Events 2021

Youth Unstoppable

A powerful documentary about the rise of the youth climate movement, told through the eyes of youth climate activists.

Financing the Future of SDGs: Uncovering the Contributions of International Financial Institutions

Bayer will be convening discussion drawing on the importance of partnerships and how businesses in the private sector can place the work they do with IFIs into their broader strategy in order to achieve SDG targets at a timely pace. The panel wants to highlight the power of partnerships and coalitions in financing the SDGs as well as provide a deep dive into what financing the future of SDGs looks like.

Sustainable Cities: Why living in a city is the most sustainable move you could make

With the climate crisis evolving at an alarming rate, major cities across the world are being forced to come to terms that they face potential extinction unless urgent action is taken. How can advances in technology help protect cities and their inhabitants and what can the world learn from established sustainable and smart cities? Moderated by The Guardian, this panel will convene industry leaders in a discussion reimagining smart, resilient and sustainable cities of tomorrow.

Fashion Avengers Reception

Project Everyone and the Council of Fashion Designers of America are delighted to invite you to the US launch of Fashion Avengers.

After launching in the UK earlier this year, the Fashion Avengers will be convening across the pond for the very first time to celebrate UNGA and kick-off a week-long Global Goals activation on New York’s iconic 5th Avenue in partnership with the Fifth Avenue Association.

The Overlooked Solution On Climate Change: Educating Girls

Goals House and Girl Rising will convene a panel discussion on how educating girls is a one of the most powerful tools in addressing global climate change and its unprecedented effects. The panel will focus on the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and the transformative impact of educating women.

Intersexions: Autonomy Around Sexual Health, Sexual Choices and Intimate Wellness

At Goals House, on the sidelines of New York City’s UN General Assembly Week, Reckitt will convene a high-level roundtable bringing together individuals who represent this culturally dynamic ecosystem enabling us to drive mutual understanding of the issues at hand, and proactively advocate for solutions to enable female/girls’ empowerment, redefine sex education, and celebrate autonomy over sexual choices.

Building Resilience: The Future of Protecting Global Health

A roundtable discussion convened by Reckitt to address the eco system of issues that have derived from the COVID pandemic and how next time we can collaborate more effectively to overcome them. With strong scientific evidence that pandemics will become more prevalent, learning from the impact on multiple parts of society will help us to increase our resilience.

Scaling up Action: Collaborating for a Resilient Recovery

AB InBev will host an engaging panel discussion on actions needed to scale-up sustainable initiatives in a time of global uncertainty, and why a collaborative effort towards a resilient recovery is a moral imperative and an economic necessity.

Motorsport: The Unexpected Driver of Sustainable Transformation

This panel discussion explores how SDGs are the building blocks for the future of sport, how motorsport is the unexpected sport leading the way for sustainability and how organisations like Extreme E hope to provide a template for a climate positive future.

SDG Moment

Convened by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Moment will provide world leaders with a platform to showcase the bold plans, actions and solutions that are needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic and set the world on course towards achieving the SDGs. The event will include more than 30 Heads of State, a key debate with UN leaders on the COVID-19 Response and Recovery and a musical performance by K-pop band BTS, Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generation and Culture of the President of the Republic of Korea. Leaders from business, civil society, local authorities, the SDG Advocates and the UN will highlight how to take solutions to scale.

American Leadership in Advancing the SDGs

The Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution and the United Nations Foundation willhost the third annual “American leadership in advancing the sustainable development goals” event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. This high-level virtual event will showcase how American leaders and institutions are using the SDGs to build resilient and inclusive communities across the United States.

Say It With Science: The Food and Climate Nexus

This event will provide an insider’s breakdown of the 2021 Food Systems Summit, taking place on September 23. More than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to how we produce, process, and use food. To reverse this impact—and still account for how necessary access to healthy food is for all—we must come together, right now, to rework our global food systems. From the farmer to the chef and the producer to the consumer, join us at this next Say It With Science virtual event to learn the facts behind food and climate change and to determine your role in reversing our current course.

Creative Climate Awards 2021: filming Second Sundays with Pioneer Works

The Human Impacts Institute presents our 11th Creative Climate Awards (CCA), which showcases a collection of climate-inspired works from our global film community and local NYC. This annual, month-long festival celebrates creative solutions to climate and health risks in our communities, while promoting community engagement with environmental health leaders who are creating a just and climate smart future. Celebrate this year’s CCA with an open viewing of our 14 film finalists!

Creative Climate Awards 2021 Opening: Art Inspiring Climate Action

It’s our 11th year of Creative Climate Awards (CCA’s)! Join us for our opening event and celebrate the importance of creatives in communicating the stories, the impacts, and the solutions surrounding health and climate issues in our communities. Through virtual conversations CCA 2021 brings a series of panel discussions between international artists and NYC-based health experts for a local and global perspective of health and our shared environment. This is the start to a month long celebration!

SustainChain Day: Road to 2030

Join us in celebrating SustainChain™ Day! Hear from special guests UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Jeffrey Sachs, and several SustainChain members who are contributing to our action initiatives around regenerative agriculture, resilient infrastructure, plastics, ocean energy, and more. We will also unveil the latest enhancements to the SustainChain platform that will make it easier to connect relevant players, actions, and funding across the sustainability ecosystem.

Immunization Agenda 2030 High-Level Side Event

After a year that saw one of the first significant slips in childhood vaccination rates in decades, an ambitious global strategy to maximize the lifesaving impact of vaccines launched in April: Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). Now, the UN Foundation, WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance are teaming up to host a high-level event during UNGA to socialize and build political momentum for IA2030 in the context of the SDGs. As background, IA2030 aims to halve the number of children who completely miss out on essential vaccines, achieve 500 introductions of new or underused vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, and achieve 90% coverage for key lifesaving vaccines.

Raising the alarm: A conversation on preventing the next global health crisis with Raj Panjabi

Devex is hosting a live conversation with Raj Panjabi, the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator and co-founder of NGO Last Mile Health. This conversation, led by Sara Jerving, global health reporter for Devex and part of Devex’s UHC Pavilion, comes as global leaders meet for the 76th United Nations General Assembly. High on the UNGA agenda will be how to address the current COVID-19 pandemic and how to prevent the next global health crisis.

UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Virtual Youth Dialogue on Climate

This event is part of a dialogue series that serves to connect representatives of the youth population with the Deputy Secretary-General to discuss thematic issues ranging from climate to innovation and equality to health. The youth speakers are thematic experts and come from diverse backgrounds and regions. They include but are not limited to representatives from grassroots movements, international organizations, civil society, academia, and the private sector.