• Overview
  • Participation
  • Day 1: 12 Sep
  • Day 2: 13 Sep

Date:  12 - 13 September, 2024

Location:  Museu do Amanhã  ‘Museum of Tomorrow’, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

The One Planet Network Forum - a platform for cooperation and thought leadership to accelerate the implementation of the Global Strategy on Sustainable Consumption and Production and SDG12 - will this year take place during the G-20 in Rio de Janeiro, co-organized with the Government of Brazil.

The One Planet Network Forum 2024 will focus on the theme, ‘Reducing Inequalities and Achieving Just Transitions for All Through Sustainable Consumption and Production, Including Through Circular Economy’.

This two-day event promises to be an immersive experience on concrete solutions for reducing inequalities and fostering just transitions for all through sustainable consumption and production, with a spotlight on the transformative power of the circular economy.

Featuring thematic sessions co-organized with strategic partners, plenary sessions, a high-level segment, an agora exhibition space, and compelling networking opportunities, the Forum will bring together a range of participants from diverse sectors, geographies, and focuses.

Thematic Sessions

The Forum will feature nine thematic sessions created by strategic partners of the One Planet Network. These sessions will showcase solutions on: 

  • Public and private finance for socially effective investments public finance
  • Creating opportunities for all through green skills and decent jobs
  • Empowering the informal sector and enhancing social protection through circular economy
  • Securing environmental and human health and addressing obstacles to development through circular and fair value chain.
  • Advancing a sustainable built environment that reduces vulnerabilities through inclusive approaches
  • The role of cities and local governments in promoting well-being, sustainable consumption, and lifestyles.
  • Solutions for effective product sustainability information to consumers
  • Achieving sustainable food systems through public procurement and fair value chain.

To learn more about OPN FORUM 2024 visit the website

Follow this link to download the One Planet Network Forum 2024 Agenda Overview detailing both the main stage events and the parallel Agora sessions taking place throughout both days of the Forum.

 

Agenda

OPN Forum AGENDA DAY 1

 

Participation in the Forum will be comprised of both invited guests and those selected by application, and will come from a diverse range of geographies, sectors, and focuses, including:

  • Member States and International Organizations Representatives and Officials
  • High-level invited speakers
  • Youth Representatives
  • Private Sector leaders and practitioners
  • Local Brazilian groups, entrepreneurs, and indigenous representatives
  • Academia and scientists
  • Local authorities

How to participate

Applications are being sought for in-person participation of the One Planet Network Forum 2024.Registrations are nearing the capacity limit for the venue and will close soon. If anyone else is coming to the Forum from your organization, please remind them to register as soon as possible.

Click here to visit Indico - the UN event registration platform - to complete your application. 

As this is a high-level United Nations event, the UN event platform requires details of your organization and identity, please be ready to upload a copy of your passport and a portrait photograph of yourself.

Applications are processed on a rolling basis. If you have any questions, please contact oneplanet@un.org

Session 1: Sustainable food systems

Unlocking the barriers to sustainable food systems transformation: Inclusive and equity-sensitive actions at the nexus of climate, biodiversity and nutrition

Session 2: Financing for a just transition

Blend the gap: public and private financing for a just transition to sustainable consumption and production

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Session 3: Regenerative economy through circular design 

How to build a regenerative economy through circular design

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Session 4: Circular Economy and Waste Management

Circular Economy and Waste Management: Ensuring a Just Transition

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Session 5: Green Skills and Decent work 

Empowering Youth through Sustainable Skills and Decent Work for a Just Transition

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Session 6: Digital tools for SCP

Harnessing digital tools to empower consumers and SMEs for Sustainable Consumption and Production

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Session 7: Sustainable and inclusive tourism

Tourism reimagined: towards sustainable, low carbon, regenerative and inclusive operations

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Session 8: Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable lifestyles approaches for a fair and sustainable consumption space for all

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Session 9: Sustainable cities

Sustainable cities movement in BRICS

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Session 10: Sustainable public procurement

Sustainable public procurement in the construction and ICT sectors

 

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Session 11: Circular built environment

Action to Shift the Built Environment from Linear to Circular

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