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Resilience Pays Off - SDG 6, SDG 11: Reimagining Urban Water from Risk to Resource
"Sponge cities" use nature-based solutions such as permeable pavements, green roofs, constructed wetlands, and urban gardens to absorb, store, and slowly release rainwater.
Beyond GDP: Moving from Analysis to Impact
Representatives from governments, international organizations, and civil society gathered in the SDG Lounge on the sidelines of the 2026 session of the High-Level Political Forum to discuss practical solutions for advancing the Beyond GDP process.
48th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Parties are preparing the next replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol against a backdrop of global financial turmoil.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2026)
With less than four years until the 2030 Agenda’s deadline, government representatives and civil society leaders will meet at the UN as 36 countries will present progress reports on implementing the SDGs.
Seventh Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergies
Ministers of the environment, heads of UN organizations, and lead negotiators called for focusing on scaling up implementation, underscoring that complex global challenges “must be met with cooperation, compromise, and collective action.
Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC 2026)
The highlight of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference was the launch of the South-North Commission on Development, a new independent initiative to explore how international cooperation and multilateral institutions should evolve in an increasingly multipolar world.
15th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
Delegates faced the challenge of how the Basel Convention can meet growing, complex waste-related challenges such as trade in plastics, electronic waste (e-waste), batteries, and used textiles, while staying relevant to longstanding challenges such as ship recycling.
Turquoise Nexus Initiative
While the food, water, and climate crises are deeply interconnected, national climate commitments rarely reflect coordination across water, agriculture, water, food security, and adaptation measures.
Upcoming events
28th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 28) and 7th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 7)
17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP17)
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