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Beyond GDP in sustainable development discussions

The 2026 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), to be held 22 April 2026, will center discussions on measurement and policy implications of Beyond GDP.

Barbara Adams (GPF) gave a briefing to the Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (RCEM) for ECE, building upon GPF’s record of work on Beyond GDP in preparation for the regional forum. See the briefing slides covering the UN’s effort to include developing measures beyond GDP in the 2024 Summit of the Future (SOTF) outcome document, Pact for the Future and more recent developments with the High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP.

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