Highlights - 7 Feb.: Joint hearing on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Committee on Development

The opening keynote speech will be by Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans, presenting the Commission's Reflection Paper on sustainable development, adopted on 30 January.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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Sustainable development, Natural environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable design, Jeffrey Sachs
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  • The opening keynote speech will be by Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans, presenting the Commission's Reflection Paper on sustainable development, adopted on 30 January.
  • Professor Jeffrey Sachs, a leading sustainable development expert at Columbia University, will set out his views on what the EU should do to implement the SDGs in Europe and globally.
  • Members will also have discussions with the authors of a study on SDG implementation mechanisms in Member States and with academics currently drafting the Global Sustainable Development Report for the UN.
  • The hearing will take place 07.02.2019, 09:00-11:30, in room 5G3 of the Altierio Spinelli building and will be webstreamed live.
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