Stockholm+50 will be an opportunity to highlight the environmental dimension of sustainable development and accelerate the implementation of international commitments in the context of the Decade of Action, the Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the Sustainable Development Goals as well as other UN initiatives, such as the Decades for Ocean Science and Ecosystem Restoration, including in the context of a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Meeting will also provide a platform to: take stock of the system-wide efforts undertaken by the United Nations in addressing the environmental agenda since the 1972 Stockholm Conference; reflect on related achievements and results; and develop future perspectives for coherent, coordinated action in going beyond planetary crises for the prosperity of a healthy planet, for all. 

Amongst other institutions, the United Nations Environment Management Group (EMG) has promoted programmatic collaboration and advanced the implementation of environmental activities through system-wide engagement of UN entities. The 51 members of the EMG Secretariat will be mobilized in the lead-up to reflect on- and leverage- opportunities to further the UN system’s contribution and engagement to support environmental multilateralism at global, regional and country level.

Against this background, the EMG, in close collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), will organize a 2-Part Nexus Dialogue Series on Stockholm+50 –to encourage consideration and reflection within the UN system on:

• Achievements and challenges encountered by the UN system in addressing the environmental agenda since the 1972 Stockholm Conference;
• Lessons learned and recommendations to impart on the future implementation of the environmental agenda, to benefit all levels of its stakeholders and leave no one behind; 
• How the environmental agenda has been integrated into, and implemented within, the 2030 Agenda, the SDGs, and other related initiatives and frameworks; and 
• The UN system’s aspirations and commitments towards accelerating programmatic mandates and actions that seek to ensure the best possible outcomes in going beyond the planetary crises for the prosperity of a healthy planet, for all.

There will be two online Nexus Dialogues in the Stockholm+50 series:

1. Taking Stock of Our Responsibility & Opportunity: 23 November 2021

Part 1: Taking Stock will engage EMG Members, in an open exchange, in reflecting on the journey over the last fifty years in pursuit of mainstreaming and implementation of the environmental agenda, and considering specific moments of success, lessons learned, and recommendations as the key takeaways for the benefit of the 2030 Agenda, the future of sustainable development, and its stakeholders.