Past Events
Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
10 July, 2019
Delegation of the EU to the United Nations

HLPF Side Event - Climate, Fragility and the SDGs: Lessons from Lake Chad

This side event will draw on lessons from the field and expert inputs to discuss the purpose and value of assessing linked climate and fragility issues in order to promote peaceful and sustainable development. Due to limited spaces available, please register by Friday 5 July.

Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
09 July, 2019 to 18 July, 2019
New York, NY

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019. The theme will be "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality".

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
09 July, 2019
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

HLPF Side Event - Driving Transformative Change: Foreign Affairs and the 2030 Agenda

The side event will address the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to foreign policy and international seucirty with the goal of better understanding how to leverage the SDGs to achieve core foreign policy objectives. Access the agenda here.

Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
30 June, 2019 to 01 July, 2019
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Secretary General Stocktaking Meeting

The United Arab Emirates hosted a stocktaking meeting in Abu Dhabi from 30 June to 1 July, 2019 in preparation for the UN Climate Action Summit in September, 2019.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
17 June, 2019 to 27 June, 2019
Bonn, Germany

Bonn Climate Change Conference

The 50th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) will convene in Bonn, Germany, from 17-27 June 2019. The Bonn Climate Change conference will address numerous implementation issues under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

Climate Diplomacy
Security
Global Issues
04 June, 2019
Federal German Foreign Office, Berlin

Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2019

The “Berlin Climate and Security Conference” on 4 June brought together leading figures from around the world to discuss the growing risks that climate change presents for peace and security. It is was hosted by Germany as part of its efforts to further integrate climate-related risks into the international security architecture during its two-year term as a UN Security Council elected member.

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.

Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
27 May, 2019 to 09 June, 2019
Global

Climate Diplomacy Week 2019

Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century, presenting risks to international prosperity and security. Securing international action in response is a key foreign policy challenge.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
14 May, 2019 to 16 May, 2019

Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is hosting the 2019 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development with the theme ‘From crisis response to peacebuilding: Achieving synergies’. The findings of a 2-year study on climate and fragility risks in the Lake Chad region will be launched at the Forum. The study provides recommendations for effective engagement in contexts affected by climate change and fragility.

Climate Diplomacy
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues

The aim of the event is to present and discuss a new essay series on the relevance of SDGs to foreign and security policy. In launching this series, we seek to underline the importance of using the SDGs to achieve core foreign policy objectives and engage in a dialogue with foreign policy practitioners on their role in delivering sound practices. 

Environment & Migration
Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
11 March, 2019 to 15 March, 2019
Nairobi, Kenya

Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4)

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. The Assembly meets biennially to set priorities for global environmental policies and develop international environmental law. This year’s theme is “Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production”.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Early Warning & Risk Analysis
Environment & Migration
Security
Global Issues
19 February, 2019 to 20 February, 2019
The Hague, Netherlands

Planetary Security Conference 2019

The PSC is the key global event on climate change and security, bringing together high-level policymakers, experts and practitioners to explore concrete actions on development, foreign and security policy to address interlinked climate-security risks in a holistic way. This edition of the PSC will focus on reviewing progress on climate-security action - you are welcome to contribute with your cases by completing our short survey.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Security
Europe

The European External Action Service, in partnership with adelphi and the Planetary Security Initiative, will host a side-event at COP24 aimed at tracking international progress in addressing climate-related security risks, as well as raising awareness on climate security among the COP community.

Sustainable Transformation
Water
Middle East & North Africa
10 December, 2018 to 17 December, 2018
Jordan, Israel & Palestine

Workshop on Middle East Water Security and Environmental Peacebuilding

The workshop is offered by EcoPeace’s Program for Water Security to connect EcoPeace’s experience in the Middle East with the capacity building needs of civil society organizations coping with conflict, poor governance and water insecurity worldwide. Through the Program for Water Security, EcoPeace seeks to create long-term partnerships with civil society organizations worldwide and create a global network of environmental peacebuilders.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Global Issues
03 December, 2018 to 14 December, 2018
Katowice, Poland

UNFCCC COP 24

The UN climate summits are global conferences, in the course of which action for climate policy is negotiated. This year's summit will include: 24. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), 14. Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 14) and the Conference of Signatories to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1).

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.

Climate Diplomacy
Europe
Global Issues
24 September, 2018 to 30 September, 2018
Worldwide

Climate Diplomacy Week 2018

Climate Diplomacy Week is a time, when EU Delegations around the world reach out to communities and partner organisations, highlighting positive global action and collaboration on climate change. 2018 saw two Climate Diplomacy Weeks: the first one from 18-24 June and the second one from 24-30 September 2018.

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.

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy
Oceania & Pacific
Asia
11 July, 2018 to 13 July, 2018
Resort World Sentosa, Singapore

Asia-Pacific Climate Week

Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2018 is designed to advance regional climate action. The ultimate aim of APCW 2018 is to support implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change and action to deliver on the SDGs.

Sustainable Transformation
Global Issues
09 July, 2018 to 18 July, 2018
New York City, USA

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

The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2018 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council will be held from Monday, 9 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Monday, 16 July, to Wednesday, 18 July 2018.

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