Uncsd Update :UNDP, BSEC launch Black Sea Climate and Business Initiative

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Latest News – 4 March 2013

UNDP, BSEC Launch Black Sea Climate and Business Initiative

1_March_2013: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) launched the UNDP Black Sea Climate and Business Initiative (CLIMBIZ), a regional partnership for action on sustainable development in the Black Sea region, and the CLIMBIZ Challenge, with the support of the Austrian Development Cooperation and BSEC. continued…

States Hold Second Meeting on Format, Organizational Aspects of HLPF

1_March_2013: UN Member States and Permanent Observers discussed further the format and organizational aspects of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), in the second open-ended informal meeting convened by the two co-facilitators for the process, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy, and Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Permanent Representative of Brazil. The meeting took place at UN Headquarters in New York, US, on 1 March 2013. continued…

FAO and CGIAR Partnership to Increase Collaboration on Research and Innovation

28_February 2013: A new five year Memorandum of Understanding between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has been signed to help the FAO provide the CGIAR with advice on agricultural research priorities.continued…

IFI Leaders Pledge Stronger Collaboration with UN for Post-2015 Agenda

27_February 2013: The leaders of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) issued a joint statement on 26 February 2013, regarding the need for greater coordination between the main international financial institutions (IFIs) and the UN, if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be achieved by 2015. continued…

Sierra Leone, AfDB Collaborate to Mainstream Green Growth

27_February 2013: Sierra Leone, with technical assistance from the African Development Bank (AfDB), announced that it has intensified its commitment to mainstream green growth into development plans, following a recent AfDB mission to the country. continued…

UNSG Releases Advance Report on Lessons Learned from CSD

21_February 2013: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, fulfilling a mandate from the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in resolution 67/203, has released an advance unedited version of a report titled “Lessons Learned from the Commission on Sustainable Development” (CSD). continued…

SE4ALL Newsletter Highlights IRENA Support for SE4ALL Initiative

February_2013: The January 2013 newsletter of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative highlights outcomes of the January meeting of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and updates on SE4ALL initiatives and collaborations.continued…

Sustainable Development Policy & Practice Calendar: Current & Upcoming Events
E-discussion on Energy and Means of Implementation	virtual	25 Feb – 8 Mar
CITES COP 16	Bangkok, Thailand	3 Mar – 14 Mar
Inter-Agency Workshop on Employment and Social Inclusion in a Green Economy	Turin, Italy	4 Mar – 5 Mar
CSW 57	New York, United States of America	4 Mar – 15 Mar
Second Meeting of UNOSD Steering Committee	Incheon, Republic of Korea	5 Mar
Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century	Bogota, Colombia	5 Mar – 6 Mar
High-Level Consultation on Health	Gaborone, Botswana	5 Mar – 6 Mar
Expert Consultation on Knowledge and Capacity Needs for Sustainable Development in Post-Rio+20 Era	Incheon, Republic of Korea	6 Mar – 8 Mar
Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean	Bogota, Colombia	7 Mar – 9 Mar
High-Level Consultation on Population Dynamics	Dhaka, Bangladesh	11 Mar – 12 Mar
High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy: Towards More Drought Resilient Societies	Geneva, Switzerland	11 Mar – 15 Mar
Reorienting Technical and Vocational Education and Training Towards the Green Economy	San Jose, Costa Rica	11 Mar – 15 Mar
E-discussion on Integrating Energy into Post-2015 Development Framework	virtual	11 Mar – 22 Mar

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