We must push for the replacement of linear ‘production-consumption-waste’ models with inclusive, circular, restorative, regenerative models based on eco-design, servitization, efficient and transparent use of resources, and the extension of the useful life of goods while ensuring the dignity of people. This Facebook Live event seeks to influence the urgent structural changes needed in the industry to make them part of the real scheme of sustainability.
Open Event
How can we undertake projects to build inclusive communities?
How can we empower the leadership of minorities and what tools can we provide them to develop their own entrepreneurial initiatives? How can we fight poverty through social inclusion?
This Facebook Live event will discuss how the transition towards a #CircularIndustry will help ensure a healthy and livable planet that reduces inequalities while guaranteeing and respecting human rights.
Cities and Renewable Energies
Support the #Don’tChooseExtinction campaign today to make the complex technical issues related to fossil fuel subsidies and the climate emergency more accessible.
This Facebook Live event seeks to promote dialogue on the financing and management of renewable energy projects, energy resilience at the local level, and possible examples of implementation and outcomes.
Voices from Indigenous Community Youth
Through the voices of Indigenous youth, this event promotes awareness about the inequality, discrimination, and human rights violations suffered by vulnerable groups as well as the impact this inequality and violation has on the fulfillment of the SDGs.
In this Facebook Live event, Indigenous youth will share about their identities, their experiences, and the barriers they face regarding equality, non-discrimination and respect for human rights.
#WorldCleanAirDay: Youth-led Action to Fight Air Pollution
This youth event is organized by the Latin American Coalition for Clean Air, in collaboration with UNEP. It will focus on discussing the importance of air quality and its relationship with health, climate crisis and people’s quality of life. It will serve to promote awareness of the problem and encourage empowerment and collaboration, in order to contribute to the comprehensive and intersectional solutions that are required for effective public policies. The panelists will discuss in depth concