All 193 Member States of the Organization are represented in the General Assembly – one of the six main organs of the UN – to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations, such as development, peace and security, international law, etc. Every year in September, all the Members meet in this unique forum at Headquarters in New York for the General Assembly session, this is the 74th session. We will be in New York for UNGA, the climate & SDGs summit together with two of the Gender Just Climate Solutions Award winners from 2018, Trupti Jain and Dorothée Lisenga.
21 – 23 September, UN Headquarters
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the Climate Action Summit in late 2018, aware that global efforts to tackle climate change are running off-track – a fact underlined by the dire warnings in the IPCC 1.5°C report. He said he wanted a summit where leaders would only get to speak if they have plans in line with 1.5°C. It’s not the same as the annual COP: this will still take place in 2019, in Chile (COP25). Learn more about the climate summit.
24 – 25 September, UN Headquarters
Heads of State and Government will gather to follow up and comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event is the first UN summit on the SDGs since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015. Learn more about the SDGs summit.
2 – 6 September: Asia-Pacific Climate Week, Bangkok, Thailand
4 September: US general debate on climate, in NYC (at Colombia Uni maybe)
17 September: Opening of UNGA regular session
18-19 September: people’s summit on climate rights and human survival
20 September: Global Climate Strike: strikes in 150 countries registered, register your strike here.
20 – 27 September: Global Week of Action
21 September: Youth Climate Summit
21 – 25 September: Community Corner
22 September: Costa Rica will showcase the importance of gender commitments of climate summit by having stories shared inside UNHQ
22 September: Feminists solutions to end climate chaos event by Women & Gender Constituency
22 September: climate resilience event, inside UNHQ
22 – 25 September: NatureHub – co-convened by Nature4Climate and UNDP.
23 September: Universal health coverage meeting
23 September United Nations Climate Summit 2019, New York City
23 – 27 September: Action Zone – The UN Sec Gen office is setting up a large tent in the Rose Garden of the UN Compound for programs.
23 – 29 September: Climate Week NYC, United States – The Climate Group, an international nonprofit, runs Climate Week NYC each year in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York, and this year it will run in parallel with the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit.
24 September: Opening of the UNGA
24 September: Launch of a feminist green new deal event
24 – 25 September: UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
24 – 25 September: People’s Assembly (CCUN, NYC)
25 September: Global Alliance for the Future of Food event – one-day event will focus on climate and the global food system.
26 September: High-Level Dialogue on FFD
27 September: High-Level Review of SAMOA Pathway