The 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) Side Event： Actions to Harnessing Synergies between the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals: Enhancing City to City Collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Region

 Most of the Asia-Pacific region is not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. In fact, a recent report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) estimates that the SDGs will be achieved in 2065, a major delay in implementation. For this reason, maximizing synergies between climate actions and the SDGs is crucial to accelerate progress. In this context, the third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs**, held in July 2022, underlined the wide variety of city-level actions that can deliver on the climate and sustainability agendas.

This year’s event will highlight various synergistic actions in Asia Pacific cities. It will also showcase how such actions can contribute to sustainable net-zero transitions while protecting biodiversity. The event will finally underline that Decarbonization Leading Areas, city-to-city collaboration and the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) can accelerate the implementation of SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).

■ Date: March 29, 2023, 1:00 pm-2:15 pm (JST)
■ Venue: Online (Please check 3. Registration for more details)
■ Participation Fee: Free
■ Organizer：Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan
■ Co-Organizers: Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES),
■ Programme (subject to change)
    (1) Opening Remarks
    (2) Presentation by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
    (3) Panel Discussion

• Decarbonization Leading Area (Saitama City)
• City-to-City Collaboration (Representative from City in Asia, TBD)
• The Synergistic Action within the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) (Indonesia JCM Secretariat)
• City-to-City Collaboration on Air Pollution Monitoring (Airparif, independent organization monitoring air quality)

    (4) Closing Remarks
     (English/Japanese simultaneous interpretation available)
 

For participation, please register by 12:00 (JST) on Wednesday, March 29 via the link provided below. The link to join the event will be sent to those who have registered. For more information, please visit the IGES website.
 
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* Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development（APFSD）: APFSD is an intergovernmental ministerial-level forum in the Asia-Pacific region that is annually convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The implementation, follow-up, and review of the SDGs are conducted by the Member States, as well as international organizations and private sectors participating as observers.

** Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs: Conference co-convened by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and hosted by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan, in Tokyo, in July 2022, in partnership with the United Nations University (UNU) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).