Sustainable Development and Climate Change dates 2025

• The Presidency of the European Union  Poland (January–June 2025), Denmark (July–December 2025), and Cyprus (January–June 2026). 
• South Africa takes over the Presidency of the G20
• Canada takes over the Presidency of the G7
• Iraq Chair of the Group of 77, In Geneva it is Peru

May

3rd Australian election

7-8 UN Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum), New York, USA

12 Philippines election

14-16 Informal Consultations of States Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement (ICSP/18): eighteenth round 

19-27 World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland

June

2-6 Global Platform for Disaster Rick Reduction, Genea, Switzerland (Overall Theme: Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today)

9-13 Third UN Ocean Conference, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France

16-26 62nd sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies ICOP29 preparatory meeting), Bonn, Germany

16-20 United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Ocean and the Law of the Sea – 25th meeting   

23-27 Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – 35th meeting 

TBD G7 Summit, Canada

30-3 Fourth International Conference Financing for Development, Seville, Spain

July

7-11 World Summit on Information Society +20, Geneva, Switzerland 

14-23 UN High-Level Political Forum

23-31 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15)

 July 28–30, UNFSS+4  in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

August

5-14th Plastic Convention INC 5.2 will take place at the Palais des Nations Geneva. 

18-29 BBNJ PrepCom II, New York, USA

September

8 Norway election

9-23  80 ^{th  UN General Assembly,} New York, USA

22nd  Opening of the High-Level Segment

21-28 New York Climate Week, New York, USA

October

17-19  World Bank Group/IMF Annual Meetings, Washington, USA

28  Tanzania election

November                          

4- 6th UN World Summit for Social Development, Qatar

 6-7th UNFCCC Heads of State meeting

10-21 UNFCCC COP, Belem, Brazil

22-23 G20 Heads of State Summit, Johannesburg South Africa

December

8-12 UN Environmental Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya  (Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet)

9  General Assembly consideration of the agenda item on oceans and the law of the sea