inFO news 44– November 2016. COP22 UN System Side Event

inFO news 44– November 2016. COP22 UN System Side Event

Joining Forces to Achieve SDG15 16 November 2016

Year of publication 2016

Pages 6p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) On 16 November, FAO, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank Group and the UN-REDD Programme joined forces to co-host a COP22 event “Joining Forces to Achieve SDG15: Delivering on the global agenda for forests, climate and development”. Their collective aim was to highlight global collaborative actions being implemented at the country level to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, in particular, to meet the SDG 15 t argets by 2030.

Meeting Session Number COP 22

Language English

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