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POLICY BRIEFS
UN Photo/Mark Garten Looking towards HLPF: SDG Forecast for the First Half of 2019
As we write this forecast in the first month of 2019, the world has less than 12 years remaining to achieve the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we also have less than 12 years left to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C, and that window of opportunity is closing fast. How will the multilateral community use the next few months to get as far as possible towards its agreed destinations, or as it is now argued, our survival?

FEATURED
UN Photo/Victoria Hazou Preparations in Progress for SAMOA Pathway Review, Partnership Criteria
20 December 2018: Preparations for the midterm review of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway in September 2019 are underway at the global and regional levels. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has requested the UNGA President to finalize organizational arrangements for the review, and to encourage governments and the UN system to attend the review at the highest possible level. The UN has issued a set of Criteria and Norms for partnerships for SIDS.
Photo by Patrick Hendry IEA, Global Carbon Project Forecast Global CO2 Emissions Growth
7 December 2018: The Global Carbon Project and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have forecast increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, both globally and in industrialized countries, following a five-year decline. The IEA also expects emerging economies to emit more CO2 in 2018 than in 2017.

NEWS
Featured Image -262 Packaging Companies Pursuing 2020 Roadmap to Circular Economy
9 January 2019: A consortium of companies and organizations that collaborate to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in Europe’s circular economy has announced that its stakeholder participation now exceeds over 100 companies, two years after its launch in 2017. CEFLEX advances system design solutions through collaboration of companies along the packaging value chain.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Workshop on First SDG Reporting Cycle Sets Stage for HLPF in 2019
12 December 2018: A workshop convened by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development presented lessons to be learned from the first reporting cycle of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Participants discussed how the HLPF can be improved ahead of its sessions in 2019 in order to deliver actions and implementation, and accelerate sustainable development worldwide.
Featured Image - 241 UNESCO, UNECE Bring Groundwater into South America Policy Discussions
22 November 2018: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) co-organized a workshop to promote transboundary cooperation on groundwater in South America, in the context of SDG indicator 6.5.2. UNESCO and UNECE are jointly responsible for compiling country data on the indicator and supporting countries in their monitoring efforts.
UN Photo/Logan Abassi Caribbean Ministers Approve Action Plan on Climate-resilient Health Systems
18 October 2018: The last in a series of events comprising the World Health Organization (WHO) Third Global Conference on Climate and Health with a special focus on small island developing States (SIDS) brought together ministers of health and environment, partner agencies and stakeholders from Caribbean SIDS to discuss and identify actions and indicators for an Action Plan on Health and Climate Change to be implemented in the Caribbean.

CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS SEE MORE »
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2019
12-19 January 2019 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
International Water Summit 2019
14-17 January 2019 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Towards a Global Pact for the Environment: First Substantive Session
14-18 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya
Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda: Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality
16 January 2019 | Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Ocean Data Challenge 2019
17-18 January 2019 | New York City, US
Transforming Transportation 2019
17-18 January 2019 | Washington D.C., US
2019 Arctic Frontiers: Smart Arctic
20-24 January 2019 | Tromso, Troms, Norway
Negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers of the Sixth Global Environment Outlook
21-24 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya
Unlocking Capital for Sustainability
22 January 2019 | Singapore, Singapore
Webinar: Smart Technology Uses in Sustainable Development
22 January 2019 | virtual
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019
22-25 January 2019 | Switzerland
Expert Group Meeting on Conservation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
23-25 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya
Third Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific
23-25 January 2019 | Singapore, Singapore
EMG Nexus Dialogue Series 2019: Environment, Peace and Security
24 January 2019 | Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Arab Region Parliamentary Forum on the 2030 Agenda
24-25 January 2019 | Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
II Global Forum of Local Governments
24-26 January 2019 | Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain