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Many include a summary and analysis of each meeting, plus digital coverage with photographs and Real Audio recordings.

ENB COVERAGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS

   Global Pact for the Environment

   Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations

   High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

   Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum)

   UN General Assembly (UNGA) Meetings

   Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

   UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20)

   World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) - From UNCED to WSSD
   Other Sustainable Development meetings covered by IISD Reporting Services

   International Environmental Governance (IEG)

   Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

   Meetings on Early Warning and Disaster Reduction covered by ENB

   Other Disaster Reduction meetings covered by IISD Reporting Services
 

GLOBAL PACT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

• 3rd Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group Towards a Global Pact for the Environment
  20-22 May 2019, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• 2nd Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group Towards a Global Pact for the Environment
  18-20 March 2019, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• 1st Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group Towards a Global Pact for the Environment
  14-18 January 2019, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

POST-2015 INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS MEETINGS

• 7th and 8th Sessions of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Outcome Document)
  20-24 July and 27 July - 2 August 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 6th Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Outcome Document)
  22-25 June 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 5th Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Follow-Up and Review)
  18-22 May 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 4th Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Means of Implementations (MOI) and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development)
  20-24 April 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 3rd Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Sustainable Development Goals and Targets)
  23-27 March 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 2nd Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Declaration)
  17-20 February 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• 1st Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Stocktaking Session)
  19-21 January 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (HLPF) MEETINGS

• SDG Moment
  18 September 2020, Virtual

• 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2020)
  7-16 July 2020, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2019
  9-19 July 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2018
  9-18 July 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2017
  10-19 July 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2016
  11-20 July 2016, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2015
  26 June - 8 July 2015, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF 2014
  30 June - 9 July 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• HLPF Inaugural Session
  4 September 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

ANNUAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

• 4th Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum 2019)
  14-15 May 2019, UN Headquarters, New York

• 3rd Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum 2019)
  5-6 June 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• 2nd Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum 2019)
  15-16 May 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• 1st Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum 2019)
  6-7 June 2016, UN Headquarters, New York

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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S (UNGA) MEETINGS

• 75th Anniversary of the UN
  21 September 2020, Virtual

• 13th Session of the UNGA Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  14-18 July 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-12
  16-20 June 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-11
  5-9 May 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-10
  31 March - 4 April 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-9
  3-5 March 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-8
  3-7 February 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-7
  6-10 January 2014, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-6
  9-13 December 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-5
  25-27 November 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-4
  17-19 June 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-3
  22-24 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-2
  17-19 April 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• OWG-1
  14-15 March 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

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COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CSD) MEETINGS

• Final Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
  20 September 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• Arab Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes
  29-30 May 2013, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Asian and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes
  22-24 April 2013, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

• High-level segment of the Sixty-fifth session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  9 April 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

• Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century and Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20
  5-6 and 7-9 March 2013, BogotĂ¡, Colombia

• Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20)
  19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Nineteenth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19)
  2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19 IPM)
  28 February - 4 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-18
  3-14 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-17
  4-15 May 2009, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-17 IPM
  23-27 February 2009, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-16
  5-16 May 2008, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-15
  30 April - 11 May 2007, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-15 IPM
  26 February - 2 March 2007, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-14
  1-12 May 2006; UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-13
  11-22 April 2005; UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-13 IPM
  28 February - 4 March 2005, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-13 Briefing Note
  1 February 2005, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-13 Briefing Note
  5 October 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-12
  19-30 April 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-12 Briefing
  22 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-12 Briefing
  25 February 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-12 Briefing
  23 January 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• UNECE First Regional Implementation Forum
  15-16 January 2004, Geneva, Switzerland

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ECA
  8-13 December 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCAP
  27-28 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

• CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCWA
  19-21 October 2003, Cairo, Egypt

• CSD-12 Briefing
  3 October 2003, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-11
  28 April - 9 May 2003, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-11, Informal Consultations
  24-26 March 2003, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-11, Informal Consultations
  24-25 February 2003, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-11, First meeting
  27 January 2003, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD 10 and WSSD: see below

• CSD-9
  16-27 April 2001, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-8
  24 April - 5 May 2000, New York

• Ad Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy and Sustainable Development
  6-10 March 2000, UN Headquarters, New York

• CSD-8 Ad Hoc Working Groups
  22 February - 3 March 2000, UN Headquarters, New York

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UN CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (UNCSD OR RIO+20)

