At Hamburg Sustainability Conference in Germany: Biya’s envoy, Dion Ngute, others seeking solutions to socio-ecological challenges.

This is at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, HSC, which kicked off at the Chamber of Commerce Hall in Hamburg, Germany, Monday.

The Star Building occupant representing President Paul Biya, featured among world leaders who attended the opening ceremony of the confab.  

Dion Ngute is accompanied to the confab by members of government including the Minister of External Relations, H.E Mbella Mbella; Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainability Development, Hele Pierre; Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, among others. 

Dion Ngute is also accompanied by some of his close aides and staff of the Prime Ministry. 

Enter German Chancellor 

In his address at the gathering, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, drew the attention of the international community on the need to act wisely and fast.

This, Scholz noted, is in order to save a world increasingly threatened by the climate war and poverty. 

The German Chancellor used the confab to propose three measures to help accelerate solutions to challenges facing the globe. 

Scholz mentioned the implementation of social transformation which leaves no one behind taking into account UN Agenda 2030, the setting up of a circular economy and serious ecological transformation. 

He expressed compassion to victims of hurricane and floods around the world especially those in West and Central Africa where many are left in dire conditions. 

The German Chancellor also called on world leaders to invest in sustainable development. 

The opening of the confab which puts on the table the dire issues of attainment of Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, green economy, sustainable cities and innovative financing solutions facing the world, also features discussions. 

The roundtables touched on business alliances as a lever for decarbonization, unlocking investments on SDGs through better data as well as catalyzing policy action for sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems. 

Members of gov’t other officials accompany PM Dion Ngute to confab 

Zoom on objectives 

The Hamburg Sustainability Conference offers spaces to imagine new pathways to overcome current crises and build alliances for sustainable futures. 

By gathering the leaders in the worlds of politics, business, science and civil society, the conference aims to spark the imagination of what sustainable futures may look like, drawing on cutting-edge research and innovation in all the diverse fields represented, from finance to urbanisation to food systems and more.  

It also aims to build new partnerships that transcend the old models, moving beyond the increasingly outdated distinctions of public-private, north-south, donor-beneficiary 

The confab is also to show how multilateral alliances and partnerships can deliver scalable actions that add up to transformative, sustainable change and inform citizens locally and globally about the urgency of the SDGs, inspiring them to contribute through innovative cooperation and engaged activism. 

Halfway from the adoption of the SDGs in 2015 on the path to 2030, the Hamburg Sustainability Conference is establishing a new global platform to speed up the implementation of the SDGs and deliver result-oriented solutions.

About the confab 

The Hamburg Sustainability Conference and its international satellites are a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, the German Federal Government (BMZ), the Michael Otto Foundation and the City of Hamburg.

It is a year-round process with numerous activities in locations around the world. Activities will be held throughout Hamburg for invited guests and the public. 

The conference will provide a space for questioning topics such as the governance of international organisations and entrepreneurial approaches for sustainable development. 

It brings together will convene heads of state, as well as leaders from the private sector, academia, civil society and international organisations to develop joint solutions for the much-needed socio-ecological transformation. The program is guided by the HSC Circle, a Supervisory Board and an international Advisory Board.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3253 of Tuesday October 08, 2024