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Cat VIII - Symposia
Cryosphere Changes Impacts and Adaptation in Central Asia: Case Studies from UNESCO Activities
This is one of the events organized by UNESCO during the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP28 in Dubai United Arab Emirates Venue Cryosphere Pavilion
Press release
UNESCO designates 8 new Global Geoparks
UNESCOs Executive Board has approved the designation of 8 new UNESCO Global Geoparks bringing the number of sites participating in the Global Geoparks Network to 177 in 46 countries Two new countries Luxembourg and Sweden this year join the Global Network with the designation of their first geoparks
Press release
UNESCO names 18 new Geoparks
UNESCOs Executive Board has endorsed the addition of 18 sites to the UNESCO Global Geoparks network This brings the total number of geoparks to 213 in 48 countries
News
Global cooperation for accelerating inclusion and equality in water
Participation of the Multistakeholder Coalition at the 10th World Water Forum in Bali Indonesia
Publication
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024: Water for prosperity and peace
Water security leads to prosperity and peace while the hardships of conflict are amplified through water
Press release
UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves
91麻豆国产精品自拍 approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 11 countries including Belgium and Gambia for the first time and two transboundary biosphere reserves The other new biosphere reserves are located in Colombia Dominican Republic Italy Mongolia the Kingdom of the Netherlands the Philippines Republic of Korea Slovenia and Spain With these new biosphere reserves covering a total area of 37 400 km? equivalent to the size of the Netherlands the World Network of Biosphere Reserves now totals 759 sites in 136 countries
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Scientists and policymakers tackling complex issues at the nexus of science and diplomacy
Science diplomacy is a broad way of describing how scientific teamwork between nations can solve societal problems and improve international relations and how diplomacy can open doors for scientific cooperation
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Open Hydrology
The Open Hydrology framework mainstreaming Open Science principles into hydrology
Event
Cat VIII - Symposia
Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference
Third HighLevel International Conference on the International Decade for Action Water for Sustainable Development
SDG4 Knowledge Hub
Closing the global SDG4 financing gap: Accelerating sustainable financing solutions for education
The? Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development FfD4 convened by the United Nations from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Seville Spain constitutes an important milestone to assess progress made towards the Addis Ababa Agenda address emerging development finance issues advance the SDGs and support reform of the international financial architecture Its outcome document is expected to include actionable items related to the international financial architecture reform to finance the 2030 Agenda domestic public resource mobilization private business and finance international development cooperation international trade debt and debt sustainability systemic issues and governance science technology and innovation and data and monitoring In order to secure educations strategic positioning in the conference agenda and outcome document the SDG4 HighLevel Steering Committee, elaborated a set of key messages for the FfD4 for dissemination and influencing The Financing Policy Brief Series has been prepared by the Interagency Task Force on Financing for Development to inform the substantive preparations for the FfD4 The Interagency Task Force on Financing for Development is comprised of more than 60 United Nations Agencies and international organizations The policy briefs in this series were not subject to review by Task Force Members and represent the views of the authoring organizations
SDG4 Knowledge Hub
Improving the use of evidence for education policy, planning and implementation: strategic review
Policymakers use solid and reliable data and evidence to ensure that countries progress towards their education targets and understand policies and programmes that could improve their educational outcomes However the use of evidence is still limited in many countries due to two broken feedback loops Between researchers and policymakers and between global and local levels? This strategic review analyses the current practice and challenges in evidence use It also provides recommendations for the Sustainable Development Goal 4 HighLevel Steering Committee to promote evidencebased policy formulation and implementation as a critical lever for countries advancement towards their education targets The review draws on a global survey individual and group interviews and a comparator case study with the public health sector It reveals that there is a surplus of research and evidence sources in education the survey respondents identified 654 organizations and initiatives The review calls for reforming existing research and evidence utilization practices by promoting the use of locally relevant evidence fostering partnerships and building regional bridges between global and local levels It also recommends using advocacy and resource mobilization to support these activities
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Futures of Education, learning to become
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Benchmarks: the forgotten commitment for accelerating progress towards SDG4