Melissa Leach (IDS Fellow and Director of the STEPS Centre) is taking part in the Open High-level Dialogue on Global Sustainability: Tipping the scales towards sustainability – The Future We Choose.

Based on key messages developed at the previous Nobel Laureates Symposia and the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) report, the organising partners will present a declaration consisting of a science-based message on global sustainability to decision-makers, civil society and the media. This declaration highlights the importance of a science-based approach to sustainable development and the need for policy and decision-makers to acknowledge science if the world chooses a more sustainable path.

• Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP)
• Fundaçao Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
• The Elders

Prior the the event, Melissa Leach will also take part in the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability closed dialogue.

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