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IISD highlights from the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

23 August, 2018
From the 9-18 July, the 2018 Meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development was hosted at the UN Headquarters, New York.

The 2018 meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened on Monday 9 July. In the morning, the opening session focused on progress in achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A session on implementing the 2030 Agenda for resilient societies followed, with sub-sessions on:

  1. reviewing progress in achieving the SDGs; and
  2. better data for sustainable development.

In the afternoon, a review of SDG 6 took place.

  • Learn more about the review of SDG 6 and watch the session on UN web TV here.
  • Download the daily report from the day from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) here.
  • View IISD photo highlights from the ‘Review of SDG Implementation: SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ here.