The 2023 ECOSOC Financing for Development (FfD) Forum will be held from 17 to 20 April 2023 at UN Headquarters, New York. The 2023 FfD Forum will provide a platform for inclusive, multi-stakeholder dialogue to address the current global challenges and advance policies for financing long-term sustainable development priorities, in line with its mandate laid out in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. 

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Theme of the 2023 SDGI Fair: Making deals happen: Catalyzing Capital for Resilient and Sustainable Recovery (April 18-20, 2023).

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如果发展中国家现在行动起来，它们有望赶上方兴未艾的绿色科技浪潮，以更好地发展经济、应对气候变化。联合国贸发会议发布的《2023年科技和创新报告》呼吁各国政府加大力度推动绿色行业的创新、技能建设和投资，改革国际贸易规则，帮助发展中国家保护新兴的绿色行业。

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In many countries, women and girls have the primary responsibility of managing household water supplies and sanitation. Yet due to water scarcity, corruption and high prices for vital period products, many women are paying the high price for a lack of government action on water, sanitation and hygiene. Hear what policies and investments are needed to provide gender quality.

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According to UN Water, a quarter of today's global population – 2 billion people – use unsafe drinking water sources. Half of humanity – 3.6 billion people – live without safely managed sanitation. And three out of ten people – 2.3 billion – lack basic handwashing facilities at home. 

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The Business Leaders' Open Call for Water Action will be a key private sector contribution to the Water Action Agenda with at least 100 companies joining in a shared vision of direct pathways for impact. From setting contextual water targets to investments in collaborative financing vehicles, the Open Call sets a clear destination and provides a tangible roadmap to get there.

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Access to clean water, energy and food production, and ecosystems are under increasing pressure from different global processes, such as a rising global population, rapid urban and economic development, changing diets and climate change.

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The SDG Investment Fair (1-2 December 2022) is a global platform that connects stakeholders and brokers investment opportunities in emerging and frontier markets. It consists of matchmaking and investor exchanges, project pitches whereby bankable investment opportunities are presented to global investors, and capacity building activities.

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The SDG Investment Fair (1-2 December 2022) is a global platform that connects stakeholders and brokers investment opportunities in emerging and frontier markets. It consists of matchmaking and investor exchanges, project pitches whereby bankable investment opportunities are presented to global investors, and capacity building activities.

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Stakeholder consultation on the preparation of the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development" 2018–2028.

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