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mb-3">The third UN Ocean Conference cohosted by France and Costa Rica will be held on 9-13 June 2025. The conference will focus on accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/4th-international-conference-small-island-developing-states-54500"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/background_image/2023-12/antigua_and_barbuda_1_0.png?itok=rUcQqcC9" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/4th-international-conference-small-island-developing-states-54500"> <span class="card-date">27 May 2024, Antigua and Barbuda</span> <h4 class="card-title">4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are in the crossfires of multiple crises: climate change, the economic and social repercussions of COVID-19, and a crisis of debt. The pandemic hugely impacted all island nations, especially those dependent on tourism. Global lockdowns left large holes in islands’ coffers and severely set back efforts to invest in the Sustainable Development Goals.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/un-water-conference-2023"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2023-01/adobestock_63507523_web.jpg?itok=cCgnJexx" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/un-water-conference-2023"> <span class="card-date">22 Mar 2023, New York, USA</span> <h4 class="card-title">UN 2023 Water Conference</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">Water is a dealmaker for the Sustainable Development Goals, and for the health and prosperity of people and planet. But our progress on water related goals and targets remains alarmingly off track, jeopardizing the entire sustainable development agenda. The 2023 UN Conference on the Water Action Decade was co-hosted by the Government of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Conference became a significant milestone in the history of the United Nations to advance internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/un-ocean-conference-2022-34704"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2021-12/screenshot_20211201-150459_advanced_web_explorer.jpg?itok=behyIr6l" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/un-ocean-conference-2022-34704"> <span class="card-date">27 Jun 2022, Lisbon, Portugal</span> <h4 class="card-title">UN Ocean Conference 2022</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">The UN Ocean Conference 2022, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, came at a critical time as the world was strengthening its efforts to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/second-global-sustainable-transport-conference-24554"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2021-10/transport2-home-banner.jpeg?itok=_iW3dvn-" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/second-global-sustainable-transport-conference-24554"> <span class="card-date">14 Oct 2021, Beijing, China</span> <h4 class="card-title">Second Global Sustainable Transport Conference</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference was held from 14 to 16 October 2021 in Beijing, China. It provided an opportunity to focus attention on the opportunities, challenges and solutions towards achieving sustainable transport objectives. It followed up on the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference, held in 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and indicated a way forward for sustainable transport to help achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/ocean-conference-24546"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2020-07/ocean2020about3.jpg?itok=D1o3HsnY" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/ocean-conference-24546"> <span class="card-date">5 Jun 2017, New York</span> <h4 class="card-title">The Ocean Conference</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">High-level UN Conference to Support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/global-sustainable-transport-conference-7388"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2020-07/turk.jpg?itok=d0bb0lb1" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/global-sustainable-transport-conference-7388"> <span class="card-date">26 Nov 2016, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan</span> <h4 class="card-title">Global Sustainable Transport Conference</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3"></p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/united-nations-sustainable-development-summit-2015-24547"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2020-07/ga-summit.png?itok=gyTE8yJ6" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/united-nations-sustainable-development-summit-2015-24547"> <span class="card-date">25 Sep 2015, New York</span> <h4 class="card-title">United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda was held from 25 to 27 September 2015, in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly.</p> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom news-03 col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <a href="/events/third-international-conference-small-island-developing-states-6885"><img class="card-img-top" src="/sites/default/files/styles/sdgs_news_thumbnail/public/2020-07/apia.jpg?itok=fUid1d2o" alt="new image"/></a> <div class="card-body"> <a href="/events/third-international-conference-small-island-developing-states-6885"> <span class="card-date">1 Sep 2014, Apia, Samoa</span> <h4 class="card-title">Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States</h4> <p class="card-text mb-3">The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States was held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014. 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