Summary
HLPF 2018 continued on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, with sessions on:
- A review of SDG 15 (life on land)
- A review of SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals)
- Leaving no one behind: are we succeeding?
- Wrap-up of the first week
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
Visit our coverage of selected side events at HLPF 2018
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Review of SDG Implementation:
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests,
combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
View of the dais during the session
Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention
René Castro, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Roy Brouwer, University of Waterloo, Canada
Heather Page, Statistics Division, UN DESA
Simon Levin, Princeton University, US
Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet, African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), Cameroon
Jerry Matthews Matjila, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Chiagozie Chima Udeh, Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation, Nigeria, and Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)
Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi, Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), Uganda
Jill Blockhus, The Nature Conservancy
Azizah Abd Aziz, Malaysia
Juan Rengifo, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Adam Lewis, Australia
Review of SDG Implementation:
SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and the global partnership for sustainable development
View of the dais during the session
Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, Financial Times
Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN, and Co-Facilitator for the outcome of the 2018 ECOSOC Financing for Development Follow-up Forum
Robin Ogilvy, Special Representative of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to the UN
Yongyi Min, Statistics Division, UN DESA
Alfred Watkins, Chair, Global Solutions Summit
Steven Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva
Kavaljit Singh, Madhyam, and Financing for Development (FFD) Civil Society Group
Ridha Bouabid, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN
Gladys Ghartey, Ghana
Luis Madera, Dominican Republic
Thi Minh Thoa Le, Viet Nam
Leaving No One Behind: Are We Succeeding?
View of the dais during the session
Moderator Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Mahi Amadou Deme, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Senegal
Douglas Keh, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Riitta Oksanen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Victoria Tauli Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alicia Bárcena, Executive-Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Member, UN Committee on Development Policy (CDP)
Sylvia Beales, Gray Panthers, and Stakeholder Group on Ageing
Diane Delava, Youth Delegates, Belgium
Kätlin Kuldmaa, Youth Delegate, Estonia
Wrap-Up of the First Week
Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Marie Chatardová, ECOSOC President, draw the first week to a close
Around the Venue
Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention
Delegates speak informally
Stefan Jungcurt, Kimo Goree, and Pam Chasek, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Members of the Regenerative Ecovillage Development for Resilient Communities;
Conservation Natural and Cultural Heritage; and Ecosystem Restoration
