The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held at UN headquarters in New York during 14–23 July 2025. The HLPF is the core UN platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SDGs. The theme of the 2025 forum was “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”.
UNU-IAS contributed to the forum through side events, expert presentations, and policy engagement.
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Community-Led Solutions for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
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Our experts also featured in the following sessions and events at the 2025 HLPF:
HLPF High Level Segment on SDG14 and interlinkages with other SDGs
17 July (10:00–13:00)
The Global Higher Education Symposium
19 July
Strengthening Climate and SDG Synergies for Accelerated Momentum Toward 2030
22 July (10:00–13:00), Conference Room 11
A recording is available on UN Web TV
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