The Circular and Biomimicry Built Environment Group has opened on the SDG Community of Practice! This Group is a collaborative space for Circular and Biomimicry Build Environment enthusiasts under the SDGs.
The experience of the Saralbhanga River, which flows from Bhutan to India, shows the power of involving local people in river management.
The 13th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators will be held virtually in September 2020. The meeting is being organized by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and hosted by the Government of Thailand. Further details will be shared in due course.
In 2015, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the 2030 Agenda, it did so in a resolution entitled “Transforming our World”. The resolution reflected the depth and breadth of the ambitions that were encapsulated in the agenda. Governments went further in the Preamble to the resolution by declaring that they were “determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path.”
This webinar discusses what is needed to make green projects "bankable", the role of a guarantee in a green bond issuance, how rating agencies analyze bonds' credit standing, and what can be done to mobilize more capital through green bonds.
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SDSN and the Government of Finland are inviting interested people to an official HLPF side event on timely data for the SDGS!
Date: July 14, 2020
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 EDT | 14:00 to 15:00 CEST | 15:00 to 16:00 EEST | click for more time zones