To be held from 15 to 19 April, President Dennis Francis’ flagship initiative converges numerous mandated occasions right into a singular, impactful week, elevating the discourse on such crucial sectors as tourism, infrastructure, power and transport.
“The Sustainability Week initiative is actually designed to galvanise momentum round sustainability in a method that helps to supercharge implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” Mr. Francis instructed reporters on the UN Headquarters in New York.
He added that high-level participation is anticipated from Heads of States and Governments, sector-specific ministers and key UN officers.
Sustainability Week highlights
- 15 April: Excessive-level thematic debate on debt sustainability and socioeconomic equality, highlighting the influence of surging debt on nations’ growth trajectories
- 16 April: Excessive-level thematic occasion on tourism, addressing unsustainable practices inside the trade and launching a statistical framework for measuring sustainability
- 17 April: Excessive-level assembly on sustainable transport, emphasising its significance in attaining a number of Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs)
- 18 April: Casual dialogue on constructing global resilience and promoting sustainable development by means of infrastructure connectivity
- 19 April: Global stock taking on sustainable energy, reflecting on progress and shortcomings over the UN Decade of Sustainable Power for All 2014-2024 and launching a name to motion to speed up implementation of SDG 7 on inexpensive and clear power
Past the 2030 Agenda
Meeting President Francis additionally highlighted initiatives past the 2030 Agenda, together with the Select Sustainability marketing campaign, which inspires stakeholders to undertake pledges and sustainability practices.
“I encourage all everlasting missions, stakeholders and the media to undertake pledges to advertise sustainability and to declare their assist on social media whereas adopting sustainability practices,” he stated.
For its half, his workplace is, amongst different issues, working to section out using roll-up banners all through the Common Meeting and to interchange them with long-lasting, energy-efficient LED screens.
