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2022 UN Ocean Conference
The ocean is responsible for 50% of the oxygen we breathe, provides food, livelihoods, and mineral and energy resources to billions of people around the world, and is a home to a multitude of flora and fauna.
11th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11)
Cities are disproportionately affected by global crises like the climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflict, or natural disasters.
62nd Meeting of the GEF Council
GEF Council Members endorsed the more than USD 5 billion replenishment for the next four-year period of the GEF and adopted Work Programs worth more than USD 238 million, launching projects that will contribute to a green and blue recovery and direct significant resources to small island developing States and least developed countries.
4th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Almost two years have passed by since the expiration of the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which includes the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
GEF Consultation with Civil Society on Inclusive Microfinance
The Global Environment Facility Civil Society Organization Network came together to provide insights on micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises and their work in the eighth replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund and beyond.
2022 CCICED Annual General Meeting
Participants celebrated 30 years of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, with many noting its successes as a science-policy interface as well as the challenges the CCICED faces as it continues its work
Moving Beyond GDP: The Case for Wealth as a Core Measure of National Progress
With growing calls to move beyond GDP as a measure of national progress, the International Institute for Sustainable Development convened a seminar to explore the adoption of an inclusive wealth index.
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2022
When delegates returned to Bonn after three years, the venue was the same, but so much else had changed: two parties are at war, greenhouse gas emissions are higher than ever, and climate impacts are increasing in severity.
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