Diary of key sustainable development meetings 2021


January 2021

7th-15th IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France
16th-18th Sustainable Energy for All Forum, Kigali Rwanda

February 2021

22th-26th United Nations Environment Assembly, Nairobi

March 2021

22-27th 9th World Water Forum, Senegal

April
25-20 UNCTAD 15 Bridgetown, Barbados
May 2021

3rd  Partnership Forum, New York
4th-5th Multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable             Development Goals, New York 
6th-7th Development Cooperation Forum, New York
17th-30th Convention on Biological Diversity, Kunming 
31st-6th UNFCCC First sessional period (prepcom), Bonn

July 2021

1st UN Food Summit (date TBC)
5th-9th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), Bonn 
6th- 12th High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened under the auspices of the Council, New York
13th-16th The high-level segment of the Council, including the three-day ministerial segment of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, New York
19th-30th Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Basel and Stockholm Conventions, Geneva

September 2021

12th -29th 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76), New York


October 2021


31-5th Minamata Convention COP4, Bali Indonesia 

November 2021
1st-12th UNFCCC COP26 Glasgow

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