2022 marks the halfway point for the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, the UN called for a 'Decade of Action', pledging to mobilize financing, enhance national implementation and strengthen institutions to achieve the Goals by the target date of 2030. Despite this commitment, and despite calls for the SDGs to form 'a critical framework for COVID-19 recovery,' progress is too slow, and in many cases, going backwards.

This seminar will examine the challenges and opportunities for SDG implementation as the agenda's time rapidly runs out. Our expert panel will discuss pathways to impact for sustainable development, rapid response, and the relationship between the SDGs and climate transition.

Panellists 
Prof Gary Rosengarten
Director Enabling Capability Platform
(Sustainability Development Technologies)
RMIT University

Dr Jessica Reeves
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
Federation University

Sophie Arnold
Executive Manager
United Nations Association of Australia (Victorian Division)

Moderator 
Dr Emma Shortis
Research Officer, European Union Centre of Excellence
Social and Global Studies Centre
RMIT University

When
Tuesday 15 MARCH 2022 
1 pm - 2.30 pm
Melbourne time (AEDT)

Where
RMIT University
Council Chamber, Level 2R, Building 1 
124 Latrobe St
Melbourne, VIC 3000

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Cost
Free

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This event is being organised and hosted by the Jean Monnet Network on Scientific and Social Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 

The Jean Monnet Network on Scientific and Social Innovation in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is co-funded by the Jean Monnet Activities Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.