CIVICUS discusses this year’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) with Arjun Bhattarai, Secretary General of the NGO Federation of Nepal, the platform that coordinates civil society efforts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nepal.
This year, the United Nations hosted the 12th edition of the HLPF under the theme ‘Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crisis: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions’. The meeting reviewed progress on five of the 17 SDGs that make up the 2030 Agenda: SDG 1 on zero poverty, SDG 2 on zero hunger, SDG 13 on climate action, SDG 16 on peace and justice and SDG 17 on partnerships.