• Rio+20: Third PrepCom and UNCSD
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the UNCSD or Rio+20
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Rio Conventions Pavilion
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Sustainable Development Dialogue Days
  16-19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
  17-20 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) 2012 Business Day
  19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Second High-Level Round Table on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
  21 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Third Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  29 May - 2 June 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the Second Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  23 April - 4 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the zero draft of the outcome document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• Coverage of Selected Side Events at the First Round of ‘Informal-Informal’ Negotiations on the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document and Third Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  19-23 and 26-27 March 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• Initial Discussions on the “Zero Draft” of the Outcome Document for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  25-27 January 2012, UN Headquarters, New York

• Second Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  15-16 December 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• Economic Commission for Europe’s Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  1-2 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• UNCSD or Rio+20 African Regional Preparatory Process
  20-25 October 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Asia Pacific Region 
  19-20 October 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Arab Region
  16-17 October 2011, Cairo, Egypt

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean
  7-9 September 2011, Santiago, Chile

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Pacific Countries
  21-22 July 2011, Apia, Samoa

• UNCSD or Rio+20) Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS) Countries
  7-8 July 2011, Mahé, Seychelles

• UNCSD or Rio+20 Subregional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean
  20 June 2011, Georgetown, Guyana

• Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  7-8 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• First Intersessional Meeting of the UNCSD or Rio+20
  10-11 January 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• First Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom I) for the UNCSD or Rio+20
  17-19 May 2010, UN Headquarters, New York

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UNCED (RIO EARTH SUMMIT), UNGASS-19 (RIO+5), WSSD (JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT)

• World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
  26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa

• WSSD PrepCom IV
  25 May - 7 June 2002, Bali, Indonesia

• WSSD PrepCom III
  25 March - 5 April 2002, New York

• WSSD PrepCom II
  28 January - 8 February 2002, New York

• Informal Brainstorming Session of the Preparatory Committee for the WSSD
  16-17 January 2002, UN Headquarters, New York

• The World Summit on Sustainable Development Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting
  27-29 November 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• WSSD West Asia Regional Preparatory Meeting
  24 October 2001, Cairo, Egypt

• WSSD LAC Regional Preparatory Meeting
  23-24 October 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• WSSD African Regional Preparatory Meeting
  15-18 October 2001, Nairobi, Kenya

• WSSD ECE Regional Preparatory Meeting
  24-25 September 2001, Geneva, Switzerland

• WSSD International Eminent Persons Meeting on Interlinkages — Bridging Problems and Solutions to Work Towards Sustainable Development
  3-4 September 2001, Tokyo, Japan

• WSSD PrepCom I
  30 April - 2 May 2001, New York

• UNGASS-19
  23-27 June 1997, New York

• Debate on UNCED-Related Issues
  1992, 1993, 1994, New York, USA

• UNCED
  3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• PrepCom IV UNCED
  2 March - 4 April 1992, New York, USA

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OTHER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS COVERED BY IISD RS

• 59th Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council, GEF Council Consultation Meetings with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and 29th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  4 and 7-11 December 2020, Online

• United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Council 2020
  12-13 November 2020, Online

• UN75 and Beyond: Inclusive Multilateralism and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) as a Tool
  23 October 2020, Online

• 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
  20-22 October 2020, Online

• Nature for Life
  24-28 September 2020, Online

• SDG Action Zone
  22-24 September 2020, Online

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), 58th GEF Council Meeting, and 28th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  2-3 June 2020, Online

• Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20)
  1-3 June 2020, Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), 57th GEF Council Meeting, and 27th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  16-19 December 2019, Washington, DC, US

• 6th Congress of United Cities and Local Government and 2019 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders
  11-15 November 2019, Durban, South Africa

• 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
  7-10 October 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

• UN Summits Week 2019
  23-27 September 2019, UN Headquarters, New York

• The Hidden Costs of American Food
  26 June 2019, Washington, DC, US

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), 56th GEF Council Meeting, and 26th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  10-13 June 2019, Washington, DC, US

• 3rd World Circular Economy Forum 2019 (WCEF2019)
  3-4 June 2019, Helsinki, Finland

• 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED)
  2-5 June 2019, Hangzhou, China

• Global Soil Week 2019 (GSW 2019)
  27-30 May 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

• 2nd Global Session UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment (UN-SPBF)
  8-10 March 2019, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), 55th GEF Council Meeting, and 25th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  17-20 December 2018, Washington, DC, US

• World Mountain Forum (WMF) 2018
  23-26 October 2018, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

