Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated as a discussant in an Expert Group Meeting on Updating the Secretary-General's voluntary common guidelines on Voluntary National Review (VNR) Reports. The EGM took place on 8 October at UN Headquarters in New York. Around 40 participants from member states, UN system and non-governmental experts discussed concrete proposals on how to improve the guidelines for the next cycle of VNRs.
This Policy Note compiles perspectives from the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and its members on different dimensions of a globally just transition to low-carbon and environmentally sustainable economies. It includes the central messages of…