Summit of the Future

Topic: United Nations

Why in the news?

• Adopting sustainable lifestyles could tackle many challenges posed by climate change and global success is more likely with affordable solutions, India said at the United Nations “Summit of the Future” in New York. 
• The summit brings together leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to discuss global challenges and strengthen multilateral cooperation to tackle emerging threats. 

Source: The Hindu 

About Summit of the Future:

• It is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.
• It serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively tackle current challenges as well as those that have emerged in recent years or may yet be over the horizon.
• It brings together UN Member States, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, the private sector, and youth under the theme, ‘Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow’.
• Its aim is to build upon the Sustainable development Goal (SDG) Summit and deliver an action-oriented Pact for the Future to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
• This will be achieved through an action-oriented outcome document called the Pact for the Future, which is going to be negotiated, and endorsed by countries in the lead-up to and during the Summit.
• UN Member States have agreed the Summit of the Future is centered around five key targets:
  • Reaffirm the UN Charter
  • Reinvigorate multilateralism
  • Boost implementation of existing commitments
  • Agree on solutions to new challenges
  • Restore trust