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A commemoration, a reflection, a time to act Stockholm+50 is a high-level international meeting commemorating 50 years since the seminal 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, where 113 countries gathered in Stockholm, Sweden and made the environment a pressing global issue for the first time. Fifty years on, Stockholm+50 is a time for bold and immediate action-oriented engagement. It is a time for reflection on humanity’s interconnectedness with nature. We are at a critical juncture: the world needs to urgently harness emerging opportunities for a better future for all on a healthy planet. It is our responsibility to present and future generations.
Fifty years of environmental multilateralism
Multilateralism means working together – across nations, across institutions, across peoples – to find common solutions to challenging problems that spill across boundaries.
All voices are needed
Framed around three Leadership Dialogues, the Stockholm+50 international meeting is an inclusive process to bring in a diversity of voices. The high-level meeting is the culmination of months of consultations with individuals, communities, organizations and governments around the world. The meeting aims to act as a springboard to accelerate the implementation of the UN Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) along with the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the President of the General Assembly’s “Moment for Nature”. It will also encourage the adoption of green COVID-19 recovery plans.
What can you do?
Get involved in Stockholm+50 and show how your government, business, group or organization has been part of the global effort to advance the environmental dimension of sustainable development by sharing success stories, spreading awareness of the triple planetary crisis and promoting your community’s commitment to a healthier planet, including a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concept Note: Games, Hands-on Activities for Sustainability, SDGs, and Sustainable Future
Online Event: 2nd June, 2022 | 01:00 PM CEST | 04:30 PM IST
Speakers
Anant Bhaskar Garg, Director, HRDEF
Dr. Manisha Agarwal, Coordinator, NavUrja Sanchar
This event will address developments for the SDGs and sustainability of our planet. Building an inclusive, effective path for the sustainable future with SDGs require quality education. Learning, engagement with games, hands-on activities is very important, and our work shows that students and youth understand and take action for climate change, SDGs.
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BACKGROUND
The “Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs” (STI Forum) was created by UN Member States as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reflecting their belief that STI solutions will be central to any meaningful progress toward making the SDGs a reality.
The STI Forum is a unique UN platform for debate, discussion and creation around STI for the SDGs. It attracts global participation from Ministers and other policy makers at all levels, private sector leaders, civil society representatives and the science and technological community.
SEVENTH ANNUAL STI FORUM (2022) The seventh annual STI Forum will be held from 5 to 6 May 2022. As per its mandate, the Forum will be organized by the UN interagency task team on STI for the SDGs (IATT), convened by UN-DESA and UNCTAD, and the 10-Member Group of high-level representatives appointed by the Secretary General.
As in previous years, the theme of the STI Forum will be closely aligned with that of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), to be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, but have an exclusive focus on the role and contributions of science, technology and innovation.
Accordingly, the theme for the STI Forum 2022 will be: “Science, technology and innovation for building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
Concept Note
Building Back Better with Games, Hands-on Activities,
STI for Sustainability and 2030 Agenda
Online Event: 4th May, 2022
9:00 AM New York | 6:30 PM Delhi Time
Objectives
Why are games important and we develop, study games for learning? How does research into games help us better to design games that help everyone to change our self and things around us for better sustainable development? We know role of games in our life but not able to utilize the power of games for Sustainability, and SDGs. Thus, discussion on educational games and hands-on activities for SDGs learning, and building sustainable living in the present pandemic time is very crucial for everyone. STI Forum and HLPF this year theme is Science, technology and innovation for building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which will address promising developments for accelerating progress towards the SDGs. Building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda with SDGs 4, 5, 14, 15, and 17 require inclusive, quality education. In this regard, role of STI through learning with games and hands-on activities is very important, and our work showed that students, youth understand, take action for climate change, SDGs.
Please Join Us
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Academic and research institutions
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Government agencies, organizations
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Civil society organizations, Social Enterprises
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Individuals, Game Designer
Speakers
Anant Bhaskar Garg, Director, HRDEF
Dr. Manisha Agarwal, Coordinator, NavUrja Sanchar