Next Civilized City and Sustainable Development Forum in China

December 20, 2018

By Elena Crete

On 3-5 November, the “2018 Future consensus forum— Next Civilized City and Sustainable Development” was held in Beijing.

The forum was jointly organized by Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University (TUSDG) and Yeosijae Future Consensus Institute from South Korea. More than 300 hundred experts from all over the world participated in the forum and discussed issues around sustainable urban development. The Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon attended and gave a keynote speech in the forum. He also participated in the “ ‘Meet SDGs’ High-end Forum No.4” at Tsinghua University and shared his journey from dreaming of being a diplomat and national leader to becoming the eighth UN Secretary-General with the students.