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Upcoming Events
Symposium
Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium
Event
WINTER SCHOOL : Natural Capital, Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change, and Valuation of Ecosystem Services: A Commons Perspective
Event
Fourth International Young Scientist Forum on Climate Change
Event
Responding to Global Water Bankruptcy: Transforming Water Governance for Resilient and Sustainable Societies
Side Event
Water for Socio-Ecological Resilience: Integrated Landscape and Basin Governance for People and Planet
Training
United Nations University Program on Digital Technology and Sustainable Development
Conference
Dresden Nexus Conference 2027
Training
AI Research for Better Policy
Previous Events
Event
Science Talk: Arctic Land-Ocean Interactions and Biogeochemical Processes
Using field expeditions and satellite remote sensing to track how rapid Arctic change is reshaping carbon flows between land, rivers and ocean.
Event
Food Systems Challenges and opportunities for enhancing health, enterprise and environmental outcomes
Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Health, Enterprise and Environmental Outcomes
Side Event
Towards Understanding the True Cost of Governance in Integrated Landscape Approaches
YEREVAN: This side event at CBD COP17 will discuss the funding gaps and investment challenges in integrated landscape governance.
Degree Defense
Event
EPRM Webinar
Join us for the EPRM Webinar on 27 October at 13:00 CEST
Side Event
Advancing the GBF through Local Action: Insights from COMDEKS Phase 4 and the Satoyama Initiative
YEREVAN: This CBD COP17 side event will highlight the role of community action for advancing the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Event
17th Asia-Pacific RCE Regional Meeting
ZHEJIANG, CHINA & ONLINE: The meeting will highlight education for sustainable development initiatives in Asia-Pacific.
Workshop
Funding for Sustainable Landscape Governance
YEREVAN: This CBD COP17 workshop will explore funding gaps and opportunities to strengthen investment in integrated landscape governance.
Side Event
A Reckoning of Subsidies and Incentives that Impact Socio-Ecological Resilience at the Level of Local Implementation
YEREVAN: This event at CBD COP17 will discuss how subsidies and incentives affect socio-ecological resilience at the local level.
Conversation Series
Global Governance in an Age of Polycrises: Towards a Second United Nations Charter
On 23 October 2026, UNU will host a conversation with Augusto López-Claros, Executive Director of the Global Governance Forum.