High-level discussions on governance and financing solutions for global environmental action will touch on the ninth replenishment cycle of the GEF (GEF-9), including its strategic priorities and programming directions.

The GSDR compiles scientific and other evidence on transformations and provides a framework for assessing, managing, and accelerating transformations that can inform the development of national plans for integrated SDG implementation and monitoring. A recent workshop aimed to deepen knowledge of the GSDR's applicability in the Asia and Pacific region.

Participants at the HLPF special event identified steps to make science more interdisciplinary and mechanisms to enhance the science-policy interface to accelerate SDG implementation.

Participants shaped a set of ten draft white papers, which identify future priorities for the Ocean Decade to generate knowledge on science-based solutions to biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, a sustainable ocean economy, pollution, and natural hazards.