The G20 Summit, formally known as the “Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy”, is the “premier forum for international economic cooperation”, agreed by leaders at the Pittsburgh Summit in September 2009. G20 represents more than 80% of the global GDP and seeks to achieve robust global economic growth and address a wide range …
2019 presents a range of the opportunities to discuss the synergies between the climate and sustainable development agendas in the context of the incoming High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in July and the HLPF Summit in September, the Climate Summit, the SAMOA Pathway Mid-Term Review, and the Mid-Term Review of the Vienna Program of Action for …
The UNDP has issued the “Guidance Note: Institutional Context Analysis for the Sustainable Development Goals” that follows the common approach to supporting the 2030 Agenda on “Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support” (MAPS), developed by the United Nations Development Group. The Institutional and Context Analysis (ICA) assumes that the implementation of a given policy succeeds when …
The economic model of developing countries is often based on natural resources exploration, often at the expense of environmental quality and society. Strong economic and demographic growth in emerging markets (80% of the world population) over the past decade has helped to lift up of the poverty millions of people but has often led to …
OECD: Emerging market economies need to accelerate the green growth transition Read More »
The 2030 Agenda raises issues in terms of the orientation of IPR systems towards the needs of sustainable and inclusive development, says the UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2018: “Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development”. Many emerging technologies have the potential to make a major contribution towards achieving the SDGs across multiple areas, but require …
.As the global population grows from 7 billion in 2010 to a projected 9.8 billion in 2050, coupled with growing purchansing power in developing countries, overall food demand is on course to increase by more than 50 percent, and demand for animal-based foods by nearly 70 percent. Creating a Sustainable Food Future, a multiyear partnership …
The EU is acceding to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the protection of appellations of origin and their international registration (‘the Geneva Act”). Geographical indication is a global phenomenon. more than 8.000 GIs currently recognized in the various jurisdictions around the world. In spite of differences in approach and legal tradition, all …
EU will accede to WIPO Agreement Raising GI Protection Read More »
On 6 March 2019, the Secretary-General will chair the Annual Meeting of the Members of the OECD Council and Partners on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The meeting brought together over 65 governments from the OECD and its Partner countries, as well as international organizations, to share national experiences in the implementation of the …
According to the 2019 The World Economic Situation and Prospects by the UNCTAD, essential transition towards environmentally sustainable production and consumption is not happening fast enough, and the impacts of climate change are growing more widespread and severe. Urgent and concrete policy action is needed to change the trajectory of the global economy towards a …
12.02.2019 Nourishing a growing world population while nurturing our planet requires landscape approaches that protect and sustainably use vital ecosystem services, sustain livelihoods and tackle food security challenges, while adapting to the impacts of climate change. The FAO’s Report on State of the World’s Forests 2018 provides detailed analysis aimed at capturing the contribution of …
FAO has published a new Report on Forests Pathways to Sustainable Development Read More »
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