UNGA High-level Thematic Debate

Event: UNGA High-level Thematic Debate: Implementing Commitments on Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Financing

Date of Event: 11-12 April 2016  

Event Holder: International Institute for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Policy and Practice)

Description:

The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft, will convene a high-level thematic debate on sustainable development, climate change and financing. Per his letter of 4 November 2015, the event is expected to focus on the implementation of commitments relating to sustainable development, climate change, and financing, and the event will aim to mobilize and catalyze individual, collective multilateral and multi-stakeholder action to support early progress on realizing the SDGs and climate action. This event is one of three high-level events the President will convene during UNGA 70. Lykketoft said on 19 October 2015 that the meeting will involve a range of stakeholders.