{"id":133153,"date":"2021-07-14T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=133153"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:53:34","slug":"uwi-thought-leaders-add-caribbean-voice-to-un-high-level-political-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/uwi-thought-leaders-add-caribbean-voice-to-un-high-level-political-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"UWI thought leaders add Caribbean voice to UN High-Level Political Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2009144394\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2788548855\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three thought leaders from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) are among world leaders, policy makers and academics making significant contributions to the ongoing United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">happening from July 6-15, 2021.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-2642355891\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/hlpf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-Level Political Forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and has a central function in the follow-up and review of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/post2015\/transformingourworld\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/sdgs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representing The UWI were Dr David Smith, Director of the Centre for Environmental Management and Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD); Dr Stacy Richards-Kennedy, Director of the Office of Global Partnerships and Sustainable Futures; and Professor John Agard, Director, St. Augustine Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Tropical Island Ecology at The UWI, St Augustine Campus in his capacity as co-chair of the Global Sustainable Development Report team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-4091936135\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3042722249\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The HLPF virtual side-events where the UWI experts took their platforms varied in focus but the common thread was advocacy of the critical need for collaboration in pursuit of the SDGs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-2298018907\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr David Smith spoke at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N74vNe558B8&amp;t=42s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SDG Learning, Training and Practice Special Event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> organised by United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The event featured the University Network for Sustainable Development, a digital platform for knowledge sharing between Latin America and Caribbean universities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the need to emphasise multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and team approaches, Dr Smith said \u201cTo tackle and achieve the SDGs we have to adopt team approaches which is often a break from the way academia has worked in the past. We must share information, data and knowledge and most importantly, make it accessible to everybody.\u201d While he lamented the fact that knowledge created in the developed nations was often difficult to access, even by universities in developing nations, he was hopeful that the University Network for Sustainable Development would facilitate the necessary access to knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-2847450792\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday July 6 and Wednesday July 7, Dr Stacy Richards-Kennedy served as a panellist for two HLPF side-events, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/572046590\"><b><i>Partnering to Educate the Ocean Science Leaders of the Future<\/i><\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=547805356245240&amp;ref=watch_permalink\"><b><i>Unleashing the Potential of the Blue Economy<\/i><\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">respectively<\/span><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At both sessions Dr Richards-Kennedy highlighted The UWI\u2019s activist work and continued commitment to partnering for advancing Ocean Science and the Blue Economy\u2014both of which are of critical significance to the sustainable development of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Speaking at the July 6 side event co-sponsored by the United Nations Academic Impact and the University of Bergen, Dr Richards-Kennedy contributed, \u201cDeep sea exploration as well as the equipment and instrumentation for rigorous ocean research are extremely costly. At the moment, our Caribbean countries are battling multiple crises; the climate crisis, the COVID-19 public health crisis and the financial crisis that has been exacerbated by the pandemic. We are at a critical juncture where we urgently need to come together as a global community, at the level of the governments, but also the UN system, multi-lateral development banks, international foundations, philanthropic foundations and of course, our global network of universities, so that we can provide tangible support for each other. If not, what we risk, is the unravelling of decades of progress and the derailing of the prospects of achieving the SDGs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The July 7 panel discussion provided an opportunity for reflections and recommendations in helping countries tap into the full potential of the Blue Economy to diversify their economies. Dr Richards-Kennedy reiterated the critical role of Universities, emphasising that \u201cwe cannot maximise the potential of the Blue Economy without healthy oceans and we cannot have healthy oceans without rigorous scientific research and innovation\u201d.\u00a0 She also highlighted The UWI\u2019s award winning <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uwi.edu\/climateaction\/index.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Action portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwi.edu\/gicsrd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Institute for Climate Smart and Resilience Development\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> research and knowledge management hub, both developed in partnership with the UNDP.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-807498683\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:379\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:569\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) is a United Nations publication aimed to strengthen the science-policy interface at the HLPF on Sustainable Development. Led by an independent group of scientists appointed by the Secretary-General, the GSDR is meant to be an \u2018assessment of assessments\u2019 and so it is supported by contributions from a wide range of experts and stakeholders, bringing together diverse perspectives and disciplinary backgrounds. An implementation-oriented, global report it also brings together knowledge from different regions, countries, and local communities, across a range of disciplines.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1078269231\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-chair of the team of independent scientist preparing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/gsdr\/gsdr2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 Global Sustainable Development Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GSDR), Professor John Agard provided an update of the team\u2019s work at this first briefing of the member states. He outlined that the 2023 GSDR would build on the 2019 report and the levers identified; Governance, Economy and Finance, Individual and collective action and Science and Technology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matters under discussion by the team include the need for multi-actor governance interventions for transformative change. The method, Professor Agard noted, must be \u201cintegrative, adaptive and inform governance approaches including smart policy mixes applied especially at key leverage points.\u201d These leverage points include embracing diverse versions of good quality of life; reducing total consumption and waste; shifting values; reducing inequalities; practicing justice and inclusion; internalising externalities; ensuring responsible technology, innovation and investments and promoting education and learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2021 UN HLPF concludes on July 15, 2021 following a 3-day ministerial meeting of the forum and the adoption of a ministerial declaration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-3562902222\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img 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