On Tuesday, 16 July 2024, 1:15 – 2:45 PM, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future and the Bahá’í International Community in New York held an in-person and virtual side event at the offices of the Bahá’í International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite #120, New York, NY 10017.
Stakeholder Forum and Bahá’í representatives, along with other experts, focused on strengthening the effective integration of all three dimensions of sustainable development and, in particular, strengthening the environmental dimension with a particular focus on the SDGs under review at the 2024 HLPF.
During the event, the IntegrateSDGs initiative was launched, along with three communities of practice (used here to refer to networks of individuals and organizations pursuing specific sustainable development objectives). They are a valuable tool for effective policy and practical integration. Yet, few have managed to cooperate effectively across specializations to tackle trade-offs and leverage synergies between different goal areas and dimensions of sustainable development, including by catalyzing new multistakeholder partnerships. Our aim is for IntegrateSDG’s CoPs to change that. See the attached full summary document for further details.
The Programme
13:15 – Opening of the meeting: Charles Nouhan, Moderator and Member of the Board of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (SF)
13:20 Welcoming remarks by:
- Irena Zubcevic, Director, Stakeholder Forum
- Daniel Perell, Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the UN in New York
13:30 – Presentation of the IntegrateSDGs initiative and the IntegrateSDGs website as a communication platform: Helen Loveridge, Project Associate, SF (download the presentation)
13:40 – Presentation of the CoPs:
- Dr. David Horan, Fellow at SF and Asst. Prof., Trinity College Dublin, and Convenor of CoP1 (download the presentation)
- Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Senior Advisor at SF, and Convenor of CoP2
- Dr. David O’Connor, Fellow at SF, and Convenor of CoP3 (download the presentation)
13:55 – Discussion panel and discussion (download the presentation) Chaired by Dr. David O’Connor with
- Dr. Prajal Pradhan, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (download the presentation)
- Ana Paola González Alonso, Climate Strategies and South to South Just Transitions Initiative (download the presentation – coming soon)
- Daniel Perell
- Jan-Gustav Strandenaes
- Dr. David Horan
14:35 – Summing up, Dr. Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi, Project Associate, SF
14:40 – Closing of the meeting, Charles Nouhan
The full video recording can be found on the Stakeholder Forum YouTube channel.