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High-Level Roundtable Discussion - Strengthening Action for Change: Promoting Coherence and Scaling Up Support to Address Climate Change
This high-level roundtable, co-organized by the United Nations (UN) Environment Management Group (EMG) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aligned with COP 29’s central theme of demonstrating leadership for complementary action to address the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation.
Accelerating 2050 Net-Zero Implementation: Leveraging Technology and Market-Based Instruments
Development of voluntary market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is crucial to accelerate the global transition to net-zero emissions by 2050.
Solar Radiation Modification: A Conversation on Governance and Research
Speakers highlighted the need to build capacity in the Global South in solar geoengineering—an approach to limiting global temperature increases by reflecting sunlight.
Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12)
Delegates focused on solutions to address the housing crisis' complex impacts, including promoting social cohesion and inclusivity, and addressing environmental sustainability concerns.
40th UN-Water Meeting
The newly appointed UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water and approximately 130 UN-Water Members, Partners, and observers discussed links between the water agenda and the three Rio Conventions, and brainstormed priority collaborative actions to advance the UN System-wide Strategy on Water and Sanitation.
Working together to realize societies in harmony with nature: Mechanisms and tools to support on-the-ground initiatives
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in landscapes and seascapes are central to achieving the broad goals of the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity.
Monitoring Biodiversity within the Territories of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Monitoring is essential for effective biodiversity conservation—and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) emphasizes the participation of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC) in this monitoring.
Cooperation Day
Highlighting the role of cooperation with different processes, conventions, and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) for the efficient and effective implementation of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) goals and targets, Cooperation Day provided a space for stakeholders to gather and showcase their cooperation initiatives that were presented and shared throughout the different thematic days of the COP 16.
Upcoming events
20th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
5th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, Including in the Marine Environment (INC-5)
International Court of Justice Hearings on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change
60th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
16th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD (COP 16)
11th Session of the IPBES Plenary and Stakeholder Day
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