Events | Events Archive

2026

• October

  • International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2026

  • World Food Day 2026

  • Meeting of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management

    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • TESS Annual Conference on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development (TCSD) 2026

    Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs

  • Programme of Work and Budget for 2026–2027 & Status of Contributions (Parties only) | Minamata Online

    Minamata Convention on Mercury

  • Online Symposium | Driving Climate Commitments toward a Just Transition

    Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue

  • Facing Extreme Heat in Europe: Reviewing Summer 2026 – Preparing for Summer 2027

    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Switzerland

  • From Evidence to Investment: The Systemic Challenges Facing Nature-based Infrastructure

    International Institute for Sustainable Development

  • Policy Briefs on Global Water Governance by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

    Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council

  • World Standards Day 2026

  • International E-Waste Day 2026

  • 95th session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy | Transport

    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • Mercury from Contaminated Steel in the Oil and Gas Industry: Challenges with Analysis, Waste Treatment, Disposal and Recycling | Hg in Steel – Learning from Global Approaches

    UNEP Global Mercury Partnership

  • How Well Are National Climate Plans Protecting Health? Launching the GCHA Healthy NDC Scorecards

    Global Climate and Health Alliance, Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva Global Health Platform, Geneva Environment Network, Climate Solutions for Health Lab, Wellcome Trust, Clean Air Fund

  • From COP17 to COP18 and beyond: Finding Common Ground on Drought

    Integrated Drought Management Programme

  • 2nd Dialogue, From Resolution to Action: Advancing Circularity and Material Efficiency Across Minerals and Metals Value Chains

    United Nations Environment Programme

  • 87th session of the Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Land Management

    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • Resilient housing in a changing risk landscape – A Geneva roundtable for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2026

    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UN-Habitat, Global Cities Hub - Geneva, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • When Home is Lost: From Prevention to Durable Solutions for Disaster Displacement

    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, International Organization for Migration, Platform on Disaster Displacement

  • From Knowledge to Action: Communication for a Safer World

    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Switzerland

  • E-waste Refurbishment, Repair and Repurpose: Towards Zero Waste Goals to Protect the Environment and Human Health – Celebrations for International E-waste Day 2026

    Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

  • GESDA – The Anticipation Summit 2026

    Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator

  • Rethinking UN Financing in the UN80 Context: A Spotlight on Pollution

    Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, Geneva Environment Network

  • Global Roundtable | Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Stockholm Convention Implementation

    United Nations Environment Programme, Global Environment Facility, Green Growth Knowledge Partnership

  • International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2026

  • Nature as Urban Infrastructure: Local Solutions to Heat, Flooding and Fires | Forum of Mayors 2026 Side Event

    Global Cities Hub - Geneva, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Geneva Youth Festival – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Launch of 2026 Swiss Academies’ Report | Commodity Trade and Sustainable Development

    Geneva Graduate Institute, Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development, Swiss Academy of Sciences

  • Advancing Chemicals and Waste Management in the Construction Sector: From Action to Collaboration under the GFC Construction Sector Implementation Programme

    Global Framework on Chemicals

  • Inter-Organization Coordinating Committee (IOCC) Meetings

    Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals

  • IGF 22nd Annual General Meeting

    Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development

  • 60th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations

    World Health Organization

  • 17th meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC-17)

    Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

  • Table ronde « Le nucléaire, une technologie d’avenir ? »

    Institut national genevois

  • 12th session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights

    Human Rights Council

  • 6th meeting of the UN Forum of Mayors (2026)

    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  • Plant your Pledge: Trees in Cities at the Forum of Mayors | 2026 Forum of Mayors

  • 16th Meeting of the InforMEA Steering Committee

    United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

  • Women Farmers Contribution to the SDGs at Global Level

    International Federation of Social Workers

  • UN80 Exhibition Launch at the Fab

    Geneva Graduate Institute

  • Catalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals: New Opportunities in Organic Synthesis – Prof Paul Chirik

    University of Geneva

  • Geneva Peace Forum 2026

    Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

  • Accountability in Global Value Chains | 12th OEIGWG session on TNCs and OBE Side Event

    Coopération internationale pour le développement et la solidarité, Franciscans International, FIAN International

  • Want to Shape the Future of Energy? Build Your Career in Green Hydrogen

    Geneva Graduate Institute

  • Outcomes of the 22nd meetings of the Chemical Review Committee and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

    Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

  • World Migratory Bird Day 2026

  • Mobilisation citoyenne contre l’autoroute A412

    actif-trafiC, Pro Velo Switzerland, Association transports et environment Genève

  • La Nuit est Belle ! Edition 2026

    Grand Genève, Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Société Astronomique de Genève

  • Partage ta science – 2026

    European Organization for Nuclear Research

  • Building on Progress, Rethinking What’s Next:Innovation for Agrifood Systems Transformation

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Liaison Office in Geneva, Switzerland