EASG Executive Summary of HLPF 2026 Sectoral Paper

The Education and Academia Stakeholder Group (EASG) at the United Nations has released the Executive Summary of the 2026 High Level Political Forum (HLPF) Sectoral Paper. It argues that education is essential for achieving sustainable development and calls for stronger recognition of education as a human right and public good.

The summary calls for governments to increase investment in public education, strengthening climate-focused and gender-responsive education policies and improving access to skills and lifelong learning. Overall, it stresses that accelerating progress on education is essential to advancing all Sustainable Development Goals.

Read the Executive Summary here.