Power points from Friends of Governance Workshop on SDG 16 and the interlinkages with Health, Energy and Food

Hosted by the government of Indonesia on behalf of the

Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development 

in cooperation with the

UN-DESA Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development

Introduction

“8. We envisage a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination; of respect for race, ethnicity and cultural diversity; and of equal opportunity permitting the full realization of human potential and contributing to shared prosperity. A world which invests in its children and in which every child grows up free from violence and exploitation. A world in which every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. A just, equitable, tolerant, open and socially inclusive world in which the needs of the most vulnerable are met.” 

Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2015)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development also recognizes the need to ‘build peaceful, just and inclusive societies that provide equal access to justice’ (UN, 2015) and is based on ‘respect for human rights, on effective rule of law and good governance at all levels and on transparent, effective and accountable institutions’ (UN, 2019). 

SDG 16 – promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. 

SDG16 is an enabler for other SDGs and without a strong SDG16, the other SDGs will fail to be successfully delivered.

This workshop will look at the role of SDG16 in delivering: 

• Good Health and Wellbeing (SDG3), 
• Climate Change (SDG13) and a Green Energy Transition (SDG7)
• Food System Security (SDG2)

• African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Baseline Study on the implementation of CEPA Principles in Africa – Ms. Sara Tawfik Hamouda, Agenda 2063 and SDGs Expert, African Peer Review Mechanism Session 1 SDG 16 speaker 1 Sara Hamouda
• Oli Henman Global Coordinator Action for Sustainable Development Session 2 Health speaker 2 Oli Henman
• What are the governance lessons that can be learnt from the GAVI partnership for other health partnerships? Tania Paratian, Head, Health Advocacy at GAVI Session 2 Health speaker 3 Tania Paratian
• How is Africa addressing Climate Change (SDG13) a Green Energy Transition (SDG7) and Governance? Albert Butare (PhD) (Former Minister of State Incharge of Energy, Communication and Water in the Republic of Rwanda) Session 3 Climate Change speaker 1 Albert Butare
• If Glasgow Climate Summit and the preparatory process is going to be a hybrid conference what needs to be done to ensure that stakeholders can engage? Felix Dodds, Adjunct Professor University of North Carolina Session 3 Climate Change and Green Energy speaker 2 Felix dodds
• What lessons can be learnt from the REN21 global renewable energy community of actors from science, governments, NGOs and industry? Lea Ranalder, Renewable energy transformation in cities at REN21 Session 3 Climate Change and Green Energy speaker 3 Lea Ranalder
• Food system Summit Dialogues – lessons to date, Zak Bleicher, Senior programme officer UN Secretary Generals’ Office for the 2021 UN Food System Summits Session 4 food speaker 1 zak
• Shift to Sustainable Consumption Patterns: building a broad, multistakeholder coalition around this key challenge and opportunity. Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, EAT Founder and Executive Chair Track 4 Session 4 Food speaker 3 Gunhild Stordalen