HLPF 2022
The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 was held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This included the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, as a part of the high-level segment of the Council.

The theme for the HLPF 2022 was “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The HLPF in 2022 reviewed in-depth Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. The forum took into account the different and particular impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Sustainable Development Goals and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals. See also 2022 HLPF website. IAU continued to engage around the HLPF this year. This included a workshop, a side event with UNODC, the annual HESI event and Award Ceremony for the IGGAs. See more below

• 5 July 2022, 07:30 – 09:00 EST/ 13:30-15:00 CEST Side Event with UNODC “Empowering youth to uphold transparency, integrity and anti-corruption in the fight against crimes that affect the environment”. Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General, was invited as speaker on the panel. See the programme of the event here.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• 5th July 2022, 2:00 to 3:45pm EST / 8:00 to 9:45pm CEST UNITAR Workshop with ACU/AUF, SDSN/Global Schools, My World Mexico, and York University on Transformative Education, Digital Learning, and Partnerships toward a more Sustainable and Equitable Future (see the programme for all workshops here).
  Recording here
  IAU co-organized this event (session 2 workshop), IAU partners and representatives from IAU Members were sharing their expertise on the panel. The discussion was moderated by the IAU Secretary General.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 6th July 2022, 07:00- 09:00 EST/ 13:00 - 15:00 CEST HESI (Higher Education Sustainability Initiative) Virtual event titled: “HESI+10 Global Forum “Role of higher education in building back better from COVID-19 and advancing the 2030 Agenda ”.
  Recording here
  IAU is part of HESI and follows HESI roundtable discussions throughout the year. More on HESI here: https://sdgs.un.org/HESI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 6th July: 13:00 EST/19:00 CEST Awards Ceremony International Green Gown Awards (IGGA) Announcement of Winners here & Recording here
  IAU is partner of the IGGA, sat on the judging panel, and the IAU Secretary General presented one of the categories with its winners.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Other contributions
• IAU HESD Cluster Report 2020-21 submitted as input
• IAU submitted to the Global Online Consultation: SDGs under review at the 2022 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) for SDG 4. Read also HLPF 2022 Consultation Report.