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LIVE today in the SDG Media Zone - our panel of technology experts discussing how we can use technology to drive progress in achieving the #GlobalGoals 🕒9:50 am EST #SDGLive, #HLPF ➡️ bit.ly/SDGzone

"We are committed to doing more with less."

@LandOLakesInc's Executive VP Jerry Kaminski is leveraging technology such as dairy metering and innovative financing for farmers to reduce environmental impact and drive #SDG progress. #SDGLive #HLPF

The capability, knowledge, and tools exist at the UN. Keeping us [businesses] together

--@LandOLakesInc Executive VP @Jerry Kaminski

Sustainable energy cuts across all 17 of the #GlobalGoals.

@SE4allorg CEO @rkyte365 and @cookstoves' @kippat discuss how sustainable energy is fueling change: bit.ly/SDGzone #HLPF #SDGLive

"Until you bring it up to governments, lack of access to cooling is an unknown issue--about 1.1 billion are stressed today by lack of access to cooling."

--@SEforALLorg CEO @rkyte365 at #SDGLive, #HLPF

Top 3 priorities for clean cooking from @SEforALLorg CEO @rkyte365 at #SDGLive in #HLPF

1) Make clean cooking a political priority.
2) Have financial innovation for the market.
3) Galvanize government and private sectors for behavior shifts.

Engaging children & young people in the #SDGs is important because children are the future. The SDGs empower us to build a better planet and community around us. - @XiomaraMReyes2 , NYC Junior Ambassador

The NYC Ambassadors Program is engaging youth w/ @UN & #GlobalGoals. We've heard from young people that walking into the door of the @UN makes them feel like they can make a difference. - @aissataTINL of @globalnyc

Learn more about this program: www1.nyc.gov/site/junioramb…

There is a magic around young people that the world is theirs to take. We want to capture that magic and engage children around the #SDGs in every way possible. - @calliekinguffey, @UNICEF

Different member-states face different challenges.

Jordan's Minister of Environment @nalfayez and Assistant Secretary-General Elliot Harris discuss local #SDGs solutions for regional challenges at #SDGLive. #HLPF

"The #SDGs are a business opportunity and a moral imperative...the #GlobalGoals provide a space for corporations to create trust between the business and the consumer."

@SDGBenchmarks Exec Director @GerbrandH chats about mobilizing markets for the SDGs.#SDGLive

"Benchmarks provide a sense of clarity. By comparing progress for the SDGs between business peers, it creates a race to the top for the #GlobalGoals."

@SDGBenchmarks' @GerbrandH talks about creating a robust, competitive market for sustainability.

Everyone deserves a safe home. @NewStoryCharity Co-Founder @laughsee shares some of the pioneering solutions to address global homelessness at #SDGLive: bit.ly/2uCjyzW

"@NewStoryCharity has constructed more than 16,000 homes for the world's homeless, but that's a drop in the bucket. More than a billion in the world are without a reliable home. "

--New Story Co-Founder @laughsee at #SDGLive, #HLPF

For less than $4,00, @NewStoryCharity 3D prints a brand new home in 12-24 hours.

Learn more here: bit.ly/2NpMeEb #SDGLive #HLPF

.@NewStoryCharity focuses on a "not last but first" philosophy that brings technology who need it most first.

@NewsStory's approach to tech truly embodies the @UN's leave no one behind #GlobalGoals philosophy.

.@UNYouthEnvoy @jayathmadw joins @ZambiaGreens' Daniel Sichilogo, International Young Leaders Organization's @LenaSykorova to discuss making this generation the #SDGs generation at #SDGLive: bit.ly/2NpMeEb

"The world has left young people behind. But the world should empower youth to take the lead and accelerate progress."

--@LenaSykorova at #SDGLive, #HLPF