I am writing to invite you to participate in the Environment Management Group Dialogue on the Poverty-Environment Nexus (PEN).

A series of four Nexus Dialogues, including joint online and in-person discussions, are being held in 2017. These Dialogues are designed to bring UN agencies and partners together to identify synergies and integrated approaches that advance the Sustainable Development Goals. It is only through such coherent and collaborative approaches that our efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda will succeed.

This current online consultation is designed to inform and influence the second Nexus Dialogue, which begins today as part of the High-Level Political Forum in New York.

The online moderated discussion will allow experts who are not able to attend the Dialogue to contribute and enrich its discussions through a broad range of country experiences. Inputs from this online discussion will be presented in New York, and during the final Nexus Dialogue at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi in December, and  inform broader efforts to identify practical strategies for integrating PEN approaches across the SDGs.

The online discussion will run from 1-31 July and will focus on the following three linked discussion areas:

1) Poverty-Environment Evidence:

What examples can you share of the two-way links between multidimensional poverty and environmental degradation? What groups are affected by poor management of natural resources? How are the livelihoods of women and men living in poverty linked to: ecosystems and biodiversity; sustainable land management; oceans and water; climate change mitigation and adaption, and chemicals?  

2) PEN Mainstreaming:   

How are PEN approaches already being used and integrated into public policy making and investments? How are countries addressing the Poverty-Environment Nexus in different contexts to advance the SDGs? What tools and methodologies are being used to collect and use PEN data; inform national, sectoral and local planning; influence SD financing; and better coordinate PEN work across sectors?

3) PEN Partnerships:  

What partnerships are being used to reduce poverty and ensure more inclusive and environmentally sustainable development pathways? How are governments, civil society, the private sector and international community working together at the local, national, regional and global level? What innovative forms of PEN collaboration can be scaled up and replicated?

To join the discussion and add your experiences please click here.

We look forward to your insights.

Best regards,

Nik Sekhran