Annual General Assembly nrg4SD’s General Assembly is taking place on the 4-5 March 2019 in Bilbao, under the auspices of the Government of Basque Country in their capacity of Vice-President for Europe. In this framework, nrg4SD is holding open thematic sessions on the 5 March at 10:30 onwards. The thematic sessions will touch base with…
At CBD COP 14, the Conference of the Parties adopted a preparatory process for the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework which included, among other elements of work, the organization of regional consultations to ensure all relevant perspectives and visions are considered in the new framework on biodiversity, to be adopted in 2020, in…
Interview with Mr. Constant Y. ZANGO, President of Alliance Technique d’Assistance au Développement (ATAD) on behalf of the Centre Nord Regional Council, Burkina Faso nrg4SD: The Centre Nord participated in the COP24 parallel event of the Marrakech Partnership, “Integrated climate action for low-carbon and resilient societies“, in order to provide essential information to strengthen the ambition of…
The United Nations extended the deadline for the online consultation on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under review at the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). This year, the HLPF (9-18 July) will finalize the first cycle of thematic reviews with in-depth analysis of SDG 4 (education), SDG 8 (decent work and economic…
Ahead of the 2019 sessions of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) has launched a call for submissions of good practices, success stories and lessons learned in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The call is open for Major Groups and other…
Africa Climate Week 2019 will convene in Accra, Ghana, 18-22 March 2019 under the theme “Climate Action in Africa: A Race We Can Win”. Specifically, the event will focus on how engagement between Parties to the UN-led international process to address climate change and non-Party stakeholders can be further strengthened in key sectors for Africa, including…
The Invasive Species Policy Summit will be held on Gaborone, Botswana on the 28 February 2019. The Invasive Species Policy Summit is being hosted by CABI and the Government of Botswana, with funding from the Government of the Netherlands. The goal is to bring together different stakeholders from the public sector, civil society, research and the…
Interview with Mr. Ferran Miralles, General Director of Environmental Policies and Biodiversity, Government of Catalonia nrg4SD: In 2016, Catalonia was host to the International Conference on Biodiversity “Subnational Governments for Biodiversity: Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (ABT)”. After two years of this event, how has Catalonia advanced on its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the…
nrg4SD’s annual General Assembly will take place on the 4-5 March in Bilbao, back to back with the International Conference on Climate Change “Change the Change” on the 6-8 March in Donostia/San Sebastian. Both events are being organized under the auspices of the Government of the Basque Country, nrg4SD’s Vice-President for Europe. The “Change the Change”…
The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an important roadmap to set the world onto an ambitious path, promoting an integrated approach to 17 goals and 169 targets of different thematic areas. The achievement of the SDGs will only be possible with the contribution and involvement of local and regional governments. Many…