Past Events
Adaptation & Resilience
Global Issues
25 January, 2021 to 26 January, 2021
Online

Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

At the online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on 25 and 26 January, hosted by the Netherlands, global leaders will launch a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda. It will set out clear commitments to deliver concrete new endeavours and partnerships to make our world more resilient to the effects of climate change. 

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Diplomacy
Development
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
07 July, 2020 to 16 July, 2020
UN Headquarters, New York City

High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development 2020

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will convene the 2020 session of the HLPF from Tuesday, 7 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020. Following the first five-days, the HLPF's three-day ministerial segment takes place jointly with ECOSOC's high-level segment from Tuesday-Thursday, 14-16 July 2020. The ECOSOC high-level segment concludes on 17 July 2020.

Land & Food
Global Issues

In 2021, on a date to be determined, the UN Secretary-General will convene a Food Systems Summit with the aim of maximising the co-benefits of a food systems approach across the entire 2030 Agenda and meeting the challenges of climate change.

Land & Food
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
03 June, 2020 to 05 June, 2020
Online

Global Landscapes Forum Bonn Digital Summit

“Food in the time of crises – how to feed the world without eating the planet?” That is the title for this year’s Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) digital conference, which will be broadcasted from Bonn, Germany.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Security
Water
Asia

Climate change poses a growing security risk in Central Asia and Afghanistan, where it has a particularly severe impact on glaciers and natural resources such as water, land and soil. As part of a preventive and stabilising foreign policy, the Federal Foreign Office launched Green Central Asia, a regional initiative on climate and security in the region on 28 January 2020.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Sustainable Transformation
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East & North Africa
07 October, 2019 to 09 October, 2019
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

African Climate Risks Conference 2019

Africa is vulnerable to natural variations in climate and human-induced climate change. Adapting to these impacts is key to achieving Africa’s development targets, and requires a coordinated and synergistic approach from a diverse range of actors across sectors, as well as better understanding of the drivers of risk and vulnerability. The African Climate Risks Conference (ACRC) is an open platform for sharing the latest African climate research among researchers, policy makers, practitioners and development partners.

Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Conflict Transformation
Energy
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
31 July, 2019 to 01 August, 2019
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Humanitarian Energy Conference 2019

The Humanitarian Energy Conference (HEC) is a new global event that convenes the broad community of actors and initiatives worldwide working to improve and expand energy access for displaced and crisis-affected people.

Adaptation & Resilience
Cities
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Water
Europe
29 May, 2019 to 05 June, 2019
Europe

European Sustainable Development Week 2019

The European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) is a European-wide initiative to stimulate and make visible activities, projects and events that promote sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On this occasion, the Federal Foreign Office and 23 international embassies in Berlin, Germany, are engaging with the 2030 Agenda on the theme "Diplomacy for Sustainability" and will present their work on the SDGs.

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Capacity Building
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Development
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Lake Chad Basin is currently suffering one of the world’s greatest humanitarian crises with approximately 10.7 million people in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. Over the past two years a team of experts led by adelphi has been conducting an assesment of the climate and fragility risks affecting the region in order to identify responses which can address the linked causes and drivers of the crisis.

Adaptation & Resilience
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Global Issues
13 May, 2019 to 17 May, 2019
Geneva, Switzerland

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is a biennial multi-stakeholder forum established by the UN General Assembly to review progress, share knowledge and discuss the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Energy
Environment & Migration
Land & Food
Security
Water
Central America & Caribbean
Global Issues
29 April, 2019 to 14 June, 2019
Mexico City, Mexico

ECC Exhibition in Mexico

The exhibition Environment, Conflict and Cooperation (ECC) shows the unprecedented environmental pressures and climate extremes that the world faces today. The ECC Exhibition in Mexico is being organised by GFLAC and adelphi. It is supported by a grant of the German Federal Foreign Office and is part of the Climate Diplomacy initiative.

Adaptation & Resilience
Capacity Building
Oceania & Pacific
Asia
17 October, 2018 to 19 October, 2018
Manila, Philippines

6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

The 6th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum is scheduled to convene in Manila, the Philippines, from 17-19 October 2018. 

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Sustainable Transformation
South America
17 October, 2018 to 20 October, 2018
Santiago de Chile

2nd Climate Week Chile

Chile's rich environment has been increasingly suffering under extreme weather events and contamination. Climate mitigation and adaptation plans throughout the world can help curb this trend, and 2nd Climate Week Chile seeks to gather these initiatives under one roop to discuss and exchange.

Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Energy
Environment & Migration
Land & Food
Security
Water
Global Issues
Asia
24 September, 2018 to 14 October, 2018
Jakarta, Indonesia

ECC Exhibition in Indonesia

The “Environment, Conflict and Cooperation” (ECC) exhibition visualizes the dramatic and growing impact of global environmental change. It demonstrates how climate change can threaten the security of the Asian continent, and showcases how climate, environment and sustainable development cooperation can contribute to stability and peace. Dealing with themes such as water, natural resources and climate change, the exhibition shows how environmental degradation and resource scarcity can spark conflict and create new security risks.

Adaptation & Resilience
Civil Society
Conflict Transformation
Development
Land & Food
Water
Sub-Saharan Africa
03 September, 2018 to 04 September, 2018
Berlin, Germany

High Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region

The High Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region will be held in Berlin at the German Federal Foreign Office from 3 to 4 September 2018. Germany will be co-hosting the event with Nigeria, Norway and the United Nations.

Energy
Land & Food
Sustainable Transformation
Water
Global Issues

The German Federal Foreign Office and adelphi co-organized the side event “Global Resilience Agenda: A Foreign Policy Perspective on the SDGs” on 17 July 2018 at the High Level Political Forum 2018, which took place in the German Permanent Mission in New York. The event sought to deepen the understanding of the SDGs and geopolitics and the particularities of each region. A range of high-ranking officials from the UN and national governments joined the event, as well as experts from academia and civil society.

Adaptation & Resilience
Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Climate Change
Conflict Transformation
Development
Environment & Migration
Forests
Land & Food
Minerals & Mining
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Water
Global Issues
North America
09 July, 2018 to 19 July, 2018
Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, USA

ECC Exhibition during the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development

The Exhibition on Environmnent, Conflict and Cooperation (ECC) highlights the unprecedented environmental pressures and climate extremes that the world faces today. It was recently updated to encompass topical issues of sustainable development and peace, including the 2030 Agenda. adelphi's ECC Exhibition is shown during the HLPF 2018 by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations with support by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of the Climate Diplomacy Initiative.

Adaptation & Resilience
Climate Change
Global Issues
18 June, 2018 to 21 June, 2018
Cape Town, South Africa

Adaptation Futures 2018

Adaptation Futures 2018 provides an opportunity for international networking and dialogue with more than 1000 participants from academia, government, civil society and business, all aiming to take climate adaptation forward.

Adaptation & Resilience
Cities
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Energy
Sustainable Transformation
Europe
30 May, 2018 to 05 June, 2018
Europe

European Sustainable Development Week 2018

The European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW) is an initiative to facilitate the organization of activities that promote sustainable development across Europe. On this occasion, 10 embassies in Berlin, Germany, are engaging with the 2030 Agenda on the theme "Diplomacy for Sustainability" and organising innovative events around the SDGs.

Climate Change
Energy
Land & Food
Water
Global Issues
16 April, 2018 to 18 April, 2018
North Carolina, USA

Nexus 2018: Water, Food, Energy and Climate

The conference will look at the health-related Nexus issues recognizing that with climate change these will increase. It will look at the migration and mobility as governments and stakeholders start to develop the Global Compact on Migration over the next two years.

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