• Eye on Earth (EoE) Symposium 2018
  22-24 October 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• UN World Data Forum 2018
  22-24 October 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
  15-18 October 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

• “Mobilizing Private Sector Finance to Combat Deforestation” - UN Environment (UNEP) Side Event During the 54th Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Meeting
  26 June 2018, Da Nang, Viet Nam

• Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress 2018 (BARC 2018)
  25-27 June 2018, Beijing, China

• 54th Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council and 6th Meeting of the GEF Assembly
  24-29 June 2018, Da Nang, Viet Nam

• Coverage of Side Events Hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) During the 54th Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council
  24-26 June 2018, Da Nang, Viet Nam

• 26th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-26) to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  20-21 June 2018, Antigua, Guatemala

• Global Science, Technology & Innovation Conference (G-STIC) Special Event
  7 June 2018, UN Headquarters, New York

• 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics
  29-31 May 2018, UN Environment headquerters, Nairobi, Kenya

• 4th session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
  2-4 May 2018, Dakar, Senegal

• 8th Regional 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Forum in Asia and the Pacific
  9-12 April 2018, Indore, India

• Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Switzerland Launch Conference
  15 February 2018, Bern, Switzerland

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organization (CSOs), 53rd GEF Council Meeting, and 23rd Meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
  27-30 November 2017, Washington, DC, US

• 2017 Global Science, Technology & Innovation Conference (G-STIC)
  23-25 October 2017, Brussels, Belgium

• 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) - Managing Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM)
  16-20 October 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

• Video Coverage of the Side Event on G-STIC 2017: Technological Solutions for the SDGs
  12 July 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organization (CSOs), 52nd GEF Council Meeting, and 22nd Meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
  22-25 May 2017, Washington, DC, US

• Global Soil Week (GSW) 2017 - Catalyzing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review
  22-24 May 2017, Berlin, Germany

• 3rd Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
  17-19 May 2017, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• International Conference on Seafood Transparency and Sustainability
  16-17 May 2017, Tokyo, Japan

• High-Level Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Action Event: Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Agenda
  23 March 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• Preparatory Meeting for the Ocean Conference: Our Oceans, Our Future: Partnering for the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14
  15-16 February 2017, UN Headquarters, New York

• African Soil Seminar - Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa: Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs
  28-30 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organization (CSOs), 51st GEF Council Meeting and 21st Meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
  24-27 October 2016, Washington, DC, US

• World Mountain Forum, 2016
  17-20 October 2016, Mbale, Uganda

• 2nd World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments
  16 October 2016, Quito, Ecuador

• 6th UCLG World Congress and 2016 World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders
  12-15 October 2016, Bogota, Colombia

• 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress - Planet at the Crossroads
  1-10 September 2016, Honolulu, US

• 8th Environment for Europe (EfE) Ministerial Conference - Greener, Cleaner, Smarter!
  8-10 June 2016, Batumi, Georgia

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organization (CSOs), 50th GEF Council Meeting and 20th Meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
  6-9 June 2016, Washington, DC, US

• High-Level Event: Follow-up and Review of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
  2 November 2015, United Nations Complex, Nairobi, Kenya

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), GEF 49th Council Meeting and 19th Meeting of the Council for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
  19-22 October 2015, Washington, DC, US

• Eye on Earth Summit 2015
  6-8 October 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• 2015 Global Sustainable Aviation Summit
  29-30 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), 48th meeting of the GEF Council and 18th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
  1-4 June 2015, Washington, DC, US

• First Forum of Ministers and Environmental Authorities of Asia Pacific
  19-20 May 2015, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand

• Global Soil Week (GSW) 2015 - Soil. The Substance of Transformation
  19-23 April 2015, Berlin, Germany

• Global Soil Week (GSW) 2013 - Losing Ground?
  27-31 October 2013, Berlin, Germany

• Special Event towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  25 September 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• International Conference on Scaling-Up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights
  19-20 September 2013, Interlaken, Switzerland

• Seventh Rio Conventions Pavilion (RCP) - “Shaping Our Future: Rio+20 Outcome Follow-Up and Moving Towards the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
  17-26 September 2013, Windhoek, Namibia

• Fourth Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership
  17-19 September 2013, Erzurum, Turkey

• First Africa Food Security Conference – “Harnessing Ecosystem based Approaches for Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa”
  20-21 August 2013, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

• High-Level Conference of Middle-Income Countries (MICs)
  12-14 June 2013, San José, Costa Rica

• UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Integration Meeting - “Achieving sustainable development: Integrating the social, economic and environmental dimensions”
  13 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York

