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UN’s 75th Anniversary

111 Heads of State and Government and 14 Ministers virtually addressed the official commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, which took place at a socially-distanced UN Headquarters, on the theme of “The future we want, the United Nations we need: Reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism.” Read

Daily Reports

SDG Action Zone: Planet

Planet day contained touching stories of how disasters like typhoons and now COVID-19 magnify the inequalities and problems of the existing, “broken” social and economic systems. Participants managed to humanize climate change and made it more relatable. Read

Upcoming Meetings

High-level Roundtable on Climate Action

Global leaders will showcase the social and economic benefits of a sustainable recovery and of action to limit global warming to 1.5°C by achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Read

Nature for Life

Government and civil society representatives will consider how the nature-based safety net can provide a solution to current interlinked global climate, biodiversity, health, and inequality crises, and will developkey messages to be fed into UN biodiversity-related discussions. Read

High-level Event on Financing for Development

Heads of State and Government will consider options for addressing the urgent financing for development crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read

UN-Water Meeting

UN-Water Members and Partners will discuss challenges for international water and sanitation policy issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities to advance progress on SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation). Read

Summit on Biodiversity

Leaders will aim to raise ambition for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework as they highlight the connections between biodiversity, societies, and economies. Read

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Friday, 18 September 2020

Daily Reports

Special Virtual Sessions for the Convention on Biological Diversity

On the final day of the virtual sessions, participants discussed the new draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. But not everyone is pleased with it. Yet the four days of sessions provided the opportunity to maintain momentum heading into the UN Biodiversity Summit on 30 September. Read

SDG Moment

Pandemic recovery efforts were described as a “once in a generation chance to set things straight,” with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as potentially a “board to bounce back further and faster” by speakers during the 2020 SDG Moment. Read

Upcoming Meetings

SDG Action Zone

Stakeholders will share ideas for how people, the planet, and partnerships can accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Read

Nature for Life

Government and civil society representatives will consider how the nature-based safety net can provide a solution to current interlinked global climate, biodiversity, health, and inequality crises, and will developkey messages to be fed into UN biodiversity-related discussions. Read

High-level Roundtable on Climate Action

Global leaders will showcase the social and economic benefits of a sustainable recovery and of action to limit global warming to 1.5°C by achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Read

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Daily Reports

Special Virtual Sessions for the Convention on Biological Diversity

How do you pay for a global biodiversity framework? An expert panel says it would cost less than 1% of global GDP. Meanwhile, Guyana and Finland report back on implementing biodiversity conservation, and progress is mixed. Read

Upcoming Meetings

SDG Moment

UN leadership, 20 Member States, and stakeholders will give a high-level snapshot of progress on the 2030 Agenda. Read

UN’s 75th Anniversary

Celebrations of the UN’s founding will focus on reaffirming multilateralism amid global crises. Read

Summit on Biodiversity

Leaders will aim to raise ambition for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework as they highlight the connections between biodiversity, societies, and economies. Read

UN-Water Meeting

UN-Water Members and Partners will discuss challenges for international water and sanitation policy issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities to advance progress on SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation). Read

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Special Virtual Sessions for the Convention on Biological Diversity

Parties may have national biodiversity plans, but have they worked? What challenges lie ahead in building a Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework? Today, delegates began testing a party-led review process, with Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and Poland openly reviewing their progress. Read

Upcoming Me

Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Participants put their heads together in a virtual working group to finalize their draft guidance on PFOA. The Chemical Review Committee will take a decision on this issue on Friday. Read

Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Turning its attention to decaBDE, the Committee worked through legal and technical issues with the aim of providing clear guidance on the implications of listing this industrial chemical in the Rotterdam Convention. Read

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