Despite holding 60% of the world’s best solar resources, #Africa attracts less than 3% of global clean-energy investment and over 600 million people still lack reliable electricity. #SustDev
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Despite holding 60% of the world’s best solar resources, #Africa attracts less than 3% of global clean-energy investment and over 600 million people still lack reliable electricity. #SustDev
Where did environmental negotiations deliver last year?
Our new edition of the State of Global Environmental Governance unpacks the hits and misses of 2025
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#sustdev #multilateralism
Monday marked the opening of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi — the first major global #AI summit of this scale to be hosted in the Global South, and a signal that the conversation about who shapes AI governance is shifting.
https://ow.ly/pNCq50YgRuA
#AIforGood #GlobalGoals #SustDev
The most important #AI innovation for #SustDev may be small: affordable, offline-capable, and built for real public services. The World Bank is centering “small AI” at next week's India AI Impact Summit (Feb 16-20). This event will be livestreamed here: https://ow.ly/CPfQ50Yfkix
The #ISPCWP1 adjourned without agreeing to any decisions.
The meeting will resume some time in the future to try again to operationalize the newest science-policy panel focused on #chemicals, #waste, and #pollution.
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#science #sustdev
One year into U.S. foreign aid cuts and the most damaging impacts are the systems that quietly stopped working, and the trust that evaporated with them. A new Devex / The Aid Report brief tracks 348 documented impacts. #Sustdev #DataForGood #SDGs
📖 Read the full report: https://www.theaidreport.us/
#SustDev aid cuts are forcing big funders to make harder choices in 2026. The Gates Foundation says it’s narrowing priorities to 3 “North Star goals,” with at least 70% of long-term giving focused on preventing maternal/child deaths and tackling major infectious diseases.
https://ow.ly/qzZM50Y8oBS
Just published: Devex Who's Who of global #Sustdev https://www.devex.com/news/devex-power-50-111644
Close-up of two men sitting at a table and having a discussion at COP 30. Text overlaid reads, "New article. Global Engagement in 2026. Five areas to watch.
For many in the #climate space, 2026 isn’t just about doing more with less: It’s about fewer doing the work of many
Our experts identified five areas of global engagement to watch this year. 👀 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46coJcf
#SDGs #SustDev #Multilateralism
Devex at #Davos - catch up on important #sustdev trends from #WEF26 https://www.devex.com/focus/wef
Find #WEF26 conversation on #GlobalGoals #ImpInv #Sustdev #AIforGood & more
Prioritize your list of #SustDev sessions to follow at #WEF26 with this helpful guide: medium.com/sdg-counting/tracking-sd...
We are updating our list of top #SocialImpact events to follow in 2026. What's on your radar?
👇Comment below
medium.com/startingupgood/social-im...
#Socent #impinv #Sustainability #SustDev #GlobalGoals #SDGs #AIforGood
Patricia Fuller sits at a table and looks into the camera. There is a microphone and a nameplate labeled "IISD" on the table in front of her. Text overlaid reads, "New article. What's Next for Sustainable Development in 2026: A Q&A with Patricia Fuller, IISD President and CEO."
As governments confront rising misinformation, constrained budgets, & intensifying climate risks, the need for evidence-based policy has never been greater.
Patricia Fuller outlines the opportunities and challenges that will shape #SustDev in 2026: https://bit.ly/4jmgsrT
Participants at the #GMGSF called for urgent global action on systemic threats driving environmental challenges and said peace, justice and equity are prerequisites for sustainable development
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#UNEA7 #OECPR7 #environment #sustdev
#COP24Med just concluded in Cairo. UNEP/MAP's Tatjana Hema thanked participants for their commitment and cooperation, looking back at "a very successful meeting." COP President Ali Abo Sena, Head of the Egyptian Env Affairs Agency, closed the meeting at 6pm. #Mediterranean #SustDev @unep.org
#COP24Med just adopted its 15 Decisions, including on compliance&reporting, governance, Med. Strat. for #SustDev, upgraded Ecosystem Approach Policy, Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance, and marine pollution from ships. The Cairo Ministerial Declaration was adopted yesterday.
