Session at the Science Summit at UN General Assembly, New York

 The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to guide global social, economic and environmental policies up to 2030.  The eradication of poverty, zero hunger, climate action, the preservation of life and biodiversity are all central to the SDG agenda.  To achieve these goals, we need to understand how to feed a growing population and guarantee a decent livelihood for everyone without exhausting the planet’s environmental resources.  We also need more accurate poverty measures which allow reliable comparisons between countries and over time.  We need improved knowledge about how poverty and environmental challenges coincide and interact over time, to better understand how to formulate policies that allow both the eradication of poverty and a sustainable environment. Knowledge is central to meeting these challenges.   

On September 18, a session will bring researchers together to present on recent advances in: 

• How to improve the large-scale survey measurement of poverty to produce globally comparable measures.  
• How to use the advances in satellite-based information to analyze poverty, living conditions and environmental challenges. 
• How to combine large-scale survey data and satellite data to better understand causes and consequences of poverty, and environmental challenges facing today’s societies. 

This session will help to set a new standard for our ability to inform policy makers about how to balance and combine social and environmental policies to achieve long term and sustainable poverty alleviation.  

When:   September 18^th, 8:00 am to 11:00 am (American Eastern Time)  - (13:00pm to 16:00pm UK time)

Where: 633 Third Avenue, 22^nd Floor, New York or online via Zoom.   

How:                  Register at https://sciencesummitunga.com/ssunga78/ and find the session in the schedule.