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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development
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Finance for Sustainable Development: Testing New Policy Approaches

Finance plays a pivotal role in implementing the environmental, social and economic policies needed to attain the objectives of Agenda 21. It is also an area that presents immense challenges... Challe
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Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA

Mr. Nikhil Seth Director, Division for Sustainable Development Department for Economic and Social Affairs United Nations High-level Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Connecting People, Environment and
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Financing Sustainable Urban Development in the least developed countries

The present publication of the Financing for Development Office at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is des
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Opening Remarks to the Multistakeholder Dialogue on Implementing Sustainable Development

I am delighted to join you today in this first Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Implementing Sustainable Development. I am very pleased that the Bureau of both CSD-17 and CSD-18 are represented here. Th
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Social Drivers of Sustainable Development (Background Note)

The emerging consensus on the post-2015 development agenda suggests the need to integrate the MDG focus on poverty reduction and the Rio+20 focus on environmental sustainability and policy coherence.

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Energy Indicators for Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies

This publication presents a set of energy indicators for sustainable development and is a versatile analytical tool for countries to track their progress on energy for sustainable development.
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Capacity Development for Sustainable Ocean Governance

Government of Germany, Leibniz-Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Blue Solutions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mediterranean Network of Marine Protected Areas Manage
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Energy For People - Centered Sustainable Development

Whether viewed from a social, environmental or economic perspective, the energy sector presents a fundamental challenge standing in the way of sustainable development. Both within and among countries,
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched in 2015 to end poverty and set the world on a path of peace, prosperity and opportunity for all on a healthy planet. The 17 Sustainable Develop
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ECA Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD)

Background
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ESCAP: Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)

Pursuant to ESCAP resolution 72/6 Committing to the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, Governments and other stakeholders will convene at

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Sustainable Development Goals and the relationship to a post 2015 global development framework

Beyond 20151 welcomes the attention that is being given to the need for a global over-arching cross-thematic development framework by the international community, and hopes that the thinking around Su
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Expert Group Meeting on Innovative Finance for Sustainable Development

The Expert Group Meeting on Innovative Finance for Sustainable Development, organized jointly by the Division for Sustainable Development and the Financing for Development Office of the Department for
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Asian Development Bank and the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport

Mr. Chairman, Rationale
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Global Architectures for Sustainable Development Delivery

The Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) contributed to the IFSD discourse by undertaking a series of consultations that gathered the opinions and contributions of 80 IFSD experts from diverse sec
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Statement to the Second Committee of the General Assembly on the Item "Sustainable Development&

It is my pleasure to be invited to this session introducing the agenda item on Sustainable Development. The need for us to find a more sustainable path to development has never been more urgent. Only

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Higher Education Institutions - key drivers of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), a partnership between United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNESCO, United Nations Environment, UN Global Compact’s Principle
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Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals

The development of sustainable development goals was among the key commitments agreed at the United Nations. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which took place from 20
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Ocean Governance and SIDS Sustainable Development

Permanent Mission of Belize/ CARICOM
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Campaign for Peoples Goals for Sustainable Development

PAUL QUINTDS IBDN International UN Summit for the adoption of the post-201S development agenda Interactive dialogue 3 Fostering sustainable economic growth and transformation and promoting sustainable
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Aviation Partnership for Sustainable Development: High-level Briefing on Aviation Contributions to S

International Civil Aviation Organization co-organised with Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, landlocked Developing Countr
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Reporting by Ministerial Chairs of the Regional Forums on Sustainable Development

Presiding Officer: H.E. Mr. Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, President of Economic and Social Council Presentations by the Ministerial Chairs of the Regional Forums on Sustainable Development:
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Global Sustainable Development Report - 2016 edition (GSDR 2016)

Building upon the 2014 and 2015 reports, the current report responds to the mandate from the Rio+20 Conference to contribute to strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable development i
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A Council for Sustainable Development: A possible outcome of the Rio+20 Process

A significant outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Establishing a new United Nations Council on Sustainable Development would be a momentous decision, and one that would signal to t
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High-Level Meeting on Sustainable Transport of Landlocked Developing Countries

Owing to their long distances from the sea, landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) face disproportionately high transport and trade transaction costs that further intensify their comparative disadvan
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Practitioner's Guide: Capacity Development for Environmental Sustainability

From the guide: "We are pleased to share this Practitioner’s Guide: Capacity Development for Environmental Sustainability, which brings together UNDP’s experiences and expertise in both capacity devel
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ESD and TVET- Promoting Skills for Sustainable Development

We need to put our world on a more sustainable development path. Yet reaching ? and teaching ? sustainability is still a paramount challenge. Without education, there can be no sustainable development
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Turkey's Sustainable Development Report: Claiming the Future, 2012

Turkey's Report, entitled as "Turkey's Sustainable Development Report: Claiming the Future" assesses the actions which Turkey has realized during its sustainable development process, reveals the polic
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Higher Education Institutions - key drivers of the Sustainable Development Goals

The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) was created in 2012 in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) by a consortium of UN entities (UNESCO, UN-
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Launch of the Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)

The prototype Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) was launched during the 2nd meeting of the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development in New York in July this year. Th