The permanent missions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru, Sweden and Viet Nam and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) co-hosted the event on 10 February 2015, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. Moderator Minh-Thu Pham, UN Foundation, said the intersection between the two processes is “on everyone’s minds” and encouraged a more detailed understanding of their linkages. Jeffrey Sachs, SDSN Director, said “sustainable development” means the holistic combination of economic advance, social inclusion and environmental sustainability, the greatest threat to which is climate change.

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