Events
Toolkit for State and Local Climate Law
Organizers: SDSN USA hosting Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School; Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener Commonwealth Law School
The Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization project offers a public database and model law project to provide analysis, draft legislation, and best practices from around the country.
RegisterThreats to Biodiversity from Climate Change and the Energy Transition
Organizers: SDSN Andes
At the COP16, SDSN will host a panel to discuss the threats climate change poses to biodiversity and the associated risks of an energy transition that is not limited to sustainability principles.
Shaping Urban Futures: Insights from Young Leaders
Organizers: SDSN Youth
This event, hosted by SDSN Youth's Local Pathways Fellowship (LPF), brings together young urban leaders shaping the future of cities through innovative, community-driven solutions. The discussion will focus on key urban issues like climate action, inclusive development, and sustainable cities, all led by youth.
RegisterClimate Finance for Sustainable Regions and Cities
Organizers: SDSN Global Climate Hub
At the COP29, this session will focus on navigating this pronounced mismatch between traditional financing sources and projects related to green technology, mitigation, and adaptation. The session will provide an overview of novel financial instruments and funding schemes that are gaining importance for stakeholders in the climate sector.
Sustainability Performance and Metrics
Organizers: SDSN Global Climate Hub
At the COP29, this session will focus on the measurement, monitoring, and assessment of SDG performance in various sectors and at various scales. The session will explore various reporting mechanisms and their efficiency in supporting the decision-makers in their attempt to achieve SDG implementation at the national and international levels. The session will also showcase innovative approaches towards downscaling SDG measurement and assessment and how this can be applied at sub-national scales.
Systemic Pathways to Resilience
Organizers: SDSN Global Climate Hub
At the COP29, this session will explore sustainable pathways across the energy, land-use, and food sectors, using the latest modeling tools and insights from leading experts. A key focus will be the comprehensive integration of synergies across Integrated Assessment Models, central to the UN Global Climate Hub, whose workings and outcomes will be highlighted during the session.
RACC16 Statement - Oceans in Crisis: Impacts and Responses
Organizers: SDSN Global Climate Hub
At the COP29, this session will present an engaging discourse on the state of the global marine ecosystems, with a focus on the main challenges and impacts such as saline ingression with sea level rise, land, and food production, rapidly declining yields of fisheries, and significant changes across various sectors of the "blue economy."
Skills for the Transition
Organizers: SDSN Global Climate Hub
At the COP29, this panel will explore the HUAWEI-White Paper: Twin Skills for the Twin Transition, which identifies the new green and digital skills required for the development and deployment of net-zero technologies. The report also highlights how Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems, alongside universities, will play a critical role in closing the skills gap by integrating green and digital skills into educational curricula.
Navigating Through Time with GIS: Featuring Ages of Globalization
Organizers: SDGs Today and the Center for Sustainable Development
Calling all students to come celebrate GIS Day with SDGs Today and the Center for Sustainable Development! This year, we will be featuring one of our favorite courses: the Ages of Globalization. Want to learn more about how you can engage with the maps and data offered as part of the course? Join us on November 20, 2024, at 9 AM ET for a virtual session filled with exciting hands-on GIS activities!
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