Thematic Areas

During the summit, through twelve plenary sessions, thirty-six breakout sessions, and twelve poster sessions, twelve specific thematic areas will be addressed. In addition, there will be inauguration and closing sessions along with cultural events followed by a gala dinner.

  • Universal access to water and sanitation
    • Access to safe drinking water and sanitation
    • Proper integrated water resource management
  • Sustainable agriculture and food security
    • Ensure sustainable food production systems
    • Nutritious diets with low food losses and waste
    • Halt forest and wetland conversion to agriculture, protect soil resources
  • Quality education and lifelong learning
    • Access to quality early childhood development programs and policies
    • Quality primary and secondary education for all girls and boys
    • Youth transition effectively into the labor market.
  • Sustainable management of natural resources
    • Development through access to energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources
    • Sustainable management and use of natural resources
    • Securing the life chances of local communities and indigenous peoples
  • Healthy life and access to health services
    • Universal coverage of quality healthcare
    • Prevention and treatment of communicable
    • Prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases
    • Access to primary health care and services
    • Prevention of child and maternal mortality
  • Sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth
    • Sustainable income level and secured workplace
    • Enabling business environment and boosting entrepreneurship
    • Strengthen production capacity and structure
  • Gender equality and women empowerment
    • Eliminate discrimination and inequalities in public service delivery, the rule of law, access to justice
    • Establish equal rights on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religion and disability
    • Prevent and eliminate violence against women and children
  • Sustainable land and ecosystem management
    • Secured ecosystem
    • Protection of ecosystem services and environmental harms
    • Sustainable management of water, agricultural land, forests, fisheries and mining
  • Democratic governance and effective institutions
    • Creation of resilient and inclusive democratic institutions based on laws
    • Effective governance system
    • Monitoring the institutions for proper governance
  • Sustainable energy and green technology
    • Capacity building through transferring technologies
    • Accelerate adoption of new technologies for the SDGs
  • Climate change and disaster risk management
    • Decarbonize the energy system, ensure clean energy for all and improve energy efficiency
    • Ensuring farming systems resilient to climate change and disasters
    • Ensure safe air and water quality for all, and integrate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and efficient land and resource use
  • Sustainable urbanization and resilient cities.
    • End extreme urban poverty, expand employment and productivity
    • Raise living standards, especially in slums
    • Ensure universal access to basic urban services (housing; water, sanitation and waste management; low-carbon energy and transport; and mobile and broadband communication)