... Columbia University professor to speak at UNDP-sponsored conference in June

A UNDP-SPONSORED Sustainable Development Goals Conference will next June be hosted in Kingston, Jamaica, with Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network serving as the keynote speaker.

The conference will both provide an opportunity for both the Caribbean Policy Research Institute and the Caribbean Sustainable Development Institute to report on progress made by the different islands listed on the SDG dashboard, as well as to address and stress the importance of the SDGs to the growth of small island developing states.