On 20-29 September 2024, participants from civil society, business, academia and the UN system will come together during Global Goals Week 2024 to accelerate action on the SDGs. The week of events aims to mobilize communities, demand urgency to accelerate progress on the SDGs, and supercharge solutions for people and the planet. It also an opportunity to speak out as one voice and share ideas and transformative solutions in the fight to recover better from global challenges.

A healthy planet is essential both for human progress and for maintaining life on Earth. This is reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which recognize that social, economic and environmental objectives cannot be met independently and must be addressed together. However, there is a significant gap between the state of the planet now and what it needs to be to meet the SDGs. Closing the Gap: Investing in natural capital to meet the SDGs reveals that the incentive to close the gap is enormous, with benefits likely to exceed $152 trillion. This is an extraordinary return of over $20 for every $1 invested. 

On 12 March, the governments of Ecuador, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Philippines, Uruguay, and Viet Nam launched the Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) Programme, which aims to catalyze a framework for regulatory and financial investment to detoxify the agriculture sector. FARM is led by the UN Environment Programme, supported by the Global Environment Facility, and implemented by the Asian Development Bank, UNDP, and UNIDO with execution carried out in country by FAO and relevant country institutions. The global child project is executed by the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP).