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2nd Open Science Conference: From Tackling the Pandemic to Addressing Climate Change
worldwide/virtualYou are invited to attend the Second United Nations Open Science Conference, From Tackling the Pandemic to Addressing Climate Change. This three-day virtual Conference will take place on 21-23 July 2021 and is organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable
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World Water Week 2021: Building Resilience Faster
worldwide/virtualWorld Water Week is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. Organized by SIWI, this year’s event will be held entirely online, in a new, digital format designed to ensure that people across the world can collaborate to find solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges. Under the theme "Building Resilience Faster," World Water
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[monthly meeting] NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
worldwide/virtualFriends; We greet you all as we begin a new year at the United Nations. We hope you have had a good summer break. Please join us at our first regular member meeting to kick off the new term. Click on the link below and respond and then you will get the Zoom link the
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Third Meeting of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Food Sovereignty
worldwide/virtualThe need to establish this Independent Forum was agreed at the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Consultation for the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) on May 29-30, 2021. Its focus is information sharing and discussion of strategies to strengthen the self-determined participation of Indigenous Peoples in UN bodies impacting Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and Right to Food.
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Climate and nature: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Securing an Equitable, Net Zero Emissions and Nature Positive World for All
worldwide/virtualDear friends and colleagues, On behalf of the Faith and Biodiversity UN Coordination Group, we are delighted to invite you to this hybrid events we are hosting and livestreaming at COP26 in Glasgow. This discussion will explore the role that faith-based organizations can play in advocating for strong action on climate and biodiversity. It will explore the theological
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NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular monthly mtg]
worldwide/virtualDear NGO colleagues & interested parties, Please consider yourselves cordially invited to join our regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on ___________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. For more information on
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International Declaration for Tuna Sustainability
worldwide/virtualThe International Declaration for Tuna Sustainability, a global and collaborative alliance promoted by Bermeo Tuna World Capital, brings together the world's leading tuna cities committed to sustainable tuna management and oceans sustainable development. Register here: unocvirtualevent.comIn this event, to be held on 28 June within the United Nations Ocean Conference, delegates from several cities in which tuna is a fundamental part of their economy
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Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
worldwide/virtualOn Wednesday, June 29, at 1pm ET, join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development for an official virtual side event of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference! A multilateral expert panel will discuss what blue and thematic bonds are, how they’re working in practice, and how to optimize them as building blocks toward a regenerative,
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NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [monthly meeting]
worldwide/virtualHello Dear Friends, Please find below the Zoom link for the next regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which will take place on September 15th from 1 pm to 3 pm. We look forward to seeing everyone and thank you for your support and dedication to the committee.
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UN 2023 Water Conference-Open Call for Side Events
worldwide/virtualPursuant to General Assembly decision A/RES/73/226 of 20 December 2018, the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action (UN 2023 Water Conference) will be held from 22 to 24 March 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The co-hosts are the governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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