This week's events in #SustainableDevelopment
🏝️ 3-4 June | Island States Ocean Summit | Japan
Promoting evidence-based, climate-resilient #SustainableOceanPlanning & management.
🔗https://t.co/Z6rZVBZM0X
♻️ 5-7 June | #ZeroWaste Forum | Türkiye
🔗https://t.co/RvW92JaPC1
Join next Regional Dialogue on Sustainable Ocean Development from @UNSW x @UMT_Official
Global experts will examine how nature-based solutions are core resilience assets, and the methodological, institutional, and financial shifts needed.
🔗Register: https://t.co/PzWLfGuIXG
Join us as we explore the benefits of #BlueCarbon ecosystems beyond carbon sequestration.
We'll be joined by expert guests from @wef@OceanAccounts@UNDPVietNam and @UMT_Official
🔗 Register: https://zoom.recognised/register/WN_vf8YjPbOSZ-YdKvgnO8MNA
Only 26% of countries regularly report data on plastic waste generated. Sri Lanka is working to change that.
Since 2024, @UNSW_CSDR is supporting 🇱🇰gov, local councils & communities to develop data systems needed for effective #plastic waste policy.
▶️ https://t.co/vlc5tu0iXC
2/2 Regional Dialogue 8: Blue Carbon and Nature-Based Solutions: Counting Protection, Not Just Carbon
Experts from @wef@UNDPVietNam@UNSW_CSDR@UMT_Official explore financing nature-based solutions as core resilience assets, not just carbon offsets.
🔗https://t.co/nhMZpIxXv3
⏰One month until 3rd World Ocean Assessment (#WOAIII) launched!
#WOAIII provides global picture of how the #ocean is governed, changing & the affects on people, economies and nature.
CSDR Director, @liza__jane is one of 580 contributing experts.
👀 https://t.co/eE5HyPcKv9
🗓️ This week's events in #SustainableDevelopment!
11-12 May | @OECDdev Conference on Future of International Development Cooperation | France & livestreamed
▶️https://t.co/1hmoYF3E3P
🌲 11-15 May | 21st Session of UN Forum on Forests (#UNFF21) | USA
🔗https://t.co/rAsDHPHBlQ
📢 NEW PAPER: national vision to advance #OceanLiteracy in Australia 🇦🇺
As recognised in Australia's National Marine Science Strategy 2026-36, ocean literacy 🟰 key for informed, engaged society for our changing #ocean.
▶️https://t.co/jkY49kgltI
2/2 🌏Webinar. Bogor and beyond: outcomes of South to South Ocean Accounting Exchange 2026 and what comes next
@OceanAccounts unpack key outcomes from #SthSthExchange and how Global South countries will drive #SustainableOceanDevelopment.
🔗Register: https://t.co/824Q0I627F
1/2 Events this week!
🌍28-30 April | 12th Africa Regional Forum on Sus Dev | Ethiopia
🔗https://t.co/8R6TDHw6V1
⚡28-29 April | 1st Conference on Transition Away from Fossil Fuels | Colombia
🔗https://t.co/m8qcHCL8SZ
♻️30 April | #PlasticsTreaty Informal HOD Meeting | Online
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🤝21-22 April | #UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development | Switzerland
🔗https://t.co/ql3lTcHl72
🌏22-24 April | Central Asian Regional Ecological Summit | Kazakhstan
🔗https://t.co/O5PezXNgNT
1/3 It's a big week for #ClimateChange, #SustainableEevelopment and regional partnership! We've summarised the events to follow around the world
👀Which events are you following?
⚖️23 April | #G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting | France
🔗https://t.co/pDCgztvDza
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💰20-14 April | #ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up 2026 | USA
🔗https://t.co/Zwlm8Rn7pF
💸 21-23 April | 2026 #SDG Investment Fair | USA
🔗https://t.co/wHCkLbvnTL
🌐 21-22 April | 17th Petersberg Climate Dialogue | Germany
🔗https://t.co/5dCkV9m5na
📊 How to plan for 58 Material Recovery Facilities across Sri Lanka? Start with data.
NSWMSC, @giz_gmbh & @ColomboUni, @UNSW_CSDR trained 100+ local council officers in #WasteAudits
Officers & local gov can now gather data for decision-making independently
🗓️ #SustainableDevelopment events this week:
🌎 13-17 April | 2026 Latin America and Caribbean Regional Forum on Sustainable Development | Chile
Forum incl. in-depth review of #SDGs + support for VNRs ahead of UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (#HLPF)
"Accurate data is as valuable as gold" - Dr Randika Jayasinghe, Ocean Accounts Fellow - Plastics and Waste Specialist on @ITNNewsSinhala Sri Lanka discussing critical role of data in #plastics waste management & governance.
🎬 Watch (in Sinhala): https://t.co/yvpCjiwDcW
🏝️Fiji ensures waste management based on evidence - highlights from recent waste audits
Led by @PRF_FOUNDATION, #WasteAudits revealed
♻️ Mainland sites contain many recoverable materials
🔥 Outer island communities face challenges in waste management
🔗 https://t.co/Zuz606otjy
🌊NEW PAPER - understanding financial landscape for #HighSeasTreaty@UNSW_CSDR reviewed cost data from comparable initiatives & found ❌env agreements are chronically underfunded. Using existing treaty budgets as benchmark risks replicating this gap.
▶️https://t.co/YU5Bse0DAQ