The overarching objective of the project is to construct a coherent vision of sustainable development in the 21st century, which will contribute to the success of the Rio+20 conference. The project, ...

Two decades after the Earth Summit, the importance of effectively engaging these nine sectors of society was reaffirmed by the Rio+20 Conference. Its outcome document "The Future We Want" highlights ...

The Republic of Rwanda released its Green Growth and Climate Resilience National Strategy for Climate Change and Low Carbon Development in October 2011. The Strategy aims to build upon work that is ...

Targeted energy efficiency measures can contribute to deliver 50 percent of the emission reductions required to put the world on a 2 C pathway by 2020 according to the International Energy Agency. The ...

In September 2015, the Member States of the United Nations committed themselves to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (herein the 2030 Agenda) containing 17 Goals and 169 Targets, most of ...

Food Africa Project is an innovate public-private partnership between the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG Fund) , Sahara Group- a member of the SDG Fund Private Sector Advisory ...

1. An assessment of the situation regarding the principle of “ensuring that no one is left behind” at the global level The current pressures on land resources are huge and expected to continue growing ...

1. Energy is central to achieving the goals of sustainable development. 2. The magnitude and scale of energy needs facing the world today in relation to sustainable development can be gauged by the ...

At the UNCSD's first Preparatory Committee in May 2010, several delegations requested that the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, the ...

The purpose of this guidebook is to support organizations and partnerships to maximize the value created by collaboration towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The guidebook deconstructs what ...

Sustainable Energy for All is about driving actions and mobilizing commitments to positively transform the world's energy systems. The Secretary-General's High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for ...

This training and guiding tool for reviewing and improving educational policy and practice, using Education for Sustainable Development perspectives, seeks to assist Member States and stakeholders in ...