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In 2018, EfD will launch a new collaborative research program called Policy Instruments for Sustainable management of oceans and marine resources. The two focus areas of the program will be effective management of fisheries and combating marine pollution, the latter with a specific focus on plastic waste.

The call for abstracts for the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA 2019) is now open.

This report recounts the discussion that took place at a side-event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) held by Green Fiscal Policy Network and Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform on the theme of "Leadership on fossil fuel subsidy reform for sustainable energy access and poverty reduction".

Fish is one of the most traded food commodities, and global consumption of fish and seafood has more than doubled since 1973. Over the same period, overfishing increased from 7 per cent to 33 per cent of all fish stocks. To reverse this alarming trend, unsustainable practices in the fishing...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) have launched an updated and upgraded version of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interlinkages Analysis & Visualisation Tool (V2.0) to enable a quantitative analysis of the SDG interlinkages and support SDG planning, priority-setting and more.

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are calling for expressions of interest to contribute to an event focused on the theme of "Fostering the engagement of the agri-food sector in resilience to climate change". 

The event will address the...

The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced that “Financing Sustainable Development” will be the subject of its annual conference, to be held in Beirut on 8-9 November 2018, as approved by its Board of Trustees. Over 50 international and regional organizations active in the field of...

In the context of UNIDO’s recent series of RECP Finance workshops in India, an innovative technological solution to the growing global problem of e-waste was introduced. Recognized by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, “Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange”, is a Hyderabad-based startup that connects manufacturers and consumers of what becomes waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to government-authorized, technically sound e-waste recyclers.

UNDP, UN Environment, and the CBD Secretariat launch a free, open-source platform to provide policy makers with access to world-class data for national action. The UN Biodiversity Lab brings planetary data to policymakers to support delivery of the UN Biodiversity Conservation's Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

“My hope for the new Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is that the impacts will be felt mainly by vulnerable groups that are most impacted by climate change,” says Dr Shehnaaz Moosa, director of the new Dutch-Canadian supported CDKN which was formally launched on 21 June.