EVENTS

The 2025 SEforALL Global Forum will be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All and the government of Barbados, led by Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

Under the theme of ‘sustainable energy for equity, security and prosperity,’ this year’s Forum will focus on catalyzing the actions and investment needed for countries to achieve their energy access, climate and development goals.

The Global Youth Climate Summit 2025 will bring together 500 youth from across the Global South and beyond to tackle the urgent challenges of climate change, deforestation, and species extinction.

Hosted at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil, the summit will expand young people’s knowledge of climate science, build their leadership skills, and support them in their climate action initiatives.

Through this summit, young leaders will gain the knowledge and tools they need to protect their communities and safeguard the ecosystems that all life depends on.

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum provides a platform for young people to engage in dialogue with Member States and other stakeholders to share their views and concerns, as well as galvanize actions and recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place.

The Forum will be guided by the 2025 theme of ECOSOC and the High-level Political Forum (HLPF): ‘Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind.’

France and Costa Rica will co-host the high-level2025 UN Ocean Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

The overarching theme of the Conference is “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14.

Shaping global climate action including diplomacy on the path to the annual international climate COP. As climate change becomes more central to increasingly complex geopolitics, trade, security and bilateral relations, LCAW has become a pre-eminent forum to discuss and shape the global conversation on the politics and practicalities of climate action.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is set to host the 62nd sessions of its subsidiary bodies at its headquarters in Bonn, Germany.

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development will bring together leaders of global financial institutions to discuss funding for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It will assess progress on development finance since the first International Conference on Financing for Development in 2002, address new and emerging issues, and explore how the international financial architecture can be reformed to achieve the SDGs.

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

The theme of the HLPF is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind”.

Zimbabwe will host the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention, which provides the framework for the conservation and use of wetlands and their resources. Almost 90 percent of UN member states are Contracting Parties.

Hosted by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Technology, the 13th ICSD 2025 aims to address the critical challenges of human, environmental, and economic sustainability in a global context.

This year’s conference theme is ‘Creating a unified foundation for Sustainable Development: research, practice, and education.’

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the largest gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders, and decision-makers in the world, shaping global priorities for nature conservation and climate change for the coming decade and beyond.

The IUCN Congress will address ways to deliver the Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted by over 190 countries at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference.

The World Congress on Agroforestry is an international event that brings together different stakeholders in agroforestry to exchange on the advancement of research and practices in agroforestry systems, natural resource management and climate change adaptation and mitigation for sustainable and resilient agro-ecosystems.

Under the main theme of Agroforestry for People, Planet and Profit, the 6th World Congress on Agroforestry 2025 will bring together leading experts to share their latest research, innovations, and practices in the field of agroforestry.

Last year, virtually no country left COP29 happy after a much watered-down deal on climate finance brokered by beleaguered hosts Azerbaijan. Will Brazil do better in charge of COP30?

The GLF will be hosting a side event and providing live coverage from COP30. Stay tuned for more detail.