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#1270122021-02-11
Female African scientists improve research and inspire the next generation
Timed to coincide with the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science today (11 February) and to inspire more female students to study and work in science, the GCRF START grant has announced the results of its three-year project launched in March 2019.
Meeting
#5261Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
24 - 28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman
News Headlines
#1270062021-02-11
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Women have played a critical role in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic yet have borne the brunt of it – particularly women researchers and scientists who have helped in the different stages of creating vaccines.
Meeting
#5884Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14)
7 - 18 October 2019, New Delhi, India
Meeting
#5864Fourth Meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
11 - 15 March 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
News Headlines
#1322112021-12-17
France is preparing to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES in Lyon, with the support of the Metropole, and ensuring safe sanitary conditions for the participants
The upcoming 74th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will take place in the Metropolis of Lyon (France) and bring together members and observers to review strategic, policy and species-specific matters affecting the implementation of the Convention in preparation for the 19th meeting of the ...
Side Event
#1891COP 10
2010-10-18
GEF-5 BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY
The GEF-5 biodiversity strategy reflects the four-year framework of COP program priorities developed at COP-9 and includes refinements to previous GEF investment strategies based on advances in conservation practice and advice from the GEF’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. The side eve ...
Side Event
#1897COP 10
2010-10-25
GEF-5 REPLENISHMENT AND REFORMS
The event will provide an update on the GEF-5 replenishment, during which donors have provided an historical increase. The various reforms that the GEF has proposed and plans to implement during this GEF-5 to further strengthen its effectiveness and efficiency will be discussed.
Meeting
#3057Global Conference on Small-scale fisheries (FAO)
13 - 17 October 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
Meeting
#5663Human Rights Day 2017
10 December 2017, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5802Human Rights Day 2018
10 December 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
News Headlines
#1271692021-02-18
Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief
Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life on Earth, the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has said.
News Headlines
#1259562020-12-02
Humans waging 'suicidal war' on nature - UN chief Antonio Guterres
"Our planet is broken," the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, will warn on Wednesday. Humanity is waging what he will describe as a "suicidal" war on the natural world. "Nature always strikes back, and is doing so with gathering force and fury," he will tell a BBC specia ...
News Headlines
#1350322022-06-22
Ibrahim Thiaw appointed interim UN Climate Change head
Mauritanian diplomat and head of the UN body to combat desertification Ibrahim Thiaw has been appointed interim executive secretary of UN Climate Change.
Meeting
#3088Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore - Thirteenth Session
13 - 17 October 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting
#6092International Civil Aviation Day
7 December 2021, Montreal, Canada
Meeting
#3103International Day for Biological Diversity
22 - 23 May 2009, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#4677International Day for Biological Diversity
22 - 23 May 2011, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#4996International Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2012, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#5176International Day for Biological Diversity
22 - 23 May 2013, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#6080International Day for Biological Diversity 2021: “We’re part of the solution”
22 May 2021, Montreal, Canada
Meeting
#5862International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 2019
9 October 2019, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5792International Day for South-South Cooperation 2018
12 September 2018, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5857International Day for South-South Cooperation 2019
12 September 2019, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5858International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
Meeting
#6085International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2021, Nairobi, Kenya
Meeting
#6298International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
Meeting
#5979International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2020
16 September 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
Meeting
#6070International Day of Forests
21 March 2021, Online, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5846International Day of Forests 2019
21 March 2019, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5980International Day of Peace 2020
21 September 2020, New York, United States of America
News Headlines
#1270042021-02-11
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In the quest for gender equality, in 2015, the United Nations declared 11 February as the annual International Day for Women and Girls in Science.
Meeting
#5211International Day of the World's Indigenous People
9 August 2013, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#5371International Day of the World's Indigenous People
9 August 2014
Meeting
#5856International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2019
9 August 2019
Meeting
#6082International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
9 August 2021, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#6295International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
9 August 2023, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#3207International Expert Group Meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
14 - 16 January 2009, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#6072International Mother Earth Day: "When Mother Earth sends us a message"
22 April 2021, Online, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#6305International Mountain Day
11 December 2023, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5868International Mountain Day 2019
11 December 2019, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#6069International Women's Day: "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world"
8 March 2021, Online, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5210International Youth Day
12 August 2013, Multiple Venues
Meeting
#5370International Youth Day
12 August 2014
Meeting
#6083International Youth Day
12 August 2021, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#6296International Youth Day
12 August 2023, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5791International Youth Day 2018 (http://www.un.org/en/events/youthday/events.shtml)
12 August 2018, New York, United States of America
Meeting
#5977International Youth Day 2020
12 August 2020, New York, United States of America
News Headlines
#1203542019-03-13
Interview: UNEP official says China's role crucial to reshaping global environment agenda
China will be an influential player in future efforts to reshape the global environmental agenda thanks to its focused leadership coupled with enactment of policies that have reinvigorated green growth, a senior official at the UN Environment has said.
News Headlines
#1290352021-06-02
Life Below Water – the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection
President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the world cannot afford to delay action on ocean protection. “There is simply no scenario wherein we live on a planet without an ocean,” he said.