2024 was marked by rising geopolitical tensions and a number of conflicts that have, rightly, taken much of the global community’s attention.  In addition, in 2024 a record number of people went to the polls. And while there were some bright spots, it was not an overly positive year for sustainability.

Coming off the monumental adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework in December 2022, the beginning of 2023 experienced a bit of a slow start but overall the year did end up delivering some important outcomes for sustainability.

It was a year of ups and downs for sustainability! Here are the big moments and highlights from 2022.

It was a big year for sustainability! Here are the big moments and highlights from 2021 related to climate, energy, health, nature and more.

2020 was slated to be the “Super Year for Biodiversity” but COVID flipped that expectation upside down. Now a variety of crucially important events are set to take place in 2021 that could shape the global nature agenda as we know it.