Barbara Adams (GPF) participated as a panelist at the Parliamentary Forum, a Special Event during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by theInternational Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Entitled “The SDGs at a critical juncture: Taking stock of implementation, turbocharging action, and envisioning the future of sustainable development”, the forum focused on SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities, one of five goals under review at the 2026 HLPF. The discussion continued on the SDG framework as a whole and the way forward for sustainable development after 2030.
Barbara pointed to the fact that “we are concluding the last quarter of Agenda 2030 in a fundamentally different climate from the one when the SDGs were adopted in 2015“, “how we measure progress, what these targets and indicators are, are what are telling us today that we’re failing on implementation” and that there’s a need to “revisit the adequacy of gross domestic product as a measure of progress“.
See Barbara’s presentation below or the full event on UN Web TV.