52th Session of the UN Statistical Commission

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Shaping a new social contract and new global deal: UN DESA fireside chats

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On 19th and 21st January, UN DESA experts will log on to two live interactive sessions where they will answer your questions about the future of sustainable development, inequalities and a green recovery from the pandemic. Register now to secure your spot by the fireside!

Economic statistics alone paint an inadequate picture of development, experts warn

A new system of accounting that shows both economic and environment data is expected to be adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 2021 session in March. Experts say the move could lead to better decisions for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19 and for the challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.

This is the fourth event in our Building Strong Data Ecosystems for SDGs series in the framework of the UNSD Global Network Webinars: Rosy Mondarini (Adviser at Citizen Cyberlab, University of Geneva) and Gabriel Gamez (UNSD) will present on Monitoring the SDGs through citizen science and citizen-generated data.

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Natural Capital for a Green Recovery

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UN DESA, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany are hosting a webinar to discuss how incorporating natural capital—or the contributions of nature—into official statistics can help make nature count in business and policy decisions.

14th Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) (3-4 and 7 December) will bring together gender statisticians and experts to review on-going national, regional and global initiatives to improve evidence for gender-relevant policies, including the development and implementation of international statistical methods in the context of COVID-19; discuss and review on-going workstreams of the IAEG-GS Advisory Groups; take stock of the latest assessments of progress towards gender equality at the sub-national, national, regional and global levels, as presented in T

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