PROGRAMME

Parallel session 2:  A global perspective on inequality in reformulating SDGs   

Parallel session 3: Integrated and Inclusive SDG City Transitions in the Global South

Parallel session 4: Indigenous Peoples’ Capacity to Act for SustainabilityA PDF version of the programme for parallel session 4.

Parallel session 5: Social justice, sustainability and the SDGs: What role for economic growth?

Parallel session 6: How does inequality post-COVID-19 affect Coastal Communities?

The conference addresses how diverse inequalities can be understood, challenged and engaged in a post-COVID-19 light. From various perspectives, six parallel sessions probe this issue and its impact on the 2030 agenda. Approaching this from diverse perspectives, six commentators will bring the main conclusions and key points into a joint debate following these sessions. Such a panel debate will revolve around two questions:What are the three most important recommendations for policy development and reform addressing global post-COVID-19 inequalities?Drawing on the parallel sessions, which critical re-thinking and re-formulation of the SDGs needs to be undertaken in order to understand and tackle changing forms of inequality post-COVID-19?

Progress Through Science: The Pivotal Role of Youth in the Decade of Action

Keynote lecture 2: Public engagement, scientific literacy and the science-society nexus                                   Dr. Daya Reddy, President of the International Science Council and Professor at the University of Cape Town

Keynote lecture 3: Urban Pathways to SDG SuccessDr. Edgar Pieterse, Director of the African Centre for Cities and Professor at the University of Cape Town

The Rector Debate: How are universities mitigating inequalities in access to knowledge?

Closing speaker