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Why Biodiversity Matters: Mapping the Linkages between Biodiversity and the SDGs

Biodiversity is a concept difficult to understand or appreciate, let alone regulate and communicate.

Inclusion, empowerment and equality, must be ‘at the heart of our efforts’ to ensure sustainable development, says UN chief

The world’s people are demanding “transformative change that is fair and sustainable,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on government leaders to use the upcoming slate of key United Nations meetings in September to “kickstart a decade of delivery and action for people ...

Science is ‘key’ to pushing forward the 2030 Agenda, UN development forum told

Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of the World Academy of Sciences Resource shared key findings of the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), which will be launched at the SDG Summit in September.

A quarter of Pacific islanders live below ‘basic needs poverty lines’, top UN development forum hears

In 2015, the UN set out a vision for “people, planet, peace and prosperity” through partnership and solidarity, when it adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Now is the time to seize ‘unprecedented opportunity’ of the Sustainable Development Forum, says ECOSOC President

Nations across the world now have an “unprecedented opportunity to talk to each other and learn from each other”, Inga Rhonda King, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ESOSOC), said on Tuesday, kicking off the annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in Ne ...

Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’

In his latest report on the progress towards meeting the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs, the UN chief António Guterres said that while a “wealth of action” had been taken by governments across the world “the most vulnerable people and countries continue to suffer the most.”

Sustainable Development Needs a Hardware Update

BONN, Jul 8 2019 (IPS) - When UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs in September 2015, they signalled with the title Transforming our World that ‘business as usual’ is no longer an option and fundamental changes in politics and society are necessary.

UN’s Development Goals Remain Largely Elusive

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 2019 (IPS) - The United Nations, in a new report to be released next month, has warned “there is no escaping the fact that the global landscape for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generally deteriorated since 2015, hindering the effort ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) National Capacity-building Workshop for Maldives

17 - 19 June 2019, Island of Dhiffushi, Maldives

Green Finance Leaders Convene to Develop Financial Solutions for Global Goals

Edinburgh, Scotland - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Scottish-Government backed Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), together with the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform, gather experts in Edinburgh, Scotland today to develop financial solutions that drive ...

Are we actually making progress on the SDGs?

In 2015, United Nations member states, together with civil society and business, came together to prepare a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030.

Nature Champions Summit Calls for Putting Nature at the Center of Sustainable Development Agenda

30 April 2019: The Nature Champions Summit kicked off a series of multilateral meetings focused on building momentum towards 2020, when leaders representing 190 countries will come together with non-government actors for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Conventio ...

Biodiversity loss mars SDG success, report finds

An “unprecedented” loss of global biodiversity threatens the progress of more than 80 per cent of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and puts 1 million animal and plant species at risk of extinction, a landmark scientific report has warned.

Rural crisis could derail global development goals: UN report

Deepening rural crises across the world is slowing down progress in hunger and poverty reduction, achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and could even become a prime reason responsible for missing the global climate targets, a recent report of the United Nations held.

The inaugural Nature Champions Summit closed Thursday with a call to put nature at the centre of the global discourse together with climate action and sustainable development.

Nature Champions Summit urges leaders to put nature at centre of sustainable development agenda

29 April 2019 – The inaugural Nature Champions Summit closed Thursday with a call to put nature at the centre of the global discourse together with climate action and sustainable development.

Leave No Ambition Behind: Why These 21 Targets Could Save the SDGs

2019 is a milestone year for the SDGs. It includes the first comprehensive review of progress on the entire 2030 Agenda since implementation began in 2016.

Biodiversity Conservation is the Way for Zero Hunger in Ghana

According to the targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2), by the year 2030, Ghana should have: 1) ended hunger and ensured access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round, 2) ended all forms of malnutrition, 3) doubled agricultural product ...

Landmark study finds tackling inequality is key to realising UN goals

A landmark study of the relationship between each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has found that tackling inequality in rich countries could unlock the prize of a better and more sustainable future for all.

In Action: How Asia Pulp & Paper is achieving SDG 15 Life On Land

In the first of a new series investigating how corporates are engaging with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to accelerate strategic aims, edie looks at how Asia Pulp & Paper is driving out deforestation while improving the livelihoods of its workers in Indonesia.

Are Sustainable Development Goals Reaching Indigenous Peoples?

Life and death for whole communities hang in the balance of achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include eliminating poverty, conserving forests, and addressing climate change in a resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations in 2015.

Transforming Economies, States, & Societies – Building Evidence for Achieving SDGs

Following on from Finn Tarp, my predecessor, is a daunting prospect, but I look forward to working with my colleagues at UNU-WIDER and with our many partners to build on the achievements of the past 10 years.

Why the ocean holds the key to sustainable development

It is only 12 years until 2030, the deadline for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world has set itself an ambitious task.

Transboundary Water Cooperation And The Sustainable Development Goals

Think about what you drank today. Odds are, you drank water at some point.

Study Shows How African Countries are Preparing for Green Development

KATOWICE, Poland, Dec 11 2018 (IPS) - In order for African countries to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), they will require further human capacity building, and there must be involvement of the private sector from the start of the ...

Sixteenth regular session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)

12 - 16 June 2017, Libreville, Gabon

Global Soil Week 2017: 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review'

22 - 24 May 2017, Berlin, Germany

UNEP/CBD/COP/13/INF/19

Contribution of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 to the Sustainable Development Goals: Potential impacts of national priority actions identified in the regional capacity-building workshops

The theme of this conference, “biodiversity for sustainable development”, could not come at a better time. Finally, the world is waking up to the essential role of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems for all life on earth, including humans and our well-being. The opportunity for us to make lasting change has arrived.

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the opening of the ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity

International Expert Workshop on Biodiversity Mainstreaming

17 - 19 November 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

Roundtable discussion: Initiative of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on “Biodiversity for Poverty Eradication and Development, 2015-2018”

28 - 29 October 2015, Brussels, Belgium

UNCCD 3rd International Scientific Conference: "Combatiing desertificiation, land degredation and drought for poverty reduction and sustaiblable development - the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practice"

9 - 12 March 2015, Cancun, Mexico

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/45

Outcome Document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/16

Assessment of Barriers to the Implementation of Decisions of the Convention Related to Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/15

Progress Report on the Process of Integrating Biodiversity into the Post 2015 Framework for Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/22

The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) from Formation to Current Practice: A Progress Report

Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias addresses the eighth session of the Open Working Group on SDGs in New York.

Statement of the Executive Secretary for the Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG8)

3 - 7 February 2014, New York, United States of America

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/17/INF/2

Biodiversity and Sustainable Development – The Relevance of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals

UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/4

Message to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/14/INF/33

Chairmen’s Report: Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity 2010: Getting the Biodiversity Targets Right - Working for Sustainable Development

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/12/INF/11

The Contribution of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in Meeting the 2010 Biodiversity Target, the Millennium Development Goals and Responding to the Challenges Identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

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How to Market the GSPC beyond Botanical Gardens? - GSPC linkages to poverty alleviation and sustainable development

UNEP/CBD/RWSUCEE/1/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RWSUCEE/1/1/ADD1

Organization of Work: Adoption of the Agenda <br> Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/6

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: review of the draft reports, in particular the draft synthesis report prepared for the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/6

Report of the Central and Eastern European Regional Expert Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

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