• High-Level Conference of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) “Achieving Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4ALL) and Rio+20 SIDS Informal Ministerial Meeting
  7-9 May 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados

• Seventh Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia and Global Consultation on Sustainable Transport in the Post-2015 Development Agenda - Integrated Conference on Next Generation Transport Systems We Want for 21st Century ~ Looking Beyond Rio+20
  23-25 April 2013, Bali, Indonesia

• Sixty-fifth session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  9-11 April 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

• Fourth Regional 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) Forum in Asia - “3Rs in the Context of the Rio+20 Outcomes – The Future We Want”
  18-20 March 2013, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

• High-Level meeting on the Rule of Law and the Environment
  17 February 2013, UN Office, Nairobi, Kenya

• Fourteenth Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-14)
  16-17 February 2013, UN Office, Nairobi, Kenya

• Sixth Rio Conventions Pavilion (RCP)
  9-18 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

• Fifth Rio Conventions Pavilion (RCP)
  13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Eye on Earth Summit 2011
  12-15 December 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Keeping the Green Economy Blue: A Workshop in Preparation for UNCSD
  29 April 2011, UN Headquarters, New York

• High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
  3-5 June 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy

• Expert meeting on Land for Sustainable Urbanisation in Africa
  21-22 February 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Fifth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity (TCB 5): Ecosystems and people - Development and biodiversity - The road to 2010 and beyond
  29 October - 2 November 2007, Trondheim, Norway

• Fifth Meeting of the African Committee on Sustainable Development
  22-25 October 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”
  10-12 October 2007, Belgrade, Serbia

• World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower
  29-31 May 2007, Antalya, Turkey

• Tenth Poverty Environment Partnership Meeting
  30 January - 1 February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya

• Eighth African Union Summit
  22-30 January 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Nordic Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production
  9-10 March 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

• 2nd International Expert Meeting on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production: As contained in Chapter III of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
  5-8 September 2005, San José, Costa Rica

• The Nordic Roundtable on Business Relations and Sustainable Consumption and Production in a North / South Perspective
  9-10 March 2005, Oslo, Norway

• FAO/Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems
  31 January - 4 February 2005, The Hague, the Netherlands

• UNEP’s Global Women’s Assembly on Environment
  11-13 October 2004, Nairobi, Kenya

• Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020
  1-3 April 2004, Kampala, Uganda

• International Expert Meeting on a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production
  16-19 June 2003, Marrakech, Morocco

• International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD)
  16-20 June 2002, Adelboden, Switzerland

• Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Water Management
  25-26 April 2002, RĂ¼schlikon, Switzerland

• First Joint Meeting of the Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas
  4-5 March 2002, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (IEG)

• Final Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance
  12 February 2002, Cartagena, Colombia

• New York Meeting on International Environmental Governance

  25 January 2002, UN Headquarters, New York

• Fourth Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on International Environmental Governance

  30 November - 1 December 2001, Montreal, Canada

• Third Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on IEG
  9-10 September 2001, Algiers, Algeria

• Second Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or their Representatives on International Environmental Governance (IEG)
  17 July 2001, Bonn, Germany

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS)

• Third International Conference on SIDS - ‘The Sustainable Development of SIDS Through Genuine and Durable Partnerships’
  1-4 September 2014, Apia, Samoa

• Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting (IPM) for the Third International Conference on SIDS
  26-28 August 2013, Bridgetown, Barbados

• Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2014 Third International Conference on SIDS
  17-19 July 2013, Baie Lazare, Seychelles

• Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2014 Third International Conference on SIDS
  10-12 July 2013, Nadi, Fiji

• Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2014 Third International Conference on SIDS
  2-4 July 2013, Kingston, Jamaica

• High-level Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the SIDS (MSI+5)
  24-25 September 2010, UN Headquarters, New York

• Mauritius International Meeting
  10-14 January 2005, Port Louis, Mauritius

• BPOA+10 second round of informal informal consultations briefing note
  7,8 and 11 October 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• BPOA+10 Informal Informal Consultations Briefing Note
  17-19 May 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• SIDS Preparatory Meeting for BPoA +10
  14-16 April 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• BPOA+10 PrepCom Briefing Note
  15 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York

• SIDS Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year Review of the BPOA
  26-30 January 2004, Nassau, Bahamas

• UNGASS Review and Appraisal of Implementation of Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS
  27-28 September 1999, UNHQ, New York

• Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS
  25 April - 6 May 1994, Barbados

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