Mr. Greguska, Chairman of UNFF14,Minister Frydenberg,Deputy Minister Valentik,Permanent Secretary Husu-Kallio,Ambassador Hans Hoogeveen,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to join you today and to address this informal but important event on forests.
I would like to thank the Bureau of the thirteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF13), and the co-sponsoring countries for organizing this timely event.
Covering 30 per cent of all the land on our planet, forests are key in addressing pressing global challenges, including poverty, inequality and climate change.
Forests contribute to the livelihoods of over a fifth of the world’s population. They represent a safety net for both rural and urban poor in many developing countries, by providing them with goods and services. These include– water, food and protein, medicine, construction materials, and jobs.
Forests are central to mitigating and adapting to climate change. They have already removed nearly one third of human-produced carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere, and they could remove much more through sustainable forest management.
Together, forests and agriculture could get us at least a quarter of the way to meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global increase in temperature to 1.5°C.
Forests are, therefore, vital in fulfilling all the Sustainable Development Goals.Dear Colleagues,
The 2018 session of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will begin its work tomorrow.
The 2018 HLPF will focus on the theme of “Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies” and will conduct an in-depth review on progress in achievement of SDG 15 – life on land, as well as SDG 6 – clean water and sanitation, SDG 7 – affordable and clean energy, SDG 11 – sustainable cities and communities, and SDG 12 – responsible consumption and production.
Forests and the solutions they offer are critical to the in-depth review of this set of SDGs. When Member States created their vision for global sustainable development through the 2030 Agenda, they recognized the importance of forests to the achievement of SDG15 and SDG6, as well as to the integrated achievement of all other SDGs.
Since 2015, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) has made consistent efforts to elevate the significance of forests in the global policy agenda, and to promote implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
In May 2015, UNFF strengthened and extended the international arrangement on forests until 2030, in line with the 2030 Agenda and immediately embarked on the development of a strategic plan for forests. As the result of the UNFF’s efforts, the first ever United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests (UNSPF) was agreed upon and subsequently adopted by the UN General Assembly in April 2017.
The strategic plan provides a framework for forest-related contributions to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNFF13 convened last May has invited the HLPF 2018 to recognize the implementation of the strategic plan and the importance of achieving its Global Forest Goals and targets as an effective means to accelerate progress in achieving the SDGs and associated targets.
This event is particularly important to draw the attention of participating delegations and stakeholders at the 2018 HLPF to the significance of implementation of the strategic plan for the achievement of the SDGs.
It will help rally action for integrated and sustainable land-use planning and decision making through cross-sectoral collaboration among all stakeholders.
Let’s work together to make sustainable forest management a crucial building block of sustainable development worldwide, and help to achieve the SDGs, through forest-based actions.
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs remains your trusted partner to fully support you in this effort.
Thank you.
It is my pleasure to join you today and to address this informal but important event on forests.
I would like to thank the Bureau of the thirteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF13), and the co-sponsoring countries for organizing this timely event.
Covering 30 per cent of all the land on our planet, forests are key in addressing pressing global challenges, including poverty, inequality and climate change.
Forests contribute to the livelihoods of over a fifth of the world’s population. They represent a safety net for both rural and urban poor in many developing countries, by providing them with goods and services. These include– water, food and protein, medicine, construction materials, and jobs.
Forests are central to mitigating and adapting to climate change. They have already removed nearly one third of human-produced carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere, and they could remove much more through sustainable forest management.
Together, forests and agriculture could get us at least a quarter of the way to meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global increase in temperature to 1.5°C.
Forests are, therefore, vital in fulfilling all the Sustainable Development Goals.Dear Colleagues,
The 2018 session of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will begin its work tomorrow.
The 2018 HLPF will focus on the theme of “Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies” and will conduct an in-depth review on progress in achievement of SDG 15 – life on land, as well as SDG 6 – clean water and sanitation, SDG 7 – affordable and clean energy, SDG 11 – sustainable cities and communities, and SDG 12 – responsible consumption and production.
Forests and the solutions they offer are critical to the in-depth review of this set of SDGs. When Member States created their vision for global sustainable development through the 2030 Agenda, they recognized the importance of forests to the achievement of SDG15 and SDG6, as well as to the integrated achievement of all other SDGs.
Since 2015, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) has made consistent efforts to elevate the significance of forests in the global policy agenda, and to promote implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
In May 2015, UNFF strengthened and extended the international arrangement on forests until 2030, in line with the 2030 Agenda and immediately embarked on the development of a strategic plan for forests. As the result of the UNFF’s efforts, the first ever United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests (UNSPF) was agreed upon and subsequently adopted by the UN General Assembly in April 2017.
The strategic plan provides a framework for forest-related contributions to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UNFF13 convened last May has invited the HLPF 2018 to recognize the implementation of the strategic plan and the importance of achieving its Global Forest Goals and targets as an effective means to accelerate progress in achieving the SDGs and associated targets.
This event is particularly important to draw the attention of participating delegations and stakeholders at the 2018 HLPF to the significance of implementation of the strategic plan for the achievement of the SDGs.
It will help rally action for integrated and sustainable land-use planning and decision making through cross-sectoral collaboration among all stakeholders.
Let’s work together to make sustainable forest management a crucial building block of sustainable development worldwide, and help to achieve the SDGs, through forest-based actions.
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs remains your trusted partner to fully support you in this effort.
Thank you.
File date:
Sunday, 七月 8, 2018