March 7, 2019

The FABLE team is present during the UN SDSN launch in Mexico. This is the SDSN's 32nd network in order to mobilize actions towards the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through partnerships between academia, government, companies, and social organizations. This national network is hosted by the Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

The official launch event in Mexico City was attended by 600 participants and boasted high-level participation from government, academia, and civil society, who all pointed towards the urgency to act in Mexico given the severe remaining challenges in most of the SDGs.

These included:

Guillermo Torre Amione, Rector of TecSalud of ITESM,

Jaime Valls Esponda, Executive General Secretary of the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES)

The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the federal government, Martha Delgado

Claudia Sheinbaum, Head of Government of Mexico City

Rector of the UNAM Enrique Graue

Alfonso Romo, Head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic,

Amparo Martínez, Director of the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)

María José Céspedes, Director of Ashoka Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Tania Rodríguez, Director of the Mexican chapter of Sistema B,

Jordi Tovilla of the think tank Tempus Analitica

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of SDSN and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University,