Capacity Development

Documents Concept Note (updated as of 14 August 2025) Agenda (updated as of 25 August 2025) Background The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1) recognized children, young women and men as critical agents of change for implementation of the SDGs. Around the world, young people are…

Documents Concept Note (updated as of 29 July 2025) Background Countries across Africa are facing growing challenges in managing increasing volumes of waste, improving service delivery, and transitioning to circular economy models that support sustainable development. Through recent scoping missions…

Documents Concept Note (updated as of 4 July 2025) Report of the Training Workshop Background Existing data shows that the year 2024 had record high greenhouse gas level emissions. Climate change is a threat multiplier with the potential to worsen some of humanity’s greatest challenges, including…

Description The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and…

Description World Environment Day is a global event held every year on 5 June, jointly organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the host country. In 2025, World Environment Day will be jointly hosted by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and UNEP at and around the Jeju…

Description The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2025 will convene from 13 to 16 May 2025 at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In its ninth edition, WCEF will explore the potential of tropical solutions for sustainable growth, the power of the regenerative economy and the strategies of a…

Documents Concept Note (updated as of 18 April 2025) Agenda (updated as of 28 April 2025) Agenda - French (updated as of 28 April 2025) Project: Water in the World that We Want Report: 2025 SDG6 PSS Africa Regional Workshop Background The world is now at a defining moment in its commitment to manage…

Documents Concept Note and Agenda (updated as of 16 June 2025) Final Report (updated as of 16 June 2025) Background Humanity currently generates approximately 2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year and waste generation rates could increase by more than 73% by the end of 2050. Waste…

Documents Concept Note and Agenda (updated as of 14 March 2025) Outcome Report Background Taking urgent action for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the climate crisis With five years remaining before 2030, the world remains off track in meeting the majority of the Sustainable…