Upcoming Events
- Conference Physical Event Localizing the SDGs

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.

- Conference Physical Event Land Tenure Security

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. 

- Partner Event Physical Event Localizing the SDGs

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.

UN Day Global Event Gender

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.

- UN-Habitat Event Global Event Localizing the SDGs

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…

- Conference Global Event Water and Sanitation

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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UN Day Global Event Human Rights

World Population Day

World Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.

Partner Event Global Event Housing

World Architecture Day

Created by the UIA in 1985, World Architecture Day is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October coinciding with the UN-Habitat Global Observance of the World Habitat Day.

UN Day Global Event Water and Sanitation

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 Day Global Event Mobility and Transport

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.

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UN Day Global Event Mobility and Transport

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.

UN Day Global Event Water and Sanitation

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.

- Conference Global Event Climate Change

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. 

- Conference Global Event New Urban Agenda

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…

UN Day Global Event Localizing the SDGs

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…

- Conference Global Event Localizing the SDGs

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.

UN Day Global Event Localizing 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…

Partner Event Virtual Event Housing

World Architecture Day

Created by the UIA in 1985, World Architecture Day is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October coinciding with the UN-Habitat Global Observance of the World Habitat Day.

- Partner Event Physical Event Advocacy

Fourth Forum of Mayors

The Fourth Forum of Mayors’ meeting, "The Cities Summit of the Future", will be held in Geneva from 30 September to 1 October 2024. 

Following up on the Pact of the Future to be agreed by the United Nations Summit of the Future (New York, 22-23 September 2024), Mayors around the world will convene to collaboratively draw up an outcome statement, emphasizing the crucial role of cities and local actors in leading the way towards a…

UN Day Global Event Climate Change

World Maritime Day

World Maritime Day is celebrated annually to provide an opportunity to focus attention on the importance of shipping and other maritime activities and to emphasize a particular aspect of the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

International shipping transports over 80% of global trade to communities around the world, which emphasizes the importance of a safe, secure, and efficient international shipping industry in…

- Conference Global Event Climate Change

Climate Week NYC

Climate Week NYC 2024 will provide a platform for showcasing leading climate action and discussing how to do more.

The annual event is hosted by the Climate Group and New York City and takes place in conjunction with the UN General Assembly (UNGA). During the week, the Climate Group will host a main programme of in-person events, including an opening ceremony and The Hub Live.

- Conference Global Event Localizing the SDGs

Summit of the Future

The high-level event will bring together UN Member States, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, the private sector, and youth under the theme, ‘Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow’. The Summit aims to forge a new global consensus on what our future should look like, and what we can do today to secure it.

Partner Event Global Event Solid Waste Management

World Cleanup Day

World Cleanup Day is an annual global social action program aimed at combating the global mismanaged waste crisis, including the problem of marine debris.

- Partner Event Hybrid Event Urban Governance

12th International Conference on Sustainable Development

The 12th International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) will be held on the theme, ‘Solutions for the Future’. The Conference aims to bring together individuals from research, policy, practice, and business in advance of the 2024 Summit of the Future to share practice solutions for achieving the SDGs at local and national levels.

- Conference Global Event Localizing the SDGs

79th Session of the UN General Assembly

The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2024.