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WGC Webinar: Next Steps on the Gender Action Plan Under the UNFCCC
Save the Date! WGC Webinar for the Next Steps on the Gender Action Plan Under the UNFCCC Date: 29th May 2019 Time: 9 am EST [...]
Indonesia VNR 2019 Parallel Report: FKM-BKA YWU Monitoring and Review of the SDG and Development Justice
While Indonesia has achieved some noteworthy development strides in recent years, many barriers to the achievement of the SDGs still remain, particularly in relation to ending poverty (Goal 1) and [...]
UN-Habitat Assembly 2019: Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities
The first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly will be held from 27-31 May 2019, at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. more information here. [...]
UN 75th Anniversary: Open letter to Ambassadors Gafoor and Ellertsdóttir
"We are, therefore, alarmed to learn that the zero draft resolution for the commemoration does not envision a meaningful role for civil society. It appears to exclude civil society from the intergo [...]
UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024: Nozipho Wright’s Intervention at the Session on A Mid-Point Review on
Government and relevant stakeholders should support gender-responsive policies and laws and ensure gender aware implementation. Nozipho Wright (ENERGIA, WMG Anglophone Africa OP), delivered her pr [...]
UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024: Caroline Usikpedo’s Intervention on Sustainable Energy
Access to energy makes communities safer, helps small businesses thrive and powers essential services. Therefore a comprehensive approach to scaling up energy access is critical. Caroline Usikpedo [...]
High-Level Dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2019: A Mid-Point Review
Save the Date! The high-level dialogue on the Implementation of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2019: A Mid-Point Review, will help inform forthcoming discussions relat [...]
International Conference on Climate Action – ICCA2019
"The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Heidelberg will jointly host the International Conference on [...]
HLPF 2019: Erin Helfert Moësse’s Intervention at the 2nd discussion of the HLPF Political Declaration Zero Draft
The Ministerial Declaration should have bold vision and build on national and regional forums to address structural gender inequalities, discrimination, and violence to ensure the SDGs truly benef [...]
Towards a Global Pact for the Environment
Save the Date! The third substantive session of the working group shall meet in Nairobi. Attendance at the sessions of the ad hoc open-ended working group as observers is open to relevant non-gover [...]