World Water Day
World Water Day 2025 will focus on the theme, ‘Glacier Preservation,’ to highlight the critical role of glaciers in sustaining life and the water cycle. Glaciers, mountain run-off, and snowmelt provide nearly two billion people with water for drinking, agriculture, and energy production.
The Day aims to raise awareness on the challenges created by melting glaciers and calls on the global community to accelerate carbon emission…
International Day of Zero Waste
International Day of Zero Waste aims to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns, support the societal shift towards circularity, and raise awareness about how zero-waste initiatives contribute to the advancement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Global Disability Summit
The Global Disability Summit (GDS) is a unique global mechanism that improves the lives of persons with disabilities, especially from the global South. It was created in 2017 to convene global, regional, and national stakeholders that share the same goal and vision for disability inclusive development and humanitarian action.
The Summits aim to close the gap between two often disconnected areas: disability inclusion and development…
World Health Day
It is celebrated annually, and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The date of 7 April marks the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948.
Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
The 2025 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) will focus on the theme ‘Driving job creation and economic growth through sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063’.
The Forum will take place ahead of the 2025 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will focus on the theme ‘Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-…
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
The 2025 Arab Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) will focus on the theme ‘Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind’. The Forum will take place ahead of the 2025 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
ECOSOC Youth Forum
The UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) 2024 Youth Forum will take place from 15-17 April 2025.
The Youth Forum is an annual initiative of the ECOSOC President, which has evolved into a key platform where young people can contribute to policy discussions at the UN through their collective ideas, solutions, and innovations.
81st session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
The eighty-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will be held from 21 to 25 April 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, guided by the theme "Regional cooperation for resilient and sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific".
International Mother Earth Day
International Mother Earth Day aims to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth, to achieve a just balance among the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present and future generations of humanity.
Resumed Second Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly
The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will resume its Second Session to consider the Strategic Plan for UN-Habitat for 2026-2029. The Second Session is taking place under the theme, ‘A Sustainable Urban Future Through Inclusive and Effective Multilateralism: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Times of Global Crises’.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) established the UN-Habitat Assembly in 2018 upon dissolution of the…
The 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
The eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will focus on the overall theme, ‘Everyday Counts, Act for Resilience Today,’ to underscore the urgency of accelerating progress in the implementation of the goals of the Sendai Framework for DRR.
World Bicycle Day
Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health, the General Assembly decided to declare 3 June World Bicycle Day.
World Environment Day
The UN celebrates World Environment Day annually on 5 June. The Day encourages worldwide awareness and action for the protection of the environment. The Day underscores the importance of urgent action to halt biodiversity loss, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollution, and plastic waste and restore the environment.
World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day provides an opportunity to honor, help protect and conserve the Ocean. The UN marks the Day each year on 8 June through an annual event which provides an opportunity to celebrate the importance of the Ocean and to better understand how to interact with it in a sustainable manner.
Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC)
(Dates are tentative)
The Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) will convene in Nice, France, in June 2025. The Governments of France and Costa Rica will co-chair the Conference, which aims to generate transformative action and provide solutions the ocean needs, supported by ocean science and funding for SDG 14 (life below water).
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Climate and Clean Air Conference
The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 is set to take place from March 16–21, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil.
This year’s theme, “Accelerating Action on Super Pollutants: The Road to COP30,” highlights the urgent need for decisive action. The event will bring together country representatives, global experts, and changemakers, united with over 180 partners, to drive accelerated solutions for mitigating super pollutants…
CSW69 / Beijing+30
In 2025, the global community will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from…
International Women's Day
Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action which emphasizes the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level.
The Third Arab Land Conference
It will address a broad range of land-related topics and advance good land governance to achieve social, economic, environmental and peace dividends.
World Governments Summit
World Governments Summit 2025 will be held under the theme, ‘Shaping Future Governments’. The Summit will gather thought leaders, global experts, and decision makers from around the globe to identify innovative solutions to future challenges. The Summit aims to inspire and empower the next generation of governments.
ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The 2025 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be held on 5 February 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme, “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”.
The Forum will place a special emphasis on the Sustainable Development…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting 2025 convenes global leaders to address key global and regional challenges. These include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and stewarding a just and inclusive energy transition.
World Sustainable Transport Day
World Sustainable Transport Day is celebrated annually on 26 November. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) declared the Day in recognition of the important role of safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all in supporting sustainable economic growth, improving the social welfare of people, and enhancing international cooperation and trade among countries.
World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day is celebrated annually on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve SDG 6, which promises sanitation for all by 2030. To meet the SDG sanitation target, the world needs to work on average, five times faster.
UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29)
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) will convene from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
World Urban Forum (WUF12)
The Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) will take place in Cairo, Egypt. This session is the first time the Forum will take place on the African continent since its inaugural session in 2002 in Nairobi, Kenya. WUF12 will focus on sustainable, inclusive, and resilient cities. The is co-organized by the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), with the Government of Egypt.
The UN established the WUF in 2001 to examine the…
World Cities Day
The theme of World Cities Day 2024 will be linked to Youth leading climate and local action for cities. Young people advocate for bolder steps and actions to tackle climate crisis in our cities. It will draw attention on how we can capture these bold ideas and ambitious targets and turn them into achievements.
World Cities Day brings Urban October to an end on 31 October each year and was first celebrated in 2014. As with World Habitat…
World Health Summit
The World Health Summit 2024 will bring together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier future by inspiring innovative solutions for better health and well-being for all. The Summit aims to: improve health worldwide; find answers to health challenges, guided by science; and promote the global health debate in the spirit of the SDGs.
World Habitat Day
The Global Observance of World Habitat Day will be held in the City of Querétaro, Mexico on 7 October 2024.
World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. The day is also intended to remind the world that everyone has the power and the responsibility to shape the future of towns…