“As part of its follow-up and review mechanisms, the 2030 Agenda encourages member states to “conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national levels, which are country-led and country-driven” (paragraph 79). These national reviews are expected to serve as a basis for the regular reviews by the HLPF. As stipulated in paragraph 84 of the 2030 Agenda, regular reviews by the HLPF are to be voluntary, state-led, undertaken by both developed and developing countries and shall provide a platform for partnerships, including through the participation of major groups and other relevant stakeholders.” The United Nations
The HLPF is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development, and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level.
In support of those ambitions, Stakeholder Forum aims to produce – at times with partners – a series of think-pieces and knowledge-enhancing papers in the coming months and years. If you or your organization would like to partner with us, please make contact at [email protected], and include ‘sdg2030 Series’ in the subject line.
SDG 2030 Series Report No. 4 is Enhancing Governance to Help Address Vulnerable Groups – Building Back Better, edited by Rene Marker-Katz and Cameron McBroom-Fitterer, Water Institute at the University of North Carolina, and Re-Energize DR3.
Issue 4 is the transcript of a webinar that was one of the official side events scheduled during the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, designed to link the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) agenda discussed at the 7th Global Platform to the 2022 High-level Political Forum’s theme of “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” A link to the webinar recording found on the Stakeholder Forum YouTube channel.
SDG 2030 Series Report No. 3 is Stakeholder Engagement Overview and Guide by Elisabeth Butler, the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina.
This third in the series recognizes the emergence of ‘stakeholder democracy’ as a vital approach to both policy development and multi-stakeholder partnership for helping to deliver global agreements – in particular the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals.
The stakeholder concept came from the 1992 Earth Summit process, where for the first time it enabled nine unique stakeholder voices to be heard. In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed to by UN Member states, added several additional stakeholder groups.
The reality is that any engagement with stakeholders around policy – or for developing a partnership – should always start by mapping out the relevant stakeholders. This new publication adopts the point of view that a relevant stakeholder is any stakeholder that is impacted by a decision or can impact a decision.
Stakeholder Forum itself was established after the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, as both a national multi-stakeholder platform in the United Kingdom, and then expanded in 2000 as a global multi-stakeholder platform that engages in major UN events and processes.
SDG 2030 Series Report No. 2 is ‘Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement: The UN Ecosystem of Initiatives on Private Sector Finance’ (revised November 2024)
Originally launched as a ‘Pop-up’ Side Event on the virtual sidelines of the 2021 United Nations High-level Forum on Sustainable Development in New York – the HLPF, Stakeholder Forum and New World Frontiers updated this paper in November 2024. Click on the link below to download it.
In November 2024 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP29, focused on negotiating a new climate finance goal – the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) – to replace the existing $100 billion annual commitment that expires in 2025.
The NCQG is a key part of the 2015 Paris Agreement and aims to help developing countries adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to provide more than the 2009-set goal of $100 billion per year to address the needs of developing economies.
The United Nations’ Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will take place in Servile in Spain from June 30–July 3, 2025. That conference aims to implement policies and mobilize resources to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) will support the conference.
A webinar on the 9th of December used the updated version of Financing the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement: The UN Ecosystem of Initiatives on Private Sector Finance as the backdrop to the session. The participants of the webinar offered an up-to-date look at what key parts of the UN have been working with the private sector finance to help deliver the US$3-5 trillion that is needed annually to deliver the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.
The presentations from the 9 December webinar can be found along with a summary of the webinar on the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development website. A recording of that webinar can be found here and accessed by using the passcode 401H^rTx
A recording of the 2021 side event can be found here, and the presentations from the 2021 event are found as a single PDF file here.
SDG 2030 Series Report No. 1 is ‘The Future of the High-level Political Forum: Fit for Purpose?’
The future of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) has been a matter of debate since it was created out of Rio+20, and before the negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals. The resolution establishing the HLPF (UNGA resolution A/67/L.72, adopted on 9 July 2013) agreed to review it, and one such review was due in 2020. This has now been moved to the autumn of 2021.
This report, a summary of the ideas presented during the 13 July 2020 ‘Pop-up Side Event’ at the 2020 HLPF: ‘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,’ captures the inputs from the speakers and respondents from the ‘Pop-Up’ event, all of whom were active during Rio+20 and the creation of the HLPF. You can view a recording of the launch event here.
You can also download the report: SDG 2030 Series Report No 1 The Future of the High-level Political Forum-Fit for Purpose (Sept 2020)
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