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.
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.
Innovate4Cities Conference
To link cities, climate change science, and findings from the first Global Stocktake, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have announced that the next Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C2024) is set to take place for the first time in Montreal, Canada from 10-12 September 2024.
Africa Urban Forum
The African Union Commission is organizing the first ever Africa Urban Forum to be held in Addis Ababa at the Adwa Memorial Museum from 4 to 6 September 2024.
The African Union Commission and its member-states established the Africa Urban Forum during the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization (AU-STC.No.8) held in Cairo, Egypt in August...
Nairobi Convention COP 11
(Dates are tentative)
The 11th meeting of the Conference of Contracting Parties (COP11) to the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention) will convene in two main segments. A partners, experts, and national focal points meeting will convene for the first two days.
A heads of delegation meeting...
ECOSOC High-Level Segment
The High-level Segment (HLS) of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will take place in July 2024, during ECOSOC’s 2024 session. The Segment will include the three-day ministerial segment of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
The HLS convenes annually. It represents the culmination of ECOSOC’s annual cycle of work and convenes a diverse group of high-level representatives from government, the...
World Population Day
World Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
High-Level Political Forum
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in 2024, without prejudice to the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Sustainable Development Goals, will review in-depth: Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive...
World Refugee Day
The year 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) decided that 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day from 2001 onwards (A/RES/55/76).
World Refugee Day honors the strength and courage of refugees and encourages public awareness and support of the refugees, people who have had to flee their homelands because of conflict or natural disaster. The...
Third UN Conference on LLDCs
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) will explore innovative solutions to challenges faced by LLDCs and build meaningful, strategic partnerships to unlock the potential of LLDCs. The Conference will convene under the theme, ‘Driving Partnerships for Progress’.
G7 Leaders' Summit
The G7 Summit will be held in Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, from 13 to 15 June 2024. The event will be attended by the Heads of State and Government of the seven Member States, as well as the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission representing the European Union.
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 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) annually organizes events for World Environment Day, and the Day is typically celebrated in over 100 countries.
Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum
The 2024 Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from 4-6 June, co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the Government of Barbados, led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.
The SEforALL Global Forum has become the landmark global gathering to drive faster, broader progress on universal access to sustainable energy, as called for by Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7).
EU Green Week 2024
Here’s where Europeans are helping their peers. Many European utilities have financial, technical, social, and managerial skills to share with their peers on a not-for-profit basis. Through solidarity partnerships, they are supporting utility professionals in other countries to strengthen their capacities to provide locally adapted, efficient, sustainable and inclusive services.
With rising urban populations, environmental pollution...
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +20
The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event will serve as a platform for multistakeholder discussions with the objective to take stock of the achievements and key trends, challenges and opportunities since the Geneva Plan of Action in 2003.
The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is scheduled to be held from 27 to 31 May 2024, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD and co-hosted by ITU and the Swiss Confederation, with the support of remote...
Regional Ocean Summit
The Regional Ocean Summit, in Jordan, under the Royal patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, is a compelling addition to Economist Impact’s World Ocean Summit series. It is strategically designed to bring a regional focus to the robust analysis and inspiring content of the global summit. This regional summit aims to highlight key opportunities for international and regional ocean leaders, and investors in the Middle East...
United Nations Civil Society Conference
The UN Civil Society Conference will focus on the theme, the ‘Summit of the Future’. The Conference outcomes will serve as a contribution for Member States as they work towards the Pact for the Future.
The Summit for the Future, which will convene in September 2024, will adopt ‘A Pact for the Future’ – a concise, action-oriented outcome document, to be agreed in advance by consensus through intergovernmental negotiations. Originally...