(Day 1) SDGs Localization By and For Youth through…

Specific aims are:

(1) to explore groundbreaking technological solutions that offer a systemic approach designed to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs. Designed for use by UN agencies, local authorities, and civil society, they facilitate measurement, reporting, verification, and certification of SDG actions, complemented by gamification for heightened engagement.

(2) to build on the Global Youth DeclarAction on Sustainable Urbanization adopted at the World Urban Forum XI through updating the current Declaration and creating "Local Pacts for the Future" that address immediate and critical concerns such as climate change., as a framework for global citizens to articulate their vision for a sustainable future and to specify individual and local community based pledges and pacts for building such futures as an citizens engagement avenue to the UN Summit of the Future 2024.