Nexus 2018: Water, Food, Energy, and Climate

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until November 15, 2017. 

Registration is now open, with "early bird" discounts available until November 15, 2017.

The Water Institute is reconvening the Nexus conference in 2018. This will be the second Nexus Conference that we have organized. The first, in 2014, made a significant input to the negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the…

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Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs, 11-14 November, Bahrain: Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017

The Resolution, as adopted by the General Assembly on 6 July 2017 on the work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (71/313) completes the adoption of the global indicator framework for the SDGs and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Developed by the IAEG-SDGs, the global indicators are included in an annex.  It is “a voluntary and country-led instrument that includes the initial set of indicators to be refined annually and reviewed comprehensively by the Commission at its fifty-first session,…

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Update: Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs, 11-14 November, Bahrain

The UN Statistics Division (UNSD) has provided further information on the plenary session of the sixth IAEG meeting, including ways in which stakeholders will be able to participate in the discussions taking place.

1. Agenda – a new, detailed agenda is attached. This agenda is also available on the meeting website (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/meetings/iaeg-sdgs-meeting-06/)
2. Meeting documents – as the meeting gets closer, discussion and background documents for the meeting will be uploaded to the website. (No paper copies of these documents will be available at the meeting.)…

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Sixth meeting of the IAEG-SDGs, 11-14 November, Bahrain

The sixth meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs will be held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 11-14 November 2017, with the Plenary Session which is open to observers on 13-14 November. 

During the first part of the Agenda, participants will be updated on the new membership of the IAEG-SDGs*; the outcomes of the ECOSOC, HLPF and General Assembly on indicators and follow-up and review; and on the work if the three working groups of the IAEGs-SDGs,…

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INVITATION - UNGA72 Third Committee Side Event: Presentation of the Youth Progress Index - Weds 18 October, 13:15

For those of you who are based in New York, you are cordially invited to attend the Third Committee Side Event, Presentation of the Youth Progress Index: Towards measuring young people’s progress globally. The event will be held on Wednesday 18 October at 13:15 in Conference Room 7.

The future of our societies as a whole and the success of global attempts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are dependent on the progress and future of young people; yet, in many countries worldwide, young people are not as integrated into their society,…

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New website for 2018 HLPF including dates and list of 48 VNR countries now available

We have received the following from DESA  

We wanted to draw your attention to the new 2018 HLPF page, which includes the dates of the forthcoming session in July 2018 and the list of the 48 VNR countries: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2018

Participative approach is crucial to G-STIC success

To maximize the impact of the G-STIC conference results, the degree of support from participants for key findings and conclusions is vital. That's why we enriched the conference program with participative ingredients, ensuring that everybody is involved in the fine-tuning of results.

A team of facilitators will support conference participants throughout each of the thematic sessions. And a call will be launched for engaged participants who want to take part in the late afternoon participatory session on Tuesday,…

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United Nations Foundation’s annual stakeholders’ survey on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)

We have received the following from The UN Foundation Policy Team:

We would like to share with you the below 2017 HLPF survey for stakeholders, prepared by the United Nations Foundation. Please share amongst your networks. The survey will close on October 15. 

Welcome to the United Nations Foundation’s annual stakeholders’ survey on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), developed in consultation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)…

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Call for inputs - Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)

We have received the following from UN Foundation Policy Team:

We are writing to request your input to the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). The GSDR, mandated by the United Nations’ Member States in the outcome document of the 2012 Rio + 20 conference, is meant to strengthen the science-policy interface and provide a strong evidence-based instrument to support policymakers in promoting poverty eradication and sustainable development.…

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UN Secretary-General Appoints Natalia Kanem of Panama Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund

The Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat) joins others in welcoming the Dr Natalia Kanem as the new Executive Director of UNFPA, as announced:

We are pleased to announce that Dr Natalia Kanem has been appointed Executive Director of UNFPA on 3 October 2017 by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...

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