7th Session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on SDGs

Seventh Session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals will take place on 6-10 January 2014 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The seventh session of the OWG will focus on sustainable cities and human settlements, sustainable transport, sustainable consumption and production (including chemicals and waste); and climate change and disaster risk reduction. 

SDG2 High-Level Roundtable 4 – Rural Transformation: Climate Resilient and Low Emission Food Systems

Achieving “Zero Hunger” requires the transformation of the rural economy and strengthening of urban-rural connections. The High-Level Roundtable, “Rural Transformation: Climate Resilient and Low Emission Food Systems,” will discuss how rural transport and climate-smart food systems can be part of this transformation, and identify the key policy and investment needs to achieve SDG2, and the implementation of countries NDCs in two areas:

The development of climate-resilient and low-emission food systems that foster food security and nutrition and leaves no-one behind.