2014 is the...

The International Decade

United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024)
Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020)
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020)
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020)
Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)
Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions - relating to the Chernobyl disaster (2006-2016)
International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)
Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005-2014)

International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011)
International Year of Forests, in recognition of the significant contribution that forests and their sustainable management can make to sustainable development, poverty eradication and the achievement of internationally agreed development goals
International Year for People of African Descent
International Year of Chemistry
European Year of Volunteering
and the beginning of the...
Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020)
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020)

International Year of Biodiversity, to bring greater international attention to the continued loss of biodiversity.
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (press release); a campaign aims to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010
International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011)
and the end of the...
Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)

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