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Taking place on 5th July 2022, this virtual Global Summit will bring together YEA! partners and the wider higher education community to provide an opportunity for universities and colleges around the world to learn more about YEA!, to get involved in a variety of initiatives to support climate action on campus, and to hear from higher education practitioners, youth and government representatives.

Undergraduate and graduate students from all over Latin America and the Caribbean... Registrations for the Regional Innovation Contest for Sustainable Lifestyles are open!  They have until May 31 to apply for their project (they must be focused on positively impacting sustainable lifestyles in the 5 categories of the contest♻️). 

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SEED, UNEP, GO4SDGs, One Planet Network, the SME Climate Hub and Normative, together with the governments of Germany, Indonesia, South Africa and Uganda organized this side-event at Stockholm+50. The event demonstrates the potential and necessity to engage with and enable SMEs in delivering sustainability, including the opportunity to start their...

Evidence shows that all economies have to adjust lifestyles and consumption levels to live below a 1.5-degree global rise in temperature. We need to re-think how we eat, move, live and choose to spend our time and resources. This side event at Stockholm +50 on 2 June, organized by Hot...

Countries, companies, and institutions around the globe are embracing circular approaches to accelerate the shift to sustainable consumption and production patterns. This event at Stockholm+50 on 3rd June organized by GO4SDGs and UNEP FI brought together financial institutions, development banks, UN Agencies, and other partners to share insights, initiatives, and...

100 million jobs worldwide could be created in sustainable energy and circular economy by 2030, but this requires investments in upskilling and reskilling. The ambition of the joint initiative with ILO, UNICEF and UNEP (GO4SDGs), is one of the two legacy initiatives of S+50 to contribute to a just transition...

Stockholm+50 commemorates the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment and celebrates 50 years of global environmental action. To prepare for the international meeting, five regional multi-stakeholder consultations have been organized by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and the Initiative Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs). Participants represented a...

 

We are pleased to announce that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will initiate the project Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement for COVID-19 Recovery in six Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Commonwealth Caribbean. The project will run until December 2025 and is led by UNEP through its Latin...

On the 3^rd of June 2022, the GGKP Gender Expert Group held the Stockholm+50 Official Side Event, Achieving a Healthy Planet for all Through a Gender-Just Recovery. 

The event convened activists, leaders and thinkers contributing to the global agenda towards an inclusive and sustainable transition. Speakers included Sarah Hendriks, Director...

On 14 June 2022 in the Chamber of Commerce (TPP) in Nukus - GGGI Uzbekistan held their Technical Advisory Consultation under the 'Green Rehabilitation Investment Project for Karakalpakstan Republic to Address Impacts of the Aral Sea Crisis' (Aral Sea GRIP Project).  This event followed up on the Technical Consultation Workshop that GGGI held in March, during which they collected the feedback and inputs of key stakeholders on key knowledge deliverables, including drafting the Climate Resilient Green Growth (CRGG) assessment and the Green Recovery Investment Analysis (GRIA).