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SDSN will be hosting and participating in a variety of events alongside COP27. Below are the details of those events. A key question of this year’s report is: what progress has been made in ambition and action since COP26 and how can the necessary transformations be initiated and accelerated?
SDSN and our networks hosted a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). We invited our networks and the SDG community to join us at the following events, which SDSN hosted or were organized by our partners. Event summaries are below.
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