Open Forum on Sustainable Development Challenges

In an open forum on Sustainable Development Challenges held today, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, emphasized the need for immediate collective action to address the challenges of food security, energy transformation and sustainable cities to achieve sustainable development. Also speaking at the forum were the staff of the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit of DPAD/DESA who are the lead authors of the World Economic and Social Survey 2013. The Survey contributes to the deliberations on addressing sustainable development challenges with a focus on three important cross-sectoral issues: sustainable cities, food security and energy transformation.

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