3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Taking place over Wednesday and Thursday (12-13 October), the hybrid Climate Action Summit – Delivering a Net Zero will include an exciting virtual high-level event, six interactive deep-dive webinars, and an in-person, live-streamed debate and free networking reception hosted and support by Foresight Group at The Shard in London.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Among market-led developments, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change finalized its guidance on climate solutions , while several firms predicted the emergence of financial products, including exchange-traded funds, that claim to address the physical risks of climate change.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 3, 2017

SDSN and our partners hosted the following events in and around the UNGA: Meet the Networks September 17, 2017 In advance of the UN General Assembly in New York, SDSN hosted a special event at Columbia University for Permanent Representatives from the UN in New York to showcase the work undertaken by SDSN’s National and Regional Networks.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 22, 2015

On January 20, the SDSN, with the Governments of Mexico and Germany, hosted a side-event entitled “Tracking Progress on the SDGs: Indicators and Review Mechanisms” at the 1st session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

CEET members convened at the Africa Climate Week to discuss low carbon energy and green technology pathways for economic development in Africa. Every year, RCWs will be held across the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Northern Africa.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Loss and damage, 22.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2023

The investor-led initiative will be advised by UNEP and is backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Cape Town and the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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Chris Hall

JULY 16, 2024

Scientists at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have now warned in a new report that many more “reservoirs of ancient, mostly uncharacterised microorganisms and viruses” could be lurking under the tundra – which is warming at four times the global average. Some of the identified risks are, unsurprisingly, environmental.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

But these solutions and approaches are still being developed, meaning many risk interaction effects and tipping points not necessarily being captured. The report said that FIs are realising the importance of integrating climate-related risks, with the risks being divided primarily into physical and transition risks.

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Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent events are forcing us to consider new economic paradigms. This blend of free markets and state control is the dominant economic system in the vast majority of developed nations in the world today.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to the UN Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the finance sector has ground to make up too, albeit at least some of the responsibility for this also sits with governments. Private sector investment in nature had swollen to US$102 billion by May 2024, an eleven-fold increase on May 2022, apparently.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Sachs visited Istanbul to discuss the current state of SDG implementation with representatives of government, industry, academia, and NGOs on the occasion of the launch event of the SDG Index at Boğaziçi University, host of SDSN Turkey. A full account of the event and Prof. Following this event, Prof. On November 1, 2019, Prof.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. It’s very much driven by UN SDGs and the UNEP priorities,” Mollin explained. billion tonnes. The economic cost is also substantial.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The event, held both virtually and in person at the Marriott Panama Hotel in Panama City on October 26, brought together key stakeholders to explore innovative technological solutions aimed at accelerating the decarbonization of the region's transport sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Corals reefs across the world are under relentless stress from warming caused by climate change and other local pressures such as overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and declining water quality. Large scale coral bleaching events are the greatest disturbance to the world’s coral reefs. in 73 countries. across 12,000 sites.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 The increasing proximity of residential development to our right-of-way meant that the infrastructure had become subject to elevated safety standards.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

“Climate change is undoubtedly already upon us, and cities are seeing huge changes,” says Roland Hunziker, Director of the Built Environment at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). However, the focus has been on how to build back better after a climate-induced event has already occurred,” says WBCSD’s Hunziker.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 18, 2023

WORK PERIOD: July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023 (possibility to renew) TITLE THIS POSITION REPORTS TO: Emma Torres, VP Americas, SDSN BACKGROUND The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has been operating since 2012 under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. with InterAmerican Development, CAF, FEBRABAN).

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 25, 2017

In recognition of this global issue, a number of formal and informal initiatives have been developed at global, regional (e.g. OSPAR, UNEP Regional Seas Programme, MSFD), national, and local scales. On the second day, the meeting moved to Pontignano, Siena. Now, it is up to us (and Plastic Busters) to keep the momentum going.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

New framework outlines targets for institutional investors to take decisive action on nature risks and impacts.

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Sustainable Development Network

JULY 19, 2021

SDSN and our networks hosted a number of events alongside the UN's High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). We invited our networks and the SDG community to join us at the following events, which SDSN hosted or were organized by our partners. Event summaries are below.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

Several of the CGF’s eight coalitions, which address key challenges in the consumer goods industry and support businesses in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, took the spotlight during the Impact Sessions.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

SDSN will be hosting and participating in a variety of events alongside COP27. Below are the details of those events. From the local to the global level, how can stakeholders join efforts for a healthy planet that tackles climate change and biodiversity loss while advancing sustainable development?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says: “This vulnerability is driven by the prevailing low levels of socioeconomic growth in the continent. UNEP wants to see more investment diverted towards supporting African countries in meeting their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is the case in Africa.”. Growing economies.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Along with the report, they also provided a policy brief.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Speaking in New York , UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, noted that ‘30×30’ is just one of 21 elements of the draft framework, and urged governments to go beyond commitments to “hold each other and ourselves to account”. I’m not a scientist,” he said, at an event hosted by the New York Times.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” A framework for nature The TNFD recommendations and a suite of additional implementation guidance were developed from a two-year consultative process, including pilot testing by over 200 companies and financial institutions. The TNFD will now encourage and support voluntary market adoption of the recommendations.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With portfolio development support and a vision to accelerate the next wave of climate innovation, the Regenerative Future Fund is dedicated to creating a more sustainable, thriving future through its portfolio of solutions. Leading Decarbonization Across Land, Sea, and Cities.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Both events have acted as catalysts for investors to intervene, said CEPB. The initiative developed a Global Tailings Portal and Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, together with UNEP and industry.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. How did the high-profile World Economic Forum event prioritise nature? This article first appeared in Forbes.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“It’s not a question with a single answer or an easy answer,” Judy Kuszewski, Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent body that oversees the development of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) standards, tells ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

Further, a recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, showed that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of securing climate action and justice.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

A recent UNEP report found that plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies “make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. Yet, as the latest United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual gap report shows, policies currently in place point to a 2.8°C

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Eco-Business

MAY 24, 2020

For the very first time in its five year history, The Conscious Festival will be accessible as a three-day immersive virtual event on the 12, 13, and 14 June 2020. We hope that this event will bring about long-lasting change to the lifestyle industry and encourage more conscious consumption around the world.".

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This has served as a pivotal moment for us, learning to work with a team to develop an idea and actualize it. The world-class panel of judges for the 2022 Innovation Challenge event included: Juan Pablo Celis Garcia, Youth Engagement Specialist for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). About Keysight Technologies.

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Eco-Business

MAY 24, 2020

For the very first time in its five year history, The Conscious Festival will be accessible as a three-day immersive virtual event on the 12, 13, and 14 June 2020. We hope that this event will bring about long-lasting change to the lifestyle industry and encourage more conscious consumption around the world.".

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