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24th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-24)
After a year’s delay due to the pandemic, more than 1,400 representatives of parties and observers met online to advance preparations for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, scheduled for October 2021 in China. Adoption of final draft decision documents was deferred until the meeting can resume in person.
16th Session of the UNFF
With the world focused on COVID-19, global economic shocks, and climate change, UNFF16 met to remind the world that forests provide multiple socio-economic and environmental services and can help address these crises.
53rd bis Session of the IPCC (IPCC-53 bis)
Delegates sought to advance the intergovernmental process around the IPCC’s influential climate change reports despite the pandemic, the virtual setting, and simmering tensions.
12th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Monaco Blue Initiative brought together major players in ocean conservation and governance to explore solutions to challenges facing our Ocean and to promote a sustainable blue economy.
19th Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19) of the UNCCD
Attendees shared experiences on desertification issues to be addressed at the next Conference of the Parties, including Land Degradation Neutrality projects and policy frameworks on drought, gender, and land tenure.
34th UN-Water Meeting
UN-Water Members, Partners, and observers considered how to accelerate progress toward water and sanitation for all by 2030 when ambitions appear off-track.
7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum
Forum participants agreed to a set of recommendations based on five enabling conditions: climate governance, planning and processes, science and assessment, technologies and practice, the need to value capital in all its dimensions, and finance and investment. The Forum deepened discussion on each enabler through four thematic resilience streams, namely inclusive resilience, nature-based resilience, economic sector resilience, and community and local resilience.
Informal Session for the 3rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3)
To maintain momentum and move towards the successful development of a new framework for global biodiversity governance, the Convention on Biological Diversity convened an informal meeting in preparation for the third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation focused on implementation-related matters, with the post-2020 global biodiversity framework taking central stage.
Coverage of Selected Side Events at ARFSD 7
Side events during the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development included a food-systems perspective on current crises, value chain partnerships in disability-inclusive development, a just energy transition for Africa, and how a digital transformation can help build a better post-COVID-19 world.