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Voluntary Commitments and Partnerships for Sustainable Development - a special edition of the SD in

Voluntary commitments and partnerships for sustainable development are multi-stakeholder initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, major groups and others tha

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Sustainable development goals for people and planet

Planetary stability must be integrated with United Nations targets to fight poverty and secure human well-being, argue David Griggs and colleagues. The United Nations Rio+20 summit in Brazil in 2012

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The Ministerial Dialogue with the UN System and Major Groups Commission on Sustainable Development

Welcome to the High-level Interactive Dialogue and thank you for joining us. This is a tripartite dialogue: Ministers are with us, along with representatives from the nine Major Groups of civil societ

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Mr. Jean D’Aragon, Senior Sustainable Development Expert , UNOSD

Opening Remarks Mr. Jean D’ARAGON, Senior Sustainable Development Expert, UNOSD Symposium on SDG 7 (Energy) in Preparation for the 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Oslo, Norw

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IUCN VIEWS ON THE POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

This document summarises the points the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers essential in the discussion on the post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development

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Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in the post-2015 development era: Sharing knowledge and expertise to

The United Nations is in the process of defining a post-2015 development agenda, to be launched at a Summit in September 2015. The agenda is currently being elaborated through informal consultations o

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Post 2015: reconsidering sustainable development goals: is the environment merely a dimension?

By the end of 2015, the United Nations will adopt a new global development agenda as a follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To this end, UN member states are now engaged in a debate o

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Sustainable Urban Energy Planning: A Handbook for Cities and Towns in Developing Countries

The main purpose of this handbook is to assist people who are working in or with local government to develop sustainable energy and climate action plans and implementation programmes. There can be no

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Retreat of the Group of 77 on UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

The G77 Retreat on UNCSD has three primary objectives: (i) to mobilize broader engagement by developing countries in the preparatory process; (ii) to generate concrete ideas for achieving the UNCSD ob

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Stakeholder Meetings of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development

A set of Stakeholder Meetings, bringing together key groups such as UNESCO ASPnet schools, youth and higher education institutions, will take place prior to the UNESCO World Conference on Education fo

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Innovation for Sustainable Development: Local Case Studies from Africa

This volume aims to highlight many exciting innovations for sustainable development in Africa at the local level. It also begins to assess the scope for scaling up these innovations to make an impact

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Leaders Dialogue 4: Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals

Co-Moderators: H.E. Ms. Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia H.E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Speakers: ESWATINI (Head of State) PALAU (Head of State)

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2024 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

8 - 18 July 2024, UNHQ, New-YorkThe High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held from 8 to 17 July 2024, under the Economic and Social Council, including a three-day minis

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Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals

In September 2015, a summit of heads of state will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Workshop in Beijing Empowers Small Island Developing States with Big Earth Data for Sustainable Deve

The Small Island Developing States Capacity Building Workshop

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Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries

The rapid and often unplanned and uncoordinated growth of cities has compromised existing transportation systems and significantly increased the challenge of creating new transportation systems, espec

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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2019.pdf

Are we on track to achieve Goal 5? On 24 and 25 September 2019, Heads of State and Government gathered at UN Headquarters in New York to comprehensively review progress on the implementation of the 20

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Global Challenge, Global Opportunity: Critical Trends in Sustainable Development

Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, sustainable development has emerged as a new paradigm of development, integrating economic growth, social development and environmental protection as interdependent

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HLPF Ministerial Dialogue “International cooperation for sustainable development”

• What new commitments are countries willing to undertake for cooperation to truly spur sustainable development progress? How do they plan to reach existing commitments? • How can all countries harne

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Third session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing

The Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) will hold its Third Session from 3-7 March 2014 at UN Headquarters (New York). While this is a closed sessio

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Learning from each other: the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development

Education is a key agent for change towards sustainable development. Education for sustainable development (ESD) builds the capacity of individuals, communities and society as a whole to make informed

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Global Sustainable Development Report 2015 (Advance Unedited Version) (GSDR 2015)

2015 will be a watershed year for sustainable development. Major international conferences – on financing for development the post-2015 development agenda, and climate change – will take momentous dec

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Russia: The 13th Human Development Report for the Russian Federation, Energy Sector and Sustainable

The 2009 National Human Development Report (NHDP) for the Russian Federation, entitled ‘Energy Sector and Sustainable Development', outlines issues associated with a prime concern in Russia today, whi

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Side Event on the Global Sustainable Development Report 2015

Do not miss the Side Event "GSDR 2016: Highlights", held in New York, 1 July 2015, 1:15-2:30 PM, Conference room 1, UNHQ, in conjunction with the 2015 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Develop

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High-level Roundtable on International Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Caribbean SIDS

Launching New Partnerships between Iceland and Caribbean Small Island Developing States Business and Investment Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development and on Sustainable Management of Fisheries

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International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Higher Education Beyond 2

Without doubt, and since the beginning of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD: 2005-2014), higher education is one of the key sectors in charge of the implementation of educat

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Special Event on Strengthening the Resilience of Small Island Developing States within the context o

The discussion of resilience of Small Island Developing States has occurred since the consideration of the sustainable development challenges of SIDS first began. In recent years however, the sentimen

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Transportation For Sustainable Development in the ECE Region

The UNECE Transport Division facilitates the international movement of persons and goods by inland transport modes. It aims to improve competitiveness, safety, energy efficiency and security in the tr

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Side Event on the Global Sustainable Development Report 2016

Do not miss the Side Event "GSDR 2016: Highlights", held in New York, 14 July 2016, 1:15-2:30 PM, Conference room D, UNHQ, in conjunction with the 2016 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Develo

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Institutional and Strategic Frameworks for Sustainable Development in Africa Summary Report

This report assesses the institutional and strategic frameworks for sustainable development at regional, sub regional and national levels on the basis of data gathered through desk review and field vi