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HLPF 2025 Prepares to Advance Inclusive, Evidence-based Solutions for SDGs. By IISD
The UN system, Member States, and stakeholders are intensifying preparations for the 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), convening in New York, US, from 14-23 July.
SDG 3: Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for All at All Ages. By IISD
The 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July will conduct in-depth reviews of progress towards five SDGs. SDG 3 (good health and well-being) is one of these Goals.
SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls. By IISD
The 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July will conduct in-depth reviews of progress towards five SDGs. SDG 5 (gender equality) is one of these Goals.
SDG 8: Promote Economic Growth and Decent Work for All. By IISD
The 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July will conduct in-depth reviews of progress towards five SDGs. SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) is one of these Goals.
SDG 14: Conserve and Sustainably Use the Oceans, Seas, and Marine Resources. By IISD
The 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July will conduct in-depth reviews of progress towards five SDGs. SDG 14 (life below water) is one of these Goals.
SDG 17: Revitalize Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. By IISD
The 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in July will conduct in-depth reviews of progress towards five SDGs. SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals) is one of these Goals and the only SDG to undergo review annually.
UN forum to spotlight health, gender equality, oceans, in critical bid to meet development goals. By U.N
The 2025 High-Level Political Forum, or HLPF, follows two recent successful UN conferences focused on vital development issues: one in June in Nice, France, dedicated to ocean protection, and another held in Sevilla, Spain, centred on boosting financing for sustainable initiatives.
‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track. By U.N
The UN’s key Sustainable Development Goals Report launched Monday by Secretary-General António Guterres, chronicles both progress and setbacks – showing that the world has made significant advances but is still drastically off-track to achieve its development goals by 2030.
Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change. By U.N
Ácora, located in the southeast corner of Peru almost 3,800 kilometres above sea level, is one of the Peruvian regions which has been most impacted by climate change – endangering crop production and biodiversity in addition to worsening food insecurity.
From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life. By U.N
Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of a blood diamond mining industry which contributed to a decade-long civil war. But now, parts of the land have been restored. Crops are beginning to flourish and bees are buzzing around once again.
‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America. By U.N
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties. The workers we don’t pay or see are grandmothers, mothers, daughters — the women who take care of children, look after ill family members and give dignity to the elderly. To do this vital care work, they give up formal employment with pay cheques.
Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic. By U.N
“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now.” Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at University College London, issued this warning at a recent meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York. It is not a question of if but when, and Dr. Abubakar believes the answer is sooner than anyone wants in part because the global healthcare system remains drastically siloed.
Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres. By U.N
Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres said on Monday that recent “signs of momentum” show multilateralism can still deliver. Addressing ministers at UN Headquarters in New York, he called for urgent action to rescue lagging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid war, inequality and fiscal strain.
Webcast
UN Web TV will cover live the HLPF 2025:
14 July AM Opening of the HLPF
14 July PM SDG 3
15 July AM SDG 5
15 July PM SDG Achievement in African countries, LDCs, LLDCs, and Middle-Income Countries (MICs)
16 July AM SDG 8
16 July PM SIDS: Strategies for SDG Success
17 July AM SDG 14
17 July PM Strengthening alliances for SDG implementation; Transformation from the ground up
18 July AM VNRs (Guatemala, Malaysia, Sudan, Angola, Kyrgyz Republic, Saint Lucia)
18 July PM VNRs (Belarus, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Bangladesh, Eswatini, Federated States of Micronesia)
21 July AM: Ministerial Segment of the HLPF, High-level Segment of ECOSOC
21 July PM: General Debate HLPF
21 July PM: VNRs (El Salvador, Malta, Thailand, Czechia, Israel, Papua New Guinea)
22 July AM: Messages from the UN Environment Assembly; Regional Perspectives on SDG Implementation; VNRs (The Bahamas, Finland, The Philippines)
22 July PM: General Debate HLPF
22 July PM: VNRs (Germany, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Japan, The Gambia, Indonesia, Suriname)
23 July AM: General Debate HLPF
23 July AM: VNRs (Bhutan, Ghana, Iraq, Qatar, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Ethiopia)
23 July PM: VNRs (India, Lesotho) and Conclusion of the HLPF
Special Events at the HLPF:
15 July AM: Science Day 2025
16 July AM: 8th Local and Regional Governments Forum
22 July AM: The State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World
22 July PM: SDG 6 and Water Action Agenda
HLPF Interviews
Reforming the global health system, one bowl of spaghetti at a time
The current global health system, which has achieved “tremendous” gains over the past decades, is a bit like a bowl of spaghetti, according to Mandeep Dhaliwal, the Director of Health at the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The intertwining noodles of pasta have – in some ways – produced a siloed health system, if you run with the metaphor: separate strands never quite connect.
Youth seize the day in new food production report
Collective action can take many forms – cooperatives, for example. But for the millions of youth engaged in agrifood systems, sometimes Instagram or TikTok is more effective. Of the 1.3 billion people aged 15 to 24, 44 per cent rely on agrifood systems for employment. But their unique challenges are not always represented, and their voices are not always heard. This is why collective action is so important.
‘It’s a personal fight’: One woman’s battle to protect care work in Mexico
After having her second child, Aideé Zamorano González faced pressure to leave her job in Mexico’s automotive industry. Instead, she founded Mamá Godín, a social enterprise advocating for better workplace support for mothers.
She recently shared her work on care policies and maternal rights during a panel at the UN's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York.
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