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[worldhabitatday]

Transforming Neighbourhoods: National Policies and Local Actions for Sustainable Urban Development (HLPF 2024 Side Event).

Facing one of the fastest urbanisation rates in the world, Honduras is leading this initiative to explore sustainable solutions for city development through neighbourhood upgrading. These challenges include urban poverty, inadequate housing, and vulnerability to climate change.

This side event at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum will focus on "Transforming Neighbourhoods" through the effective localization of national urban policies. We will delve into adaptive strategies for urban planning that address specific neighbourhood challenges, emphasising the importance of national policies in facilitating sustainable and resilient urban development. This session is intended as a follow-up to the 2023 HLPF side event, offering new opportunity for Honduras and other Central American countries and the Dominican Republic to advance discussions on sustainable urban development from holistic perspectives at national, regional and local levels.

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[womensjudgesday]

SDG 16 as an Enabler of the 2030 Agenda (HLPF 2024 Side Event).

According to the UN Secretary-General in his Progress Report of the SDGs, in 2023 only 15% of the goals were on track to meet their targets by 2030, with SDG 16 falling severely off track. Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, providing access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels have a significant impact on public and private society, in formal institutions and de facto norms. SDG 16 is thus an enabler, accelerator, and one of the key conditions for achieving all SDGs through its cross-cutting nature that impacts many types of sustainable development that are foundational for addressing the complex interlinkages between poverty, inequality, climate change, and economic instability. 

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Organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), this event will highlight the interlinkages between SDG 16 and the 2030 Agenda drawing from the findings of its new report, and showcase how policymakers working across the 2030 Agenda can accelerate action on development outcomes by supporting and investing in SDG 16 moving forward. In partnership with Member States, Civil Society and other stakeholders, this event will also highlight the importance of partnerships for the effective implementation of SDG 16 and its impact on all other goals of the 2030 Agenda.

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