Archives
2nd Part of the 31st Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
The International Seabed Authority will continue trying to balance pressures to accelerate or delay deep-sea mining activities in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
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.
Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC 2026)
Participants will explore how governments, businesses, researchers and civil society can work together to advance sustainable development, finance the green transition and turn ambitious goals into practical action.
Seventh Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergies
The Seventh Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergies will facilitate in-depth peer learning on aligning national climate commitments and SDG priorities as well as strengthening mutually reinforcing policies across climate, development, and environment agendas.
15th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
Delegates will discuss implementation challenges that arose after making amendments to the Basel Convention's control annexes to tackle e-waste and plastic waste.
Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue 2026
Participants welcomed growing recognition of the role of the Ocean in climate ambition, and several expressed optimism that momentum arising from the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue may show the way to tangible action and commitments at COP 31.
Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2026
The UN climate change negotiations were beset by unprecedented levels of complexity, procedural disputes, and geopolitical divisions as countries sought to assert their political and socioeconomic interests more vigorously, while continuing to shape the future direction of the climate regime.