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Convention on Biological Diversity: Framework for a Communications Strategy Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) The document contains the Convention on Biological Diversity.It is a decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 
Policy Brief: The Impact of Covid-19 on Women Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic.Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex.This policy brief by the UN Secretary-General explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlines suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts. 
2016 UN Global Citizenship Education Seminar Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) 2016 UN Global Citizenship Education SeminarSeminar on “Global Citizenship Education: An emerging agenda for peace and preventing violent extremism and promoting sustainable development and human dignity”. This seminar was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Andorra, Croatia, Jordan and the Republic of Korea; and the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/Global Education First Initiative (UNESCO/GEFI), the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), the UN-Women, InterPress Service, and the Coalition for Global Citizenship 2030. 
[Video] Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR ) originated in the Rio + 20 outcome, when Member States were laying the groundwork for the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The negotiators knew that the Agenda would be complex, and unprecedented in ambition, and that the traditional siloed approach to development would not be adequate.They recognised the power of science to understand and navigate relationships among social, environmental and economic development objectives, and so they called for a report to strengthen the science-policy interface.In 2016, Member States decided that the report should be produced once every four years, to inform the quadrennial SDG review deliberations at the General Assembly, and that it should be written by an Independent Group of Scientists appointed by the Secretary-General. They mandated that the Group would consist of 15 experts representing a variety of backgrounds, scientific disciplines and institutions, ensuring geographical and gender balance. 
Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019: Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of sustainable finance. Prepared by more than 60 UN agencies, programmes and offices and other relevant international organizations, the report puts forward a set of policy recommendations for achieving tangible progress on financing for sustainable development in 2019 and beyond.The report warns that creating favorable conditions is becoming more challenging. Rapid changes in technology, geopolitics, and climate are remaking our economies and societies, and existing national and multilateral institutions -- which had helped lift billions out of poverty -- are now struggling to adapt. Confidence in the multilateral system has been undermined, in part because it has failed to deliver returns equitably, with most people in the world living in countries with increasing inequality.