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Taking place between 18-24 September in New York City, Climate Week NYC will be a key international summit to drive climate action forward around the world, in the lead-up to the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference organized in November in Bonn, Germany. Climate Week is a collaborative space for all kinds of
Read More16 October 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Mayors across the world to “take strong ownership” of a new global agenda for sustainable development in the towns and cities they represent. Speaking to a gathering of some 400 mayors, representatives of local authorities and urban partner organizations, Mr.
Read More10 October 2016 – Announcing the launch today of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the initiative can help in identifying and piloting innovative finance instruments that can drive
Read MoreThe "International Symposium on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" organized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the United Nations agencies in China was held in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on May 30. Last September, world leaders attended the UN Summit on Sustainable Development and endorsed a
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MARRAKECH ACTION PROCLAMATION FOR OUR CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT We, Heads of State, Government, and Delegations, gathered in Marrakech, on African soil, for the High-Level Segment of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 12th Session of the Conference
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The 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) will be held in Marrakech, November 7 to 18, 2016. COP22 will take over the reins from COP21 during which important progress was made. It will focus on action items in order to achieve
Read MoreUN Special Adviser David Nabarro (on screen) promoted the Sustainable Development Goals at the World Mobile Summit in Barcelona. UN Photo/Anoush Tatevossian 23 February 2016 – The United Nations adviser on the new 15-year development agenda has urged the mobile industry to work together and develop policy frameworks and technical standards
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