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The United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), supports the UN Member States in planning and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through knowledge sharing, capacity development, policy advisory, research, and partnerships with a particular focus on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Landlocked Developing States (LLDCs). UNOSD was established in Incheon, Republic of Korea in 2011 by the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Korea. UNOSD is part of the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

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UNOSD will organize the 7th GHG Inventory System Training Workshop from 15 to 18 July 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to provide intensive hands-on training on GHG inventories including a demonstration on the estimation of emissions and removals using the IPCC Inventory Software, reporting of emissions and removals using the ETF reporting tool and interoperability of IPCC software with ETF reporting tool for GHG inventories. The workshop is co-organized by UNOSD, UNESCAP, UNFCCC, IPCC, Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency - Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) and hosted by the Government of Kazakhstan.

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 held in Nice, France, from 9 – 13 June 2025. During the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, UNOSD will organize three side events to assess challenges and opportunities relating to, as well as actions taken towards, the implementation of Goal 14.

During the World Environment Day 2025, UNOSD will be organizing two side events on "Bridging Gaps, Empowering Change: Strengthening National Capacity, Evidence-based Policy and Finance to Implement a Global Plastics Treaty" and "Sustainable Future Forum: Advancing Zero Plastic Policies" on 4 and 5 June 2025 respectively.