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Issue‐based Coalitions act as regional task forces to facilitate improved cooperation between different UN agencies and their partners. The Regional UN System Meeting has set up 6 Issue-based Coalitions, clustered around cross-cutting policy issues:

• Issue-based Coalition on Health
• Issue-based Coalition on Gender Equality
• Issue-based Coalition on Youth and Adolescents
• Issue-based Coalition on Social Protection
• Issue-based Coalition on Large Movements of People, Displacement and Resilience
• Issue-based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change

Led by one or several agencies, these broad, multi-partner coalitions coordinate the UN response to cross-cutting challenges in the region, help realize synergies among related areas of work of different UN entities, and serve as platforms to reach out to non-UN stakeholders. Through regular meetings, the coalitions coordinate their cross-sectoral activities and develop plans for joint action (e.g. interagency guidance notes, common position papers, side events at intergovernmental meetings).

The work of the Issue-based Coalitions is guided by the Regional UN System Meetings, which decide over the establishment of new coalitions and review the work of existing coalitions.

The Issue-based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change provides a regional platform for UN agencies to (i) promote coordinated support to all Member States in Europe and Central Asia in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda and (ii) support UN Country Teams in the Europe and Central Asia region on environmental and climate change issues. The Coalition, active as of January 2020, addresses activities dedicated to strengthening environmental and climate change governance, improving environmental management and climate change mitigation and adaptation, and promoting sustainable management of natural resources.

Focus areas: The Coalition’s work is based around 3 pillars:

• Strengthening environmental governance and implementing the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• Supporting countries in the environmental dimension of UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and Common Country Analysis (CCA) processes 
• Monitoring and reporting on the environmental and climate change dimension of SDGs:

Activities for 2024: The workplan is being elaborated with members of the Coalition and the Resident Coordinators in the programme countries in Europe and Central Asia. 

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27/05/2020 Webinar on the 2020 United Nations WWDR “Water and Climate Change” for RCs and UNCTs of Europe and Central Asia 

30/09/2020 IBC on Environment and Climate Change issues recommendations on post COVID-19 building back better

21/01/2021 

13/05/2021 

12/08/2021 

21/02/2022 Mainstreaming environment and climate change issues within the UNSDCF

17/03/2022

21/12/2022  

08/02/2023

17/11/2023 Regional workshop fosters just transitions towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies

2024

14/02/2024 [online]: 14^th meeting of the members of the Issue-Based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change for Europe and Asia 

28/05/2024 [online]: 15^th meeting of the members of the Issue-Based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change for Europe and Asia

2023

18/01/2023 [Geneva and online]: First RETREAT of the IBC on Environment and Climate Change

17/02/2023 [online]: Informal discussion on water cooperation in Central Asia ()

31/05/2023 [online]: Twelfth meeting of the IBC on Environment and Climate Change ()

05/06/2023 [online]: Introductory webinar on the nexus of climate action and LNOB (, )

21/06/2023 [online]: IBC Webinar on disability-inclusive climate change adaptation and DRR materials, and innovative “green schools” solutions (, )

27/06/2023 [online]: IBC Webinar: Working together for the nature-positive transition: Incorporating the Global Biodiversity Framework into UNSDCF processes, ()

12-14/09/2023 [Istanbul]: IBC workshop with the RCs, RGs (, , )

21/11/2023 [online]: 13^th meeting of the members of the Issue-Based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change for Europe and Asia ()

12-13/12/2023 [Venice]: IBC core team meeting

2022

13/01/2022: Training webinar on mainstreaming environment and climate change into UNSDCF processes - approaches and tools for mainstreaming (Central Asia) (, , ) 

20/01/2022: Training webinar on mainstreaming environment and climate change into UNSDCF processes - approaches and tools for mainstreaming (South-Eastern Europe) ()

27/01/2022: Training webinar on mainstreaming environment and climate change into UNSDCF processes - approaches and tools for mainstreaming (Eastern Europe & the Caucasus) ()

08/03/2022: Ninth meeting of the Coalition (, , )

07/04/2022: Side event to the 2022 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development on "Partnerships to address Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction towards Sustainable Development Goals", organized by the Task Team on Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction ()

07/04/2022: Peer-learning round table during the 2022 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development on "Action to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems", organized by the co-chairs of the Issue-based Coalition ()

21/06/2022: Tenth meeting of the Coalition (, , ) 

31/09/2022: Issue of key messages on the importance of a continued focus on climate action in support of UNCT engagement with Governments in Europe and Central Asia ( & )

22/09/2022: Training Programme on Green Transitions, workshop 1: Finance (agenda, Guidance Note, )

17/10/2022: Issue of "Together for warm homes and clean air" ()

18/10/2022: Training Programme on Green Transitions, workshop 2: Energy ()

27/10/2022: Training Programme on Green Transitions, workshop 4: Circular Economy ()

10/11/2022: Training Programme on Green Transitions, workshop 3: Plastics ()

22/11/2022: Eleventh meeting of the Coalition (agenda, report, )

29/11/2022: Training Programme on Green Transitions, workshop 5: Pathways ()

2021

19/01/2021: Webinar on post-pandemic recovery measures (, video recording, presentations - , , , )

31/01/2021: Issue of "Measures to green the post-pandemic recovery", 31 January 2021 (, , ,  (in Italian)

11/02/2021: Fifth meeting of the Coalition (, )

16/03/2021: "Partnerships for a sustainable recovery: Initiatives to accelerate the achievement of the environment and climate goals of the 2030 Agenda", peer-learning round table,  (, )

26/05/2021: Webinar on "Air pollution from domestic heating in Serbia – impacts, challenges and solutions" (, )

22/06/2021: Sixth meeting of the Coalition (, )

01/07/2021: Launch of the mainstreaming "Guidance on Integrating the Environment and Climate Change in Processes for UNSDCFs" (, , , , , video recording)

21/09/2021: Seventh meeting of the Coalition (, )

Issue of a "Review of Good Practices on Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Risk-informed and Climate-smart Development" ()

25/10/2021: Webinar on preventing water conflicts through transboundary water cooperation (, presentations on ,  and , )

30/11/2021: Eighth meeting of the Coalition (, )

09/12/2021: Training webinar on mainstreaming environment and climate change into UNSDCF processes - mainstreaming entry points (all regions) (, , )

2020

20/03/2020: Launch of the Coalition at a  of the Regional United Nations System Meeting chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General (, )

21/04/2020: First meeting of the Coalition (, , )

12/05/2020: Subregional meeting with Resident Coordinators and Country Teams in Central Asia (, , 

27/05/2020: Webinar on the World Water Development Report on Water and Climate Change (, , video recording - below)

28/05/2020: Subregional meeting with Resident Coordinators and Country Teams in South-Eastern Europe (, , )

03/06/2020: Subregional meeting with Resident Coordinators and Country Teams in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Turkey (, , )

17/06/2020: Second meeting of the Coalition (, )

17/06/2020: Issue of "Preliminary responses by the Coalition's co-leads to queries posed by Resident Coordinator Offices on the impact of COVID-19 on the environment" ()

07/07/2020: Webinar on transboundary water cooperation, based on examples from Drin and Drina river basins (, , video recording - below, presentations - , ,  and )

20/09/2020: Issue of "Summary recommendations by the Coalition on COVID-19 recovery" (, ,  , )

04/09/2020: Third meeting of the Coalition (, )

06/11/2020: Fourth meeting of the Coalition (, )