“No single SDG or the SDGs as a whole will be successfully implemented if we do it within silos. […] Just to give an example: Health and well-being partly depend on nutrition and food-security, which depend on agriculture and fisheries, which in turn depend on the state of the land, oceans, and seas and other issues like conservation and the environment – with climate change as an overarching and cross-cutting factor.”
H.E. Mr. Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues, Seychelles, moderating a panel on "Ensuring that no one is left behind - Food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans and terrestrial ecosystems - adopting a nexus approach" at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, 12 July 2016.
You can watch the full panel discussion including Mr. Jumeau's remarks here.
President Xi Jinping’s announcement of a post-2030 climate target aligns with global projections for what’s needed to achieve the Paris Agreement goals.
Japan will join the EU in aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on Monday (26 October).
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