In preparation for the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD), a regional consultative meeting is organized on a yearly basis on the environmental dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE) during its 33rd regular session, held in October 2022, adopted resolution 619 requesting from the League of Arab States (LAS) Secretariat, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) to organize this meeting to inform regional and global processes in preparation for the HLPF.
In this context, and in line with the AFSD 2023 theme “Solutions and Action”, ESCWA, in cooperation with UNEP-ROWA, and LAS are organizing a regional consultative meeting on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda and in particular on the SDGs under review at the 2023 HLPF. The meeting is titled “Solutions and Action for SDGs implementation amid the triple planetary crisis[1]”.
This year, the HLPF will be performing an in-depth review of the set of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): goals 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17, noting that Goal 17 is considered every year.
The objectives of the meeting are thus to:
- Discuss actions and solutions to address environmental challenges and vulnerabilities affecting the achievement of SDGs and in particular the 2023 HLPF focus SDGs: goals 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17;
- Provide a platform for regional cooperation and partnerships to advance implementation of SDGs amid the triple planetary crisis;
- Present national initiatives that can be scaled up for regional implementation.
[1] The triple planetary crisis that the humanity is currently facing refers to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
