Jamaican teenage author is Global Goals Show’s youngest standard bearer

Twelve-year-old British-born Jamaican author Kande S Summers made waves as the youngest standard-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Global Goals Show at Al Wasl Plaza for Goals Week. ongoing sustainable development. Expo 2020 Dubai observes a week of Global Goals, which runs from January 15-22, bringing the world together to collectively advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a better and more equitable future for all. here 2030.

Kande is a British-born Jamaican student, now living in the United Arab Emirates. She released her debut novel, Going Home: Diary of a Teenage Alien last November which is already making headlines. She was the youngest of all the other standard bearers which included top CEOs etc. at the opening ceremony and was the standard bearer for Goal 14: LIFE UNDERWATER. Collective progress towards the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underpins the Expo’s final theme week, organized in association with the UN.

The Jamaica Pavilion during SDG Week at Expo 2020 Dubai will mark and celebrate the global goals by promoting a uniquely Jamaican concept of Sustain-a-Livity. Sustain-a-Livity, developed by the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA), adopts the principles of inclusive and sustainable industrial development of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization: advancing economic (economic) competitiveness; creating shared (social) prosperity; environmental protection (environmental); and JSEZA added support for rule of law, transparency and accountability (governance).

“Tourism is one of the main enablers of the SDGs. Our National Development Plan – Vision2030 aims to promote sustainable tourism in Jamaica, which is designed to not only benefit the country’s tourism industry, but also to preserve its natural and cultural resources and drive economic growth for the national economy. at large,” said Donovan White, director. tourism in Jamaica.

Ainsley Brown, Senior Director: Regulation, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement at JSEZA, said, “The SDGs are official policy of the Jamaican government and we have taken great care to mark and celebrate them at Expo through the Sustain concept. -a-Livity. Sustain-a-Livity is a unique Jamaican concept that truly reflects our full commitment to the SDGs. Sustain-a-Livity is more than just a concept; it is a style of work, a lifestyle, a way of being sustainable that makes, as our National Development Plan – Vision 2030 says, “Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise a family and do business”.