Communities of Ocean Action

At the High-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) - The Ocean Conference - held in June 2017 at UN headquarters in New York, close t

World Water Day

World Water Day, 22 March 2021, is about what water means to people, it's true value and how we can better protect this vital resource. Support catalysing conversations about water, by using social m

DISASTERS AFTER DISASTERS - SHORT RECOVERY INTERVALS AND LARGE FINANCIAL GAPS IN SMALL ISLANDS DEVEL

Figure 1. Scenes from Abaco Island, Bahamas, after Hurricane Dorian (category 5) in 2019. UN Photo Author: Maximilien Pardo, Inter-Regional Advisor for SIDS, SIDS UNIT | DSDG | DESA maximil

Actress and Activist Maggie Q partners with UNDESA/DSDG on SDG14 Advocacy

The award-winning actress and activist Maggie Q now partners with UNDESA/DSDG as SDG14 Advocate to help raise awareness of global implementation of SDG14 and related goals including sustainable consum

Seeking Synergies Across Rio Conventions and the SDGs: Unlocking Transformative Strategies for a mul

   Launch of the Thematic Reports by the Climate and SDG Synergy Expert Group 

8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Go

The eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) was held from 3 to 4 May 2023. The Forum was convened by the President of ECOSOC Her Excel

Global Ocean Science Report - The Current Status of Ocean Science around the World

The Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) assesses for the first time the status and trends in ocean science capacity around the world. The Report offers a global record of who, how, and where ocean scie

2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum

 

Side Event at SIDS4 Conference - Accelerate implementation of SDG 6 in SIDS - How does the UN System

Co-organized by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) of Germany, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DE

Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for SIDS

A small island along the Southern coast of Haiti. The community living on the island relies mainly on ocean resources, already overexploited, for livelihoods. Access to social services is a challenge.

Civil Society Forum-SIDS4

Background

Special Event 3: A celebration of ideas: Policy perspectives of experts and stakeholders on emerging

This special event will provide an opportunity to hear from the authors of the science-policy briefs submitted by scientists and engineers from academia, private sector, UN system representatives and

BNP Paribas On-line Discussion, Blue Economy: An Ocean of Opportunities? 

Closing Remarks by Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Ladies and Gentlemen,

2022 SDGs Learning, Training and Practice

Please, watch the recordings of all sessions here.  

Harnessing Climate and SDGs Synergies

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Raising Global Voices for Designing Social Protection Program as access to drinking water is a fu

Investing in national and local capacity for water and sanitation supports global initiatives aimed

Providing a sound scientific, social, legal and economic basis for improved policy and management fo

“Objectif 2030” address the comprehensive information and the concrete progress of the sustainable d

Session 4: Breaking down barriers- closing the gender gap in science and technology

This session will highlight examples and lessons learned from gender and STI initiatives that are helping to move the needle towards making innovation ecosystems more inclusive and representative and