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Building a Sustainable World for 8 Billion People: A UN DESA Fireside Chat
On Tuesday, 15 November, as the world population surpassed 8 billion people, UN DESA held a Global Policy Dialogue Fireside Chat at the SDG Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. Speakers from UNFCCC, UNFPA, and Izabella Teixeira, a member of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, marked the milestone with a discussion on how to build a sustainable world for this growing population.
Preparing for 8 Billion People: A UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue
Ahead of the Day of 8 Billion People, UN DESA held an intergenerational dialogue on 20 October with members of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, UN staff, leaders representing older persons and young people to consider ways to best accommodate this population growth.
Protecting Biodiversity in Times of Crisis: Exploring SDGs 14 and 15
Ahead of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) happening 5-15 July, UN DESA hosted a discussion on two of the SDGs to be reviewed in-depth at the Forum. Experts at this session on SDG 14, Life Below Water, and SDG 15, Life on Land, discussed ways to strengthen the interlinkages between these Goals and ideas for building and scaling up partnerships to reach our targets.
Big Questions for the Global Economic Recovery
In May 2022, UN DESA brought together members of the UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs (HLAB) with young leaders for an intergenerational dialogue on how to get the economy back on track, while reducing inequalities and protecting the planet.
The Future of Sustainable Development Financing
UN DESA hosted a discussion in April 2022 on how to overcome the great finance divide that currently exacerbates the divergence in development prospects and threatens to undermine achievement of the SDGs. Experts from around the world explored how to create reliable access to affordable financing as well as how to improve the international system for resolving situations of unsustainable sovereign debt The event helped promote the new 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report prepared by the Financing for Sustainable Development Office of UN DESA.