Key upcoming events on women’s economic empowerment and climate transitions
| Timeline | Milestone / event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 15-19 April 2024 | United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Sustainability Week: a series of high-level thematic dialogues and events on the following themes: Global Stocktaking on Sustainable Energy; High-level Thematic Event on Sustainable Tourism; Informal Dialogue on Building Global Resilience and Promoting Sustainable Development through Infrastructure Connectivity; High-level Meeting on Sustainable Transport; and High-level Thematic Debate on Debt Sustainability and Socio-Economic Equality for All. | New York, United States |
| 16-18 April 2024 | UN Women, UNDP and UNFCCC Africa regional workshop to inform national and global level planning processes on the climate agenda, bringing together gender and climate workers from UNFCCC, governments and civil society. | Nairobi, Kenya |
| 19-21 April 2024 | World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meeting: cross-stakeholder dialogues to discuss current world challenges and how to respond to promote growth, equity and prosperity for all. The schedule and speakers have yet to be posted. | Washington DC, United States |
| 28-29 April 2024 | World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development: dialogue with over 700 leaders from all sectors and industries on leveraging global cooperation for economic development, promoting a more sustainable energy transition and furthering technological advancement | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 3-13 June 2024 | Bonn Climate Change Conference: traditionally these “interim negotiations” are of great importance in preparing for COP. The final review of the implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme and its GAP will begin at this conference, identifying progress, challenges, gaps and priorities. Submissions can be uploaded to the submission portal by 31 March 2024. | Bonn, Germany |
| 3-14th June 2024 | 112th Session of the International Labour Conference: bringing together the tripartite delegations from the International Labour Organisation’s 187 member States, this year’s agenda includes a general discussion on decent work and the care economy. | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 8-18 July 2024 | The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: The theme for the Forum is “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions” | New York, United States |
| 22-23 Sept 2024 | UNGA Summit of the Future. Aims to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including Gender Equality: “Advancing SDG 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment entails measuring unpaid care work, recognizing climate and pandemic impacts on vulnerable women, ensuring their financial access, combating gender-related disinformation, harnessing digital technologies for their benefit, promoting gender integration in global finance and putting women and girls at the centre of security and peace policies.” | New York, United States |
| 22-29 Sept 2024 | Climate Week New York City 2024: Run in partnership with the UNGA and run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York, last year’s themes were Built Environment, Energy, Environmental Justice, Transport, Finance, Sustainable Living, Nature, Policy, Industry and Food. | New York, United States |
| 2 Oct-22 Nov 2024 | 79th Session of the UNGA: the main policy-making organ of UNGA, the 79th Session will provide a forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the United Nations Charter. | New York, United States |
| 4-6 Oct 2024 | G7 Ministerial Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. No details available on G7 website. There are also Ministerial meetings on Climate, Energy and Environment, Labour and Employment, Justice, and Inclusion and Disability amongst others. | Matera, Italy |
| 21-25 Oct 2024 | World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings: cross-stakeholder dialogues to discuss current world challenges and how to respond to promote growth, equity and prosperity for all. | Washington DC, United States |
| 11-22 Nov 2024 | UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29): held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) assess progress in dealing with climate change. | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 18-19 Nov 2024 | G20 Summit: The theme of this year’s summit is “Building a Just and Sustainable World”, where 19 sovereign countries, the European Union and African Union will discuss how to address major issues related to the global economy. There are a number of working groups, including the Employment Working Group, Trade and Investment Working Group, Women’s Empowerment Working Group, and the Sustainable Finance Working Group. There is a Calendar of working group meetings from now until the summit. | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 10-21 Mar 2025 | Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) 69 / Beijing+30: the main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. | New York, United States |
| 10-21 Nov 2025 | UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30): held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) assess progress in dealing with climate change. | Brazil |