United Nations summit marathon in response to global crises

Current studies repeatedly highlight the sluggish state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Multiple global crises have made it more difficult to achieve the SDGs worldwide, and even pioneering countries are recording less and less progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nations wants to counter this with a bundle of initiatives. Over the next three years, the United Nations has planned a series of summits to address overcoming the crises that are impeding progress.

In September 2023, heads of state and government will come together to take stock at the 2023 SDG Summit. One year later, at the Summit of the Future in September 2024, the focus will not only be on the SDGs, but also on topics such as peace, collective security and digital cooperation, in order to counteract geopolitical distortions and strengthen multilateral cooperation. At the Financing for Development Conference 2025, financial resources for the implementation of the SDGs will be renegotiated; this has been demanded above all by countries of the global South.

In a briefing, the Global Policy Forum takes a look at these three conferences and what civil society expects from the negotiation processes.

You can find the report here.