L’événement, dont la deuxième édition se tiendra fin novembre, incarne la volonté de positionner la Suisse comme la place où la durabilité devait se discuter au niveau international.

Leaders in Geneva's SDG and finance communities are trying to put society back into sustainable finance. Wednesday's "warm-up" to the industry-wide Building Bridges Week two months from now will try to move discussions along so that the focus can be on concrete action come November.

In the race against climate change, increasing ambition over time is key. But revised commitments from parties to the Paris Agreement lack two critical components of ambitious climate action.

A new map of sustainable finance players in Geneva could be a vital tool to scaling up funding for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Switzerland will be one of the first countries to report back to the UN's High-Level Political Forum on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. In the first of a series of postings, Mark Halle highlights critical issues for Switzerland—and by extension, other OECD countries—to address in its reporting.