Ifpri Podcast

POLICY SEMINAR Water & SDGs - Downscaling WATer relevant SDGs (DWAT-SDGs) 2023 UN Water Conference Side Event Jointly organized with the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) MAR 20, 2023 - 10:00 TO 11:00AM EDT Localizing and realizing SDGs will require deep transformations in every country and region, including contextualizing toward a locally relevant subset of goals. Localization is essential due to the diversity of local conditions and priorities across regions in both the developed and developing world, local disagreements over priorities, competing interests, trade-offs, and synergies among multiple sectors and stakeholders, and country- and region-specific risks posed by future uncertainties. However, current SDG localization efforts are hampered by lack of appropriate institutional support (especially the participation of local communities), future uncertainties and risk, limited interactions between science and practice communities, and limited communication among countries and regions.