Environmental issues and sustainable development

Underscoring the importance of forest and nature education, as well as the need to mobilize private sector action, speakers today shared sustainability lessons as the United Nations Forum on Forests continued its annual session.

Convening two years after the adoption of a landmark strategic plan for the planet’s woodlands, the United Nations Forum on Forests opened its fourteenth annual session today amid renewed commitments to expand forest cover, reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and improve the lives of some 1.6 billion forest‑dependent people around the world.

The third edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Festival of Action wrapped up at the weekend, completing three days of inspirational exchanges, learning and co-creation by more than 1,700 participants from all over the world.

The global community gathered at the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany, today to reiterate its commitment to accelerate action on the Goals.

Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks to the Leaders’ Round Table on Promoting Green and Sustainable Development to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in Beijing today:

Thanks to their education, millennials are much more attuned to environmental issues and can play a crucial role in creating a sustainable future, India’s representative said today as the 193‑nation General Assembly commemorated International Mother Earth Day.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the closing of the Economic and Social Council’s forum on financing for development follow-up, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening session of the Arab Forum on Sustainable Development, in Beirut today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the high-level conference on “Sustainable Europe 2030:  From Goals to Delivery”, in Brussels today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a press briefing to launch the 2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report, in New York today: