, Training & Practice

Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) under the COVID-19 Pandemic – Integrating Actions towards Full Achievement of SDGs

Celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the recognition of the human rights to water and sanitation

Opening of the SDG Learning and Training: Learning and Training for SDG implementation in the COVID-19 era

Building back better for nature and people to achieve the 2030 Agenda, through a transformational green recovery and recognising the right to a healthy environment

Developing transformational partnerships to catalyze SDGs implementation

Walking the talk – exploring the ways for human rights compliant policies in a world in crisis

Setting Science-Based Targets for Biodiversity in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals

Accelerating action through digital technologies: strengthening digital skills and capacities for human wellbeing

Mountains and the decade of action and delivery

Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework

Sustainable and just economies: – Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Crisis and enabling factors for the SDGs

PAGE @ HLPF | Green Economy & COVID-19 Recovery: Implications for the Decade of Action

Parliaments’ Role in Linking Good Security Sector Governance to SDG16 amid COVID-19

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020

Lessons from the Proposal for a ‘Sustainable Development Council for the UN General Assembly’ (from Rio+20) for the Future of the High-level Political Forum

Engaging Industry through the Global Partnership on Marine Litter to deliver SDG14

Chief Sustainability Officers for SDGs

Strengthening national capacities for the world we want – Embedding Evaluation in Voluntary National Reviews

Accelerating Transformation to Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Nature-Based Solutions for People and Planet

Parliamentary Forum on the occasion of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Recovering better: Global Opportunities for Jumpstarting the Real Economy

Resources