Breaking Down the Silos: Integrating Environmental Sustainability in the Post- 2015 Agenda

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States through the Department of Sustainable Development hosts the event “Breaking Down the Silos: Integration of the environmental sustainability agenda in the post-2015” in Washington D.C.

“Breaking down the Silos:Integrating Sustainable Development in the post-2015 Development Agenda,” captures the essence and key messages of the eight month consultation process that involved more than five thousand people from the academic sector, civil society, and youth, women, and men from across the globe that opted to focus the dialogue on the links between environmental sustainability and human development. At the forefront of these discussions was the need to base the post-2015 agenda on principles related to integrated approaches to development, inequality, human rights, and the capacity for recuperation and resilience in order to fully integrate environmental sustainability. There was also a call for urgent collective action in areas related to 1) economic transformation, 2) governance and accountability, 3) local action and empowerment, and 4) education.

Place: OAS General Secretariat Building, Washington D.C. Ruben Dario Room