Forum events

With insight into how to invest in sustainable forestry and regenerative agriculture as well as a look at how a nature-positive investing can work across real estate, bond, and equity portfolios, this is a key opportunity to understand how to achieve biodiversity and net zero goals whilst generating robust and diversified financial returns for the institutional investor.

Building Bridges is a joint initiative, launched in 2019 by Swiss public authorities, the finance community, the United Nations and other International partners to accelerate the transition to a global economic model aligned with the SDGs.

At the core of the initiative is the recognition that the scale and complexity of the transition require “building bridges” between multiple stakeholders in the finance, government, and  international development communities.

UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is hosting its Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Latin America and Caribbean on 30-31 January 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia. This important event will convene 400+ UNEP FI member banks and insurers, investors, supporting institutions, policymakers, academia and civil society to explore the next steps and actions needed to mainstream sustainable finance in the region.

Speakers and participants will discuss the role of banking, insurance and investment in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable future in the region. The event will highlight the finance industry’s responses to global issues like climate change, biodiversity loss and plastic pollution. Participants will further address important topics including advancement of sustainable finance frameworks and taxonomies, next steps in the Principles for Responsible Banking, implementing the Principles for Sustainable Insurance, how technologies can help integrate sustainability in the sector, promoting financial health and inclusion, and the opportunities of the circular economy for the region, among other important topics.

The event will be held in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be convened from Monday, 14 July, to Wednesday, 23 July 2025, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Monday, 21 July, to Wednesday, 23 July 2025, as part of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC.

The theme of the HLPF is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”.

The 2025 HLPF with full appreciation for the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Sustainable Development Goals, will conduct in-depth reviews of: SDG 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; SDG 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; SDG 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all; SDG 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; and SDG 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Net Zero Week is the UK’s official national awareness week, uniting stakeholders crucial for achieving net zero by 2050 and ensuring the security and affordability of Britain’s energy. Organized by Binary Carbon, a digital-only media organization, you can engage in the live and online conference. Hear from a diverse array of experts, including academics, scientists, policy influencers, trade associations, and solution providers. In 2023, they attracted over 3,000 delegates.

Un­der the theme From Sci­ence to Ac­tion, the third World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum  brings to­geth­er re­searchers across all dis­ci­plines of bio­di­ver­si­ty sci­ence with prac­ti­tion­ers and so­ci­etal ac­tors to ex­plore how to move from sci­ence to ac­tions and so­lu­tions to con­serve bio­di­ver­si­ty and set us on a path to­wards trans­for­ma­tion for sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

The third World Bio­di­ver­si­ty Fo­rum will be held as an in-per­son event, once again at the Con­gress Cen­tre in Davos, Switzer­land. The WBF will start with a day of work­shops, train­ing ses­sions and net­work­ing meet­ings on 16 June 2024 and end with ex­cur­sions in the beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings of Davos and its moun­tains on Fri­day, 21 June 2024.

The UN Forum on Forests is a functional commission of ECOSOC with universal membership. Since its establishment in 2000, the Forum has set many milestones including the first UN Forest Instrument in 2007, the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) in 2015, and adoption of the first UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 and its six Global Forest Goals in 2017.

During the recent Adaptation Committee meeting (AC24), the AC assessed at great length how to most effectively deliver on the vision of the Forum in a way that facilitates the collaboration and partnerships needed to advance adaptation. Given the key outcomes that are expected on the first global stocktake and the two-year Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation at COP28/CMA5, as well as the time needed to robustly capture the outputs from all of the AC dialogues held during the four UNFCCC Regional Climate Weeks, the Adaptation Committee has decided to change the dates of the Adaptation Forum to take place from 18 to 19 March 2024 in conjunction with AC25.

These new dates allow the Adaptation Forum to better take into account the outcomes from COP28/CMA5, utilize the information from the regional climate weeks, and allow for greater engagement from AC members, observers, and a broader range of civil society engagement. The Adaptation Forum will also be an opportunity to highlight and celebrate ten years of work under this workstream.

From 7 March to 8 March, this summit will bring together 10,000 climate action professionals. The event will allow you to:

• Affirm your position in favor of the ecological transition and position your organization on the European scene,
• Find one or more accessible solutions to your ecological transition challenges thanks to the Exhibitors’ Village
• Unite your regional, national and international teams internally around your strategic issues thanks to its hybrid format and bilingual content (French – English)
• Support your commercial ambitions by taking part in our targeted initiatives and our BtoB off and online networking platform,
• Meet the local actors to anchor your organization in a regional ecosystem

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) kicks off the year with its 2024 Partnership Forum on the theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions.” The Forum will focus on five main Sustainable Development Goals: namely Goal 1 (no poverty); Goal 2 (zero hunger); Goal 13 (climate action); Goal 16 (peace and justice); and Goal 17 (partnership for the Goals).

The plenary and SDG action segments will be broadcast via UN Web TV.