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Both Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030 are non-binding plans intending to improve sustainable development around the world. Both include private enterprise.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - If the resolutions reached at the 8th session of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) which was held in Kigali, the Rwandan capital city, is anything to go by, Africa’s push for the realization of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063, may have been re-ignited for the continent.

As this week of intense work and commemoration draws to a close, let me thank Minister Espen Barth Eide, who served so ably as president of UNEA 5, and Minister Leila Benali, who has taken over the reins of UNEA 6.

As the resumed Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) gets underway, what can we learn about its role as a coordinator and catalyst for international environmental action?

The UN Environment Assembly opened its annual meeting February 28, 2022 in Nairobi. Youth took part in talks. Global treaty to control plastic tops the agenda.

Addis Ababa, 18 February 2022 (ECA) - The Eighth Session of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-8) will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on March 3 – 5, under the theme, Building forward better: A green, inclusive and resilient Africa poised to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.The theme is aligned with the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable

The month over month change in WPI for December 2021 stood at (-) 0.35 % as compared to November 2021.

VNRs can serve as key drivers of Africa’s efforts to achieve SDGs following COVID-19 Listen to article Brazzaville, Congo, March 2, 2021 (ECA) - The devastating effects of COVID-19 are being felt in all spheres of life, and in most cases, the pandemic has exacerbated poverty, hunger, violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups. However, African countries can strategically use available tools to steer their countries out of the depressing ripples of the pandemic, and the glob...

Brazzaville, Congo, March 2, 2021 (ECA) - The devastating effects of COVID-19 are being felt in all spheres of life, and in most cases, the pandemic has exacerbated poverty, hunger, violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups. However, African countries can strategically use available tools to steer their countries out of the depressing ripples of the pandemic, and the global sustainable development goals Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) have been identified as efficient tools...

North America ramps up collaboration to support Sustainable Development Goals Photo: Pixabay / 27 Jan 2021 In lead up to the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5), the United Nations Environment Programme’s North America Office (UNEP North America) hosted a series of six virtual consultation workshops on the theme of “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.” In partnership with MIT Solve, the World Environment Center, and ...