High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2024: Just Transition Events
The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is a global platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs implementation. All UN Member States as well as representatives from civil society organisations participate in the HLPF, which meets under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The HLPF runs from July 8-17, 2024, in New York.
Below is a list of HLPF side events related to the just energy transition. Some events can be attended virtually.
For the full list of side events click here.
July 9
Tripling Renewable Energy Capacity and Accelerating Just Energy Transitions in the Global South
Location: United Nations, Room S-1523
Time: 13:15 – 14:30
Organiser: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
July 10
A Just Energy Transition: A Pathway for the Achievement of All SDGs Including 1, 2, 13, 16 & 17 – Roundtable Discussion on Challenges and Opportunities for a Just Energy Transition in a SIDS Context
Location: United Nations, Conference Room 6
Time: 13:15 – 14:30
Organiser: Permanent Mission of the Union of the Comoros
Delivering on the Promise of Migration for the Green Transition: Leveraging Labour Pathways to Boost Green Skills, Jobs and Economies
Location: Virtual
Time: 09:00 – 10:30
Organiser: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
July 15
HLPF 2024 High-level Side Event: Just transitions towards sustainability: trajectories to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Food Systems, Energy and Digital Transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Location: United Nations Global Compact Board Room, 685 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10017, United States
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Organiser: ECLAC and UN Global Compact
July 17
Green Skills and Green Jobs for Youth Roundtable HESI Student Action Group
Location: United Nations Global Compact Office at 685 3rd Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, 10017, NY, USA
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Organiser: HESI Student Action Group
Poverty, Inequalities and the Green Transition
Location: United Nations, Conference Room 8
Time: 13:15 – 14:30
Organiser: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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