Experts discussed concrete actions needed to turn the SDGs into reality.
Expo 2020, UN call for speedy action on SDGs
01 April 2021
Expo 2020 Dubai has teamed up with the United Nations to bring together the change-makers on a single platform in a bid to galvanise action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through their latest virtual thematic programme, Expo Talks: Global Goals.
The two-day event, which concluded on March 10, explored the innovative solutions and concrete actions needed to turn the SDGs – a blueprint to eradicate poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change by 2030 – into reality.
The need to build a more dignified and just world brought together experts, Expo partners and international participants – alongside renowned humanitarians and a blockbuster film-maker – for the Expo talks, said the organisers.
Emphasising on a time-bound solution, Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai and Chair of the National Committee on the Sustainable Development Goals, said: “We have less than a decade left – we must all work together to build on the progress made so far, to continue to work together to make the Global Goals a reality and build a cleaner, safer, healthier, more inclusive future for all.”
Global Goals is the ninth in a series of 10 thematic talks – launched in October 2020 – bringing together influential policymakers, thought-leaders, Expo participants and the public to help shape the thought-provoking content and conversations taking place during Expo 2020.
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