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29 March 2023

APFSD Side Event

Actions to Harnessing Synergies between the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals: Enhancing City to City Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region

While most of the Asia Pacific region is not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement and SDGs, maximizing synergies between climate actions and the SDGs could help accelerate progress. The potential for synergies is particularly great in cities. In f

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20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

Promoting synergies at local level: Why are Local Governments strengthening synergies between climate agenda and sustainable development?

Recently, local and regional governments (LRGs) are actively engaging in both the climate agenda and the SDGs. In Japan, around 52% of local governments, which accounts for 932 local governments, have SDGs plans or activity promoting SDGs through...

Past Event

12 February 2020

10th World Urban Forum

Integrating and Localising Global Sustainability Agenda through Voluntary Local Reviews in Cities

This training event equips the participants with the knowledge, methodology, and tools to implement the VLRs and look at the VLRs from a critical point of view. It also touches issues of integrating climate action and the SDGs in cities.

Past Event

11 February 2020

10th World Urban Forum

VLRs Cities and Regions Networking & Match-making Event

Localization of SDGs needs to go beyond adapting global goals to the local level. Commitment and political will, as well as co-creation of solutions with communities to urgently address global challenges and objectives, requires serious effort...

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11 December 2019

UNFCCC-COP25 Side Event

Climate and SDGs Synergy Approach - Achieving Decarbonized Society and Securing Human Well-being -

The Paris Agreement and the SDGs were both adopted in 2015, and as such, they have a complementary relationship. We need to make sure that our efforts to proceed with both of these are carried out in an integrated manner. For example, the IPCC...

Past Event

28 March 2019

6th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development Side Event

Promoting Enabling Environment for Inclusiveness by Localizing SDGs

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised an official side event on 28 March 2019 titled “Promoting Enabling Environment for Inclusiveness by Localizing SDGs,” together with the Government of Japan (Ministry of the...