The launch of the High Level Platform on sustainable energy investments in Africa will take place at the Africa Investment Forum (7-9 November) in Johannesburg on 8 November 2018. The session will gather high-level European and African public and private sector representatives to exchange views and information on how to boost sustainable energy investments in Africa. This EU-Africa joint initiative is part of the "Energise Africa" strategy, presented in an EU Communication on 4 May 2017 in the run-up to the AU-EU Summit in Abidjan in November 2017 and is in line with the recently launched EU External Investment Plan (EIP) and Africa's Agenda 2063.

One of the 2018 reference events on circular economy with leading representatives from the industry, European Commission, the financing sector and circular economy project promoters

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The WCEF presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and will bring together 1 000 key thinkers and doers from around the world.

Building on the success of the 2017 edition, the DEVCO Environment Week 2018 will aim to strengthen the capacity of staff in EU delegations and headquarters to promote environmental sustainability through policy dialogue, programming and investments.

The European Commission's DG for International Cooperation and Development will organise together with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs a High Level Luncheon on SDG 7 on 16 July during the ministerial segment of the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York. The HLPF on sustainable development is convened under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Protecting African Domestic Workers - Using surveys to integrate vulnerable populations

DG DEVCO C2 and C6 are organising a two-day training session on environment and climate change entitled "Towards Sustainable Development: Greening EU Development Cooperation" on 7-8 June in Brussels.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) together with the European Commission’s Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) flagship initiative will be hosting the International Conference on Resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya and GCCA+ Regional Stakeholder meeting (7-8 December) to develop solutions towards a sustainable future for Asia.

Every three years, Heads of States and Governments from Africa and the EU meet to take stock of progress made in the implementation of commitments and to provide political guidance for future work. In 2017, the theme of the summit will be ‘investing in youth’.

The Fifth Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) Annual Conference will be hosted by the World Bank on the topic of sustainable infrastructure. The Conference will take place at the World Bank in Washington DC, USA, November 27-29, 2017.

The Fifth Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) Annual Conference will be hosted by the World Bank on the topic of sustainable infrastructure. Infrastructure includes water supply and sanitation, flood protection, roads and transport, and energy and telecommunications. Infrastructure has major implications at the household level (health, education and social mobility), the business level (productivity, industrial development), and the global level (climate change, energy, forests, biodiversity and pollution). Ensuring affordable and reliable access to infrastructure remains a major challenge in developing countries, but one that is further complicated by both a changing climate and changing climate policies.

This year’s Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum will focus on investment, innovation and employment aspects of the fast-growing ocean-based industries, together with policies to protect and sustainably use marine and ocean resources and ecosystems. It will explore how economic development and conservation needs can be balanced successfully through innovations in established and emerging ocean industries, as well as marine spatial planning instruments.

Delegates from 197 nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines at the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). At the Conference, the Pavilion of the European Union will host a series of side events. The GCCA+ is planning for one of these events to focus on "GCCA+ work in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - Panorama of actions increasing resilience through transformational change”.

The 13th Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (13th APRSCP) is themed 'Enabling Sustainable Consumption and Production Towards Achieving Green Growth'. It is co-hosted by the Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production and ENSEARCH, and will be held on 24-26 October 2017 in Melaka. The 13th APRSCP is endorsed and supported by the Melaka State Government. For registration and more information, please visit the Ensearch website (http://www.ensearch.org/aprscp/) or contact Jenny/Nabiha at po@ensearch.org.

The 17th Meeting of the Parties (MOP) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) will serve to consolidate the strengthening of CBFP governance initiated under the EU Facilitation, adopt a set of medium term priorities (2018-2022) for the Partnership, consider proposals for annual CBFP priorities and take stock of coordination and harmonization of efforts to promote the Congo Basin’s forest ecosystems. It will provide a framework for promoting broader and fruitful dialogue between partners.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) will hold Global Green Growth Week 2017: Unlocking Africa’s Green Growth Potential (GGGWeek2017) at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Significant developments relevant to the SWITCH to Green initiative have occurred over the last 12 months, among others the organisation of joint activities with the SWITCH partners, including a first coordination meeting in September 2016 with key project counterparts. The meeting created momentum to join efforts and generated ideas for further networking and dialogue. The 2017 meeting planned on 10 October is a follow up of this previous event.

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the European Commission Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), under the framework of the EU Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) flagship initiative, are hosting the Caribbean Climate Change Conference aimed at integrating climate variability and change information into adaptation and mitigation actions in the Caribbean Region.

High-level conference on oceans policy, hosted by the European Union in Malta. Attendance by invitation only.