Development isn't about dropping off a bag of cash; it's about putting wind in local sails. John Simon introduces "Total Impact Notes"—a way to invest directly in local intermediaries and empower real growth.
🎥 https://ow.ly/fCbN50XAoaJ
#SOCAP25 #ImpactInvesting #SustDev
US surprises many #sustdev proponents with a $4.6B pledge to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which accounts for 33% of The Global Fund's $11.34B total funding
www.devex.com/news/global-fund-raised-...
Still in early stages, the negotiating process on the UN Framework Convention on International #TaxCooperation is trying to increase domestic resource mobilization for #sustdev and other assistance, including by tightening global #tax practices
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/un-framework...
Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, Vice Chair IPCC, highlighted two central messages from the report
• aligning #climateaction with #sustdev increases efficiency and saves money
• targeted investments are needed to ensure that benefits reach groups and places that need them most
How does linking #climate action with #sustdev priorities save money, improve results, and support communities?
Experts at a #COP30 side event shared new research that identifies practical ways countries can achieve more by acting on both
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unlocking-cl...
At the midpoint of the three-day #IGFAGM, delegates considered examples of successful policies and practices in sustainability standards, rehabilitation of mine lands and environmental policies
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/igf-agm-2025...
#Mining #CriticalMinerals #sustdev @iisd.org
Group picture at the opening of the Second World Summit for Social Development
Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly
At #WSSD2 Tuesday, world leaders adopted the Doha Political Declaration, reaffirming their commitment to a more just, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world by addressing social challenges including poverty, unemployment, and exclusion
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/world-summit...
#SDGs #sustdev
The #IGFAGM noted the global rush for #criticalminerals used in renewable energy and electric vehicle tech could benefit developing countries—but only if they can implement appropriate policies regarding licensing, taxation and benefit sharing
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#mining #sustdev
📢 Deadline extended! Submit your proposal for the #Trade + #Sustainability Hub 2026 by Nov. 7, 2025.
Held alongside @wto.org #MC14 from March 26-28 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this is your chance to shape global dialogue on how trade can deliver for #SustDev.
🔗: iisd.swoogo.com/trade-and-su...
1 Eine Grafik des Designers David Carson. Inhalte, Form, Farben, Optionen, Haltung, 2 Verdichten an den zentralen Punkten: das innovative Projekt des niederländischen Architekturbüros MVRDV 3 Sicht über die herbstliche Straße des 17. Juni, links der Bundestag, Wirtschaftshochhaus in der Friedrichstraße, Fernsehturm am Alex und Brandenburger
Berlin.
↑ EXPO 2035
↑ Olympia 2040
als Werkzeug eine ↑ Internationale Bauausstellung IBA 2028-38 Architektur, Städtebau Brandenburg-Berlin
↑ Wohnen, Alltag, Education, Infrastruktur, Kultur, Nahrung
↑ 800 Jahre Party Berlin
17 Nachhaltigkeitsziele #SustDev; #Davos Deklaration Baukultur. Werte.
Devex launches The AID Report - a news site that captures the impact of US aid cuts in real time. Funded by the Gates Foundation, Devex asks all #sustdev practitioners to share their firsthand accounts about what's happening on the ground with Kelli Rogers at kelli.rogers@devex.com or via Signal.
Huang Runqiu, CCICED Chinese Executive Vice Chairperson and Minister of Ecology and Environment of China
Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Liu Shijin, CCICED Chinese Chief Advisor and former Deputy President of the Development Research Center of the State Council
Policy Research Dialogue
Experts from around the world gathered in Beijing at #CCICED2025AGM to focus on China's domestic work to achieve an ecological civilization, as well as its global influence in markets, supply chains and #sustdev efforts in partner countries
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/china-counci...
#China