The ECOSOC President just published the summary of the HLPF…this is the VNR stuff
The ECOSOC President's Summary from the July HLPF can be found here. This blog focuses on the section on Voluntary National Reports (VNRs). Before listing the summary let me make a few comments. It seems to me that How many countries actually have a sustainable development strategy that has been developed with stakeholders AFTER the agreement on te 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement? No one has put together an analysis of sustainable development strategies and what role they should and are taking. This is important because VNRs should be reporting based on their SD Strategies and MOST countries did not redo their strategies after 2015 and don’t have a coherent one. There are a few I know that do those being Germany and Colombia. Germany having just completed its independent review under Helen Clark's chairship. Now is the time to look at the framework for reporting and come forward with ideas for improvement. Where th...