IYS Closure Event

The World Soil Day 2015 will host the 'closure' event of the International Year of Soils. It will also coincide with the launch of the first 'Status of the World Soil Resources Report'.

Finance

African Economic Conference 2015

The theme for the 2015 African Economic Conference (AEC) is Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda. As outlined in the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063 and the Africa’s

7th Africa Working Group Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction

Africa this week launches a global drive to apply the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international roadmap that seeks to make the world safer from natural and man-made haz

UN International Conference on Space-based Techologies for Risk Management

The UN-SPIDER Beijing Office is pleased to announce the “United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - “A consolidating role in the implementation of th

3rd session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP): Bonn Clima

The tenth part of the third session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) will be held from 31 August - 4 September 2015 in Bonn, Germany. The UNFCCC INDC por

First Global Meeting of the 10YFP

The Rio+20 Conference reaffirmed that Sustainable Consumption and Production is a cornerstone of sustainable development. The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the econom

IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016

Held once every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together several thousand leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia

Partnership Exchange

Expert group meeting for the Global Sustainable Development Report: Emerging issues for the attentio

The objective of the expert group meeting is to support policy deliberations on the GSDR at the High-level Forum, with a view to strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable development.

Expert Group Meeting on HLPF 2016: Shaping the reporting by Major Groups and Other Stakeholders on t

DESA Division for Sustainable Development will organize an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on 19 April 2016 in New York to provide an opportunity for MGoS, along with invited experts, to discuss how to ens

Policy Dialogue Room: Realising the potential of science, technology and innovation for the SDGs: op

During the PGA High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the SDGs Realising the potential of science, technology and innovation for the SDGs: opportunities and challenges for maximising the contributio

Preparatory Meeting for the 3rd Arab Forum on Sustainable Development and the 2nd United Nations Env

ESCWA in partnership with the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment and UNEP organized the Preparatory Meeting for the 3rd Arab Forum on Sustainable De

High-level Roundtable on Innovative Partnerships for addressing environmental challenges in implemen

Small island developing states (SIDS), recognized as a special case for sustainable development, face a number of challenges in the protection, management and sustainable use of the environmental reso

Second meeting of the Steering Committee on Partnerships for Small Island Developing States

This meeting is held pursuant to paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/202 "Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritiu

Seminar on Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 7, Target 7.1 By 2030 ensure universal access to

Seminar on Mainstreaming Energy for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Targets and Indicators int

At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The set of agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to

Global Multi-stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue

Expert Group Meeting on Special Needs and Challenges in Developing Countries for Achieving Sustainab

Accelerating Progress toward SDG 7: UN System Contributions

The aim of this event was to highlight the current status and actions being taken by UN system organizations and other leading partners in support of Sustainable Development Goal 7 implementation, as

Attaining the SDGs by 2030: Business and the UN, New Partnership Models

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

Leaving no one behind: Energy for humanitarian response and sustainable development

A broad coalition of governments, international organizations, businesses and civil society groups on Monday joined forces at the United Nations to call for and consider urgent action to address the s

High Level Event on Urban resilience and Sustainable urban development in Small Island Developing S

Organized by Maldives (Chair of AOSIS), UN-DESA, UN-OHRLLS, and UN-Habitat Background

Sharing Experiences: SDG 7 in National Voluntary Reviews

With the 2030 Agenda in its early stages of implementation, this year’s national voluntary review process primarily focused on how countries are preparing for and managing their transition towards ach

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

Expert Group Meeting for the Global Sustainable Development Report - Review of the draft chapter on

The EGM on science-policy interface was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 2 to 4 March 2015. The main objective of the meeting was to collect feedback and additional inputs from a group of committed scient

Expert Group Meeting for the Global Sustainable Development Report: Emerging issues and peer review

The EGM on the Global Sustainable Development Report: Emerging issues and peer review was held in Paris, France from 13 to 14 October 2015. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the role of

United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve

High-level thematic debate on Sustainable Development Goals by President of the General Assembly