Sustainable Development Network

JULY 19, 2021

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

Development 52

Development Banking UNEP Climate Change 52

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The financial case is also compelling; investing US$2-4 trillion in sustainable ocean activities may lead to US$8-23 trillion in net economic benefits. Swiss impact investing specialist Tameo identifies a blue financing gap of US$5.5

Green Bonds 59

Green Bonds Banking Development Corporate Social Responsibility 59

James Militzer

MARCH 21, 2022

To reach the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, emerging economies require US $3.3 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its disproportionate impact on emerging markets further threatens SDG financing, with COVID-related expenses and reductions in resources adding an estimated US $1.7

Development 98

Development Supply Chains Supply Chain Impact Investing 98

We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

From cities to products, we’ve built the world on Earth’s finite resources”, said Andersen. A long-term strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy’ was pinned as one of the event’s top themes – critical, given that over half of the world’s GDP, $44 trillion, is highly or moderately dependent on nature. ‘A

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UNEP Climate Change Supply Chains Supply Chain 52

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Europe Sustainable Development Report 2021 is part of the broader Sustainable Development Report (SDR) series which tracks the performance of countries and municipalities around the world on the SDGs since 2015. Ending the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere is a prerequisite for restoring and accelerating SDG progress in Europe and globally.

Development 52

Development Supply Chains Supply Chain Paris Agreement 52

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Lancet COVID-19 Commission , which ran from July 2020 to October 2022, was an interdisciplinary initiative encompassing the health sciences, business, finance, and public policy. Each country should determine and expand national pandemic preparedness plans. Funding for LICs and LMICs must be a centerpiece of the global response.

Banking 52

Banking Development Value Creation Supply Chains 52

Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. What is the scale of the problem?

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UNEP Banking Paris Agreement Stranded Assets 98

James Militzer

APRIL 4, 2023

Over the past few decades, energy access discourse and practice have been dominated by electrification efforts. This started to change with the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, which included a specific target for clean cooking under the seventh goal of universal access to clean, affordable energy.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Achieving the SDGs in an interdependent and interconnected world cannot be done only by domestic actions, but also by efforts at the international level. Thus, the Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSN) were established. SDSNs consists of national, regional and thematic Networks.

Development 52

Development Decarbonize Paris Agreement Academics 52

Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The conference welcomed over 2,000 participants from 104 countries to 15 dynamic sessions featuring cutting edge research around the themes of finance, energy, youth, and nature.

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Net Zero Paris Agreement Climate Change Decarbonize 52

Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As such the SDGs can help us to assess the utility of different economic alternatives.

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Development Waste Value Creation UNEP 59

Chris Hall

JULY 20, 2022

If its plentiful resources can be harnessed rapidly, adoption of clean energy could transform Africa’s economies, not only benefitting millions of lives, through access to cheap, renewable power, but also giving its governments the revenue needed to effect climate adaptation. . billion residents do not have access to electricity. .

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Development Net Zero Stranded Assets Chief Sustainability Officer 52