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A Group Focus was placed on:
2023
- UN Climate Change Conference COP28 2023, 30 November-12 December, Dubai, United Araba Emirates
- UN SDG Summit 2023,18-19 September, NY, USA
- High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, 10-19 July, NY, USA
- 49th G7 Summit, 9 — 21 May, Hiroshima, Japan
- UN 2023 Water Conference, New York, USA, 22 - 24 March
- UN Conference on Disarmament, High Level Segment, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 Feb - 3 March
2022
- UN Biodiversity Conference, Montreal, Canada, 7-18 December
- UN Climate Change Conference, Sharm el Sheikh, 6-18 November
- UN Transforming Education Summit, New York, 15-19 September
- UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, New York, 5-15 July
- UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon, 27 June – 1 July
- G7 Summit, Schloss, Germany, 16 - 28 June
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 2-26 May
2021
- The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK on 31 October – 12 November 2021
- Part one of the UN Biodiversity Summit, Kunming China and online, 11-15 October 2021
- The Food Systems Summit, UN HQ New York, 23 September 2021
- G7 Summit, Carbis Bay UK, 11-13 June 2021
- World Economic Forum Virtual Annual meeting, The Davos Agenda, 25-29 January 2021
2020
- 75th Anniversary of the UN and related high-level events, from 21 September to 2 October 2020
- International Energy Agency Clean Energy Transitions Summit online, 9 July 2020
- World Economic Forum Annual meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21-24 January 2020
2019
- Six Sustainable Development Summits (Youth Climate Summit, Climate Action Summit, Universal Health Coverage Summit, Sustainable Development Goals Summit, High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development, and Island Voices, Global Choices - the Samoa Pathway Mid-term review) at the UN in New York, USA, 21-27 September 2019
- World Assembly of Religions for Peace, Lindau, 19-23 August 2019
- High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, New York, 9-18 July 2019
- World Economic Forum Annual meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 22-25 January 2019
2018
- UN Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration, Marrakech, Morocco, 10-11 December 2018.
- Seventh Parliament of the World's Religions "The Promise of Inclusion, the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation, and Change" in Toronto, Canada from 1 to 7 November 2018
- High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development "Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies", UN HQ New York, from 9 to 18 July 2018
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World", Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 to 26 January 2018
2017
- International Cooperative Alliance Global Conference and General Assembly, Kuala Lumpur, 14-17 November 2017.
- World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 17-20 2017
2016
- UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development (Habitat III), Quito, Ecuador, October 17-20 2016
- UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants and the Leaders' Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis, 19-20 September 2016 (related blog post on what was achieved)
- World Social Forum, Montreal, Canada, August 9-14 2016
- World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, Turkey, May 23-24 2016
- World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 20-23 2016
An archive of selected write-ups from Cycles Initiatives from 2010-2015 can be found here. The initiatives are listed below.
2015
- United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Paris, November 30 – December 11 2015
- United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, New York, September 25 - 27 2015
- UN Conference on Financing for Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 - 16 July 2015
- World Social Forum, Tunis, Tunisia, March 24-28 2015
- World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 21-24 2015
2014
- UN Climate Summit, New York, USA, September 23 2014
- World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 22-25 2014
2013
- The UN International Year of Water Cooperation: the Dushanbe High-Level International Conference on Water Cooperation, World Water Week in Stockholm and the Budapest Water Summit, between 20 August and 12 October 2013
- World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, January 23-27 2013 and the World Social Forum, Tunis, Tunisia, March 26-30 2013
2012
- The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, June 20-22 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Peoples' Summit, June 15–23 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The World Economic Forum, January 25–29 2012 in Davos, Switzerland and the Thematic Social Forum, January 24–29 2012 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
2011
- ICA General Assembly for the International Year of Cooperatives, 14-18 November 2011
- UN Least Developed Countries Conference, Istanbul, 9-13 May 2011
- Davos World Economic Forum Meeting, Jan 26th - 30th 2011
2010
- Cancun Climate Change Conference, Nov 29th - Dec 10th 2010
- Millennium Development Goals Summit, New York, September 2010