Background
The theme of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is “Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for a sustainable future for all”. The 2026 HLPF will have an in-depth review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all,
- SDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all,
- SDG 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation,
- SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable
- SDG 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
With less than 5 years until the 2030 deadline, it will identify what can be done to accelerate the SDGs. The 2026 HLPF will also be an opportunity to build on the promises of the Pact for the Future agreed in 2024, the 2025 Ocean Conference, the Seville Commitment and Platform for Action from the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), the Second World Summit for Social Development, and COP 30, and find ways to turbocharge delivery on the SDGs. The HLPF can promote science- and evidence-based solutions that cut across the three dimensions of sustainable development, creating co-benefits, addressing trade-offs, meeting multiple objectives in a coherent manner, and leaving no one behind.
Thematic reviews of SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17 and their interlinkages across the SDGs will be informed by a series of Expert Group Meetings (EGMs) organized in early 2026 by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), in collaboration with UN system partners. The meetings will bring together diverse experts from government, the private sector, academia, and civil society, and the UN system to identify progress and challenges, share lessons learned, and identify promising partnerships and opportunities for rapidly scaling up action toward achieving each of the goals while also generating synergies and addressing trade-offs with other goals.
Announcements
Upcoming Meetings
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 6: 26 January 2026 | Dakar, Senegal
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 7: 25 - 26 March, 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 9: 23 - 24 February, 2026 | Vienna, Austria
Expert Group Meeting on SDG 11: 20 - 21 January, 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya
Water and Sanitation
Sustainable cities and human settlements
