Children and Youth

Participants from the Media Orientation event, organized by UNISDR, pose for a group photo Preparations for the Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) continued on Wednesday, 10 October, in Tunis, Tunisia. IISD/RS covered a selection of pre-conference events, on: making cities sustainable and resilient; a regional assessment report for DRR for the Arab States; a regional orientation and consultation for Africa and Arab States on a strategic approach to capacity development for the implementation of the Sendai Framework; an intergenerational dialogue on underlying disaster risk drivers; and multi-sectoral governance in the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the local level.The event on making cities sustainable and resilient discussed: linking national DRR strategies to city implementation; using the UNISDR Disaster Resilience Scorecard across the Arab region; and increasing investments in community engagement and communication.Efforts to develop a regional assessment report for DRR for the Arab Region were supported by participants in an event organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in the morning, who expressed that such a report would help to fill a void for DRR policy makers in the region, where relevant information for decision-making is still lacking.A global project on a strategic approach to capacity development for risk-informed sustainable development by 2030 was discussed in the afternoon. The project described the four building blocks for effective capacity development as being: demand-driven and needs based; government owned and led; coherent within and between all levels of government; and practicable, replicable and localized.An intergenerational dialogue on underlying disaster risk drivers in the afternoon highlighted the importance of involving youth in every stage of disaster risk management, and the complex links between migration and disaster risk.The session on multi-sectoral governance in the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the local level discussed examples from projects in Africa, while identifying challenges and opportunities in promoting DRR efforts at the local level. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily coverage and a summary report from the Africa-Arab Platform on DRR.   Photos by IISD/ENB | Natalia Mroz For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient Mark Harvey, CEO, Resurgence, and Nuha Eltinay, Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) Yetunde Abdul, BRE Trust Participants listen to discussions A participant takes notes during the discussion Bijay Kumar, Executive Director, The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction, poses a question to the panel Regional Assessment Report for DRR for the Arab States Chadi Abdallah, National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon, presents during the session Katie Peters, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Hafsa Ahmed, Humanitarian Aid Commission, listens to the presentation Africa and Arab States Regional Orientation and Consultation on Strategic Approach to Capacity Development for Implementation of the Sendai Framework Sanjaya Bhatia, UNISDR, frames discussions Celestine Collins, Kenya A participant reacts during the session Quamrul Chowdhury, Bangladesh, addresses the room Intergenerational Dialogue on Underlying Disaster Risk Drivers Sandra Delali Kemeh, UN Major Group for Children and Youth, facilitates discussion Fatou Jeng, UN Major Group for Children and Youth Babatunde Iyanda, African Risk Capacity Nuha Eltinay, AUDI A view of the room during the session Multi-sectoral Governance in the Implementation of the Sendai Framework at the Local Level Doris Chandi Ombara, City Manager, City of Kisumu, Kenya Samuel Sserunkuma, Deputy Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda Moderator Tarryn Quayle, ICLEI Africa A participant reviews event literature Samuel Sserunkuma, Deputy Executive Director, KCCA, Uganda; Doris Chandi Ombara, City Manager, City of Kisumu, Kenya; and Abdou Sane, UNISDR Champion for DRR, Senegal Other Events Around the Venue    

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 IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page 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

On Thursday morning, HLPF 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York conducted thematic reviews on: Implementing the SDGs: lessons from the regions; and Perspectives of society: session organized with major groups and other stakeholders. In the afternoon, the review of SDG implementation continued, with a session on SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). 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 IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Thematic Review Implementing the SDGs: Lessons from the Regions Jerry Matthews Matjila, Vice-President of ECOSOC, welcomed participants to the session Vera Songwe, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Moderator Alicia Bárcena, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Kaveh Zahedi, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Olga Algayerova, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Tatyana Valovaya, Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Alma Sinumlag, Cordillera Women's Education and Action Research Center, and Asia-Pacific Civil Society Mechanism Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, Benin Patricio Aguirre, Chile Abdullah Abu Shawesh, State of Palestine Thematic Review: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies Perspectives of Society: Session Organized with Major Groups and Other Stakeholders View of the dais during the session Jolly Amatya, Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) Moderator Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga, Co-Chair of the HLPF Coordination Mechanism, and Women's Major Group Ruben Zondervan, Earth Systems Governance Project, and Science and Technology Major Group Haydée Rodriguez, Unión de Cooperativas de Mujeres Productoras Las Brumas, and  Sendai Stakeholders Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener, Canada, and Local Authorities Major Group Vitalice Meja, Reality of Aid Network Africa, and Financing for Development (FFD) Civil Society Group Sandra Vermuyten, Major Group of Workers and Trade Unions Verity McGivern, Stakeholder Group on Ageing Katarina Popović, Education and Academia Stakeholder Group Sarah Schönfeld, France Aashish Khullar, MGCY Review of SDG Implementation: SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Delegates listen during the session Inga Rhonda King, Vice-President of ECOSOC Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Nur H. Rahayu, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia Petra Bayr, Sustainable Development Committee, Parliament of Austria Shashwat Sapkota, Statistics Division, UN DESA Jane Nyakang’o, President, African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Moderator Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, UN DESA Julius H. Cainglet, Federation of Free Workers, and Workers and Trade Unions Major Group Amy Luers, Executive Director, Future Earth Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany, and 10YFP Board Member İzzet Ari, Turkey Annika Lindblom, Finland René Castro, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Sabina Wakio Maghanga, Kenya Around the Venue Delegates between sessions Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaks with a delegate Delegates speak informally A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin to keep up to date with the meeting An exhibition by the Alliance for Responsible Denim promotes sustainable consumption and production by reminding people to consume consciously

The 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) continued on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, thematic reviews were held on: Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies - building resilience; and Advancing science, technology and innovation (STI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the afternoon, the review of SDG implementation continued, with a session on SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy). 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 IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Thematic Review: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies - Building Resilience View of the dais during the session David Smith, Institute for Sustainable Development, University of the West Indies (UWI) Moderator Emily Wilkinson, Overseas Development Institute, UK Jeb Brugmann, 100 Resilient Cities Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dereje Wordofa, Deputy Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Vuk Žugić, Co-ordinator, Economic and Environmental Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Marikris de Guzman, Asia Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) Youth Network, and Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa Hari Prabowo, Indonesia Binalakshmi Nepram Mentschel, Indigenous Peoples Major Group (IPMG) Kira Christianne Azucena, the Philippines   Thematic Review: Advancing Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs Delegates during the session Inga Rhonda King, Vice-President of ECOSOC Toshiya Hoshino, Co-Chair, Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs Juan Sandoval-Mendiolea, Co-Chair, Multi-stakeholder Forum on STI for the SDGs Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Norma Munguía Aldaraca, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mexico Nebojša Nakićenović, Deputy Executive Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Endah Murniningtyas, Co-Chair, Group of Scientists for the Global Sustainable Development Report, Indonesia Ernest Foli, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana Review of SDG Implementation SDG 7: Ensure Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern Energy for All View of the dais during the session Marie Chatardová, President of ECOSOC Siri Jirapongphan, Minister of Energy, Thailand Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation Riccardo Puliti, Senior Director, Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice, World Bank Group Heather Page, Statistics Division, UN DESA Sheila Oparaocha, Executive Director, ENERGIA, Zambia Moderator Adnan Amin, Director-General, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Hans Olav Ibrekk, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Co-Facilitator, SDG 7 Technical Advisory Group Joan Carling, Tebtebba Foundation, and Indigenous Peoples Major Group (IPMG) Cheng Mengrong, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) Around the Venue Delegates speak informally Leon Mulimni Ngoy, Democratic Republic of the Congo Inga Rhonda King, Vice-President of ECOSOC, speaks with a delegate Delegates from Benin Delegates from Guinea A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to keep up to date with the meeting Delegates between sessions HLPF displays around the venue