More from UN DESA - July 2022

7 special events you need to know at the 2022 HLPF

Every year at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), UN DESA, as the secretariat of the Forum, curates a “Special Events Programme”. Stakeholder groups, such as the private sector, local and regional governments, and higher education institutions come together and share their knowledge and experience on SDG progress.

We look forward to your participation, be it in-person or virtual, at the following 2022 HLPF Special Events:

Youth and Indigenous Women headline August events

As part of its advocacy work on social inclusion and development of youth and indigenous peoples, UN DESA’s Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) is organizing two events this coming August: 

Shining a spotlight on Inspiring Indigenous Women

Indigenous women are the backbone of indigenous peoples’ communities and play a crucial role in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge. They are the caretakers of our natural resources and keepers of scientific knowledge.

Climate and SDGs Conference seeks synergies to accelerate action

At a time of growing urgency, with evidence mounting of an ever-worsening climate emergency and the SDG agenda reeling from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, the UN is gathering leaders and experts for a conference to advance action on climate and the SDGs by tackling them together, synergistically.

Mixed views on global economic outlook amid rising inflation and volatile markets

The global macroeconomic outlook continues to fluctuate amid growing uncertainties, pronounced monetary policy tightening and roiling financial markets. On 15 June, the Federal Reserve hiked its main policy rate by 0.75 percentage points—its largest increase in 28 years. The rate hike was higher than had been expected which caused turbulence in bond markets in June, with rising yields (declining prices) of long-term government bonds with high volatilities.