Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the high-level political dialogue of the Pacific Island Forum meeting, in Suva, Fiji, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to Māori and Pasifika youth at an event hosted by James Shaw, New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change, in Auckland today:

The Forum on Forests closed its fourteenth session today, approving a draft decision that its fifteenth session will be held at Headquarters from 4 to 8 May 2020, as well as a document containing that session’s provisional agenda — all to be sent to the Economic and Social Council for adoption.

Peace, prosperity, people, planet and partnerships: the principles at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are also what drive the new class of SDG Advocates, appointed today by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

Convening on the penultimate day of the United Nations Forum on Forests’ fourteenth session, delegates considered efforts to streamline sustainable forest management and respect for biodiversity across the work of Governments, regional groups and industries, with speakers diverging on the importance of ensuring a fully synchronized global approach to such endeavours.

A fully operational secretariat is essential for the Forum on Forests to fulfil its important mandate as the only global voice on policy, conservation and sustainable management of the world’s woodlands, delegates stressed today as they voiced concerns over proposals for its restructuring under broader reforms taking place in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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.