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Achieving SDG 2 without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold: A Global Roadmap

24/01/2024

 

Title: Achieving SDG 2 without breaching the 1.5°C threshold: A Global Roadmap 

Date: Wednesday 24 January 2024 at 1.15 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. (EDT) 

Location: In Conference Room 8, UN HQ, New York or stream on UN Web TV 

 Join us for a unique opportunity for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and development partners to discuss the package of solutions contained in the FAO Global Roadmap - with agrifood systems transformation at the core - and how this strengthens other actions to support sustainable development in SIDS. 

The recording of the event is available here.

 

Agenda for side event: 

Starting at

1.15 p.m. EDT 

Welcome and introductions  

Moderated by: 

Angélica Jácome, Director, FAO Office of Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries 

Presentation:  

Achieving SDG 2 without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold: A Global Roadmap 

Máximo Torero Cullen, FAO Chief Economist (video message) 

High-level panel 

  • H.E. Walton Alfonso Webson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the UN in New York
  • H.E. Rebecca Bryant, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN in New York
  • Natalia Winder Rossi, Director of Social Policy and Social Protection, UNICEF 
  • David Laborde, Director of FAO Agrifood Economics and Policy Division 

Closing remarks 

Matilda Bartley, Deputy Permanent Representative of Samoa to the UN, speaking on behalf of H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru,  Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Samoa to the UN and Chair, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). 

Statements delivered by panelists are available here:

  • H.E. Rebecca Bryant, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN in New York.

 

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