Welcome to FAO’s e-bulletin on the post-2015 development agenda. In this issue, we feature a new report by the Rome-based UN agencies estimating the investments needed to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The spotlight falls on the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Ethiopia, where the Addis Ababa Action Agenda was recently adopted. Two articles are dedicated to indicators ̶ FAO’s proposals for monitoring the post-2015 agenda, and a Q&A with Indian economist Vikas Rawal. We bring you the latest developments in the post-2015 process, including discussion on the zero draft of the outcome document. Finally, in a special focus on sustainable agriculture, Ren Wang, FAO ADG, explains how to produce more with less. – FAO’s Post-2015 team |
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Food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable management and use of natural resources and ecosystems have received strong recognition in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, an agreement that will play a crucial role in helping to realize the ambitious post-2015 sustainable development agenda. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which builds on the Monterrey Consensus (2002) and the Doha Declaration (2008) in aiming to establish a policy framework on development finance and to generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and environmental challenges, begins “Our goal is to end poverty and hunger…”, while reference to “agriculture” appears frequently in the document. READ MORE
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Final sessions of the UN General Assembly’s intergovernmental negotiations (IGNP) for the post-2015 development agenda are now underway in New York, with a strong feeling of optimism that by the end of July countries will agree an outcome document for adoption at September’s post-2015 summit. IGNP co-facilitators, Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN and David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, will be encouraged by agreement reached in Ethiopia on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and by a largely positive response among UN Member States and the wider international community to the release of the initial zero draft in June. READ MORE
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The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has put forward a total of 29 indicators covering eight goals of the July 2014 proposal of the UN General Assembly’s Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help monitor the post-2015 development agenda. The FAO report, together with indicators put forward by other UN agencies, entities and regional agencies, is a contribution to discussions on a post-2015 indicator framework, now moving ahead following the first meeting of a working group of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC), the United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDG), from 1 to 2 June in New York. READ MORE
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September’s post-2015 development agenda summit of heads of state and government may well attract global headlines this year, but much of the really significant work is being executed behind the scenes. As statisticians lock heads to come up with a workable indicator framework to measure and monitor the ambitious Agenda, Vikas Rawal, Associate Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, describes the make-up and value of a sound indicator, bringing meaning to the complicated task of sizing up progress. READ MORE
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Zeroing in on hunger This photo gallery portrays the people and areas to invest in to end hunger by 2030 + MORE 
FAO news, Guardian style Follow the latest news, features and exclusive interviews in the FAO-partner page on a special sustainable development section of the Guardian website. + MORE TimelineCheck out our post-2015 calendar and note down key dates as D-Day to adopt the post-2015 development agenda gets ever closer. + MORE Follow our twitter account and get all the latest news on the post-2015 process. | Fresh features Along with new content, FAO’s Post-2015 website boasts fresh design features bringing more colour to the latest news on food security and sustainable development |
| e-forum and webinar – Access to Information and the SDGsBetween 7 and 18 September, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and FAO will host an e-forum and selection of webinars to exchange ideas on how the SDGs can promote access to information + Sign in to join the e-forum |
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| Agriculture is by far the largest user of water, accounting for almost 70 percent of all water withdrawals, and up to 95 percent in developing countries. |
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| Food systems consume 30 percent of the world’s available energy. |
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