The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will convene the third session of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD 2016) on 3-5 April 2016, at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. APFSD 2016 will meet on the theme “Regional priorities for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.” The first regional forum on sustainable development to take place following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015 will shape the regional response to the 2030 Agenda.
A Call to Action - Enabling Solutions at Speed & Scale
The Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) has been continuously working to catalyse game-changing public-private partnerships to accelerate this transition, and bring transformative solutions to a global scale.
The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft, will convene a high-level thematic debate on sustainable development, climate change and financing. This event is one of three high-level events the President will convene during UNGA 70. Lykketoft said on 19 October 2015 that the meeting will involve a range of stakeholders.
The Sustainability Summit 2016 will look at how short-termism dominates the global mind-set, with the need to achieve growth in the present often overshadowing critical preparations for our future. However the call for transformational, systemic change is growing louder as is the demand for a world in which our people and planet form the bottom-line of our economy. But what will serve to catalyse the shift in both policy and practice needed to bring about a sustainable future?
Lord Stern of Brentford will be joined by OECD chief economist, Catherine Mann, to discuss how countries can gain competitive advantage from the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI) (formerly Sustainable Prosperity) is a national research network and policy think tank based at the University of Ottawa, Canada. They deliver world-class research and work with public and private partners – all to advance practical policies and market solutions for a stronger, cleaner economy.
Final Workshop
The need to integrate ecosystem service assessment findings and development policies to ensure stronger linkages between macroeconomic, economic growth and poverty alleviation has been expressed during the last recent years. The focus on developing analytical framework and adopting tools and methods for decision and policy-makers to assist in mainstreaming ecosystem management approaches into development and poverty alleviation policies with close involvement of national and local stakeholders has been pursued in a series of countries.
On 8-10 June 2016 the Eighth Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe (EfE) will be held in Batumi, Georgia. UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) serves as the secretariat to the Conference.
EfE process as a political framework presents a unique partnership format of member States within the ECE region, organizations of the United Nations system represented in the region, other intergovernmental organizations, Regional Environment Centers, non-governmental organizations, the business sector and other representatives of civil society.
