{"id":111397,"date":"2023-09-08T17:18:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=111397"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:18:13","slug":"media-advisory-science-based-approach-essential-to-ensure-successful-delivery-of-the-sustainable-development-goals-says-un-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2023\/09\/media-advisory-science-based-approach-essential-to-ensure-successful-delivery-of-the-sustainable-development-goals-says-un-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory | Science-based approach essential to ensure successful delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN report\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111399  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-1024x267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-200x52.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-400x104.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-600x156.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-800x209.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-1024x267.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM-1080x282.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screen-Shot-2023-09-08-at-5.04.20-PM.png 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Media Advisory<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Science-based approach essential to ensure successful delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN report<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #046b99\"><strong>Press Briefing: Global Sustainable Development Report 2023<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #046b99\">Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #046b99\">Live on <a style=\"color: #046b99\" href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\">UN WebTV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amid overlapping climate and health crises and prolonged conflicts, policies rooted in science will put the world on the best track to achieving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/\">the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/a>, says a new report commissioned by the United Nations and written by an independent group of scientists.<\/p>\n<p>With the SDGs in jeopardy at the midpoint of implementation, the 2023 edition of the <strong>Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)<\/strong> will provide a growing body of evidence as well as practical solutions to help decision-makers overcome impediments to sustainable development. The report comes ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/conferences\/SDGSummit2023\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/conferences\/SDGSummit2023\"><strong>the SDG Summit (18 to 19 September)<\/strong><\/a> where world leaders are expected to make bold commitments to accelerate SDG implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The report is written by a group of 15 experts appointed by the UN Secretary-General representing a variety of backgrounds, scientific disciplines and institutions while ensuring gender and geographical balance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Press briefing on the <strong>Global Sustainable Development Report 2023\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Imme Scholz<\/strong>, Co-President of the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation\u00a0and Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists that prepared the GSDR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Astra Bonini, <\/strong>Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 12:30 p.m. EDT<\/strong> (following the noon briefing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UN Press Briefing Room, S-237\u00a0 (Live on <a href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Time for Transformation: UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>UN DESA will host a Global Policy Dialogue to further highlight the report and amplify its recommendations for accelerating progress towards the SDGs in the lead-up to the SDG Summit. It will also be an opportunity for the public to ask questions to four of the scientists who prepared the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nyovani Janet Madise, <\/strong>Director of Development Policy and Head of the Malawi Office of the African Institute for Development Policy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shirin Malekpour, <\/strong>Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c5sa Persson,<\/strong> Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Adjunct Professor at Link\u00f6ping University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ambuj Sagar, <\/strong>Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies and Founding Head of the School of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Thursday, 14 September 2023, <\/strong><strong>11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Live on <a href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/media.un.org\/en\/webtv\">http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a><br \/>\nLive on Zoom, register at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dialogue14sept\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dialogue14sept\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/dialogue14sept<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Members of the Independent Group of Scientists available for interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Imme Scholz<\/strong>, Co-President of the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation\u00a0and Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists that prepared the GSDR (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ambuj Sagar<\/strong>, Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Professor of Policy Studies and Founding Head of the School of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Technology (English)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shirin Malekpour<\/strong>, Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University (English)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Norichika Kanie<\/strong>, Professor at the Graduate School of Media Governance, Keio University (English, Japanese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c5sa Persson<\/strong>, Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Adjunct Professor at Link\u00f6ping University (English, Swedish)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nyovani Janet Madise<\/strong>, Director of Development Policy and Head of the Malawi Office of the African Institute for Development Policy (English)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibrahima Hathie<\/strong>, Research Director for the Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (English, French)<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Agard<\/strong>, Director of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (English)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaime C. Montoya<\/strong>, Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Chair of the Health Sciences Division and Secretary, National Academy of Science and Technology (English)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jiahua Pan<\/strong>, Director of the Institute of Eco-civilization Studies and Professor of Economics, Beijing University of Technology, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Urban &amp; Environmental Studies (English, Chinese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nancy Shackell<\/strong>, Senior research scientist, Bedford Institute of Oceanography (English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the Report, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/gsdr\/gsdr2023\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/gsdr\/gsdr2023\">https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/gsdr\/gsdr2023<\/a><br \/>\nHashtag: #GSDR #SDGs #GlobalGoals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contacts:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Sharon Birch, <\/strong>UN Department of Global Communications, <a href=\"mailto:birchs@un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:birchs@un.org\">birchs@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Helen Rosengren, <\/strong>UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, <a href=\"mailto:rosengrenh@un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:rosengrenh@un.org\">rosengrenh@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Stephanie Rambler, <\/strong>UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, <a href=\"mailto:rambler@un.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:rambler@un.org\">rambler@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Advisory Science-based approach essential to ensure successful delivery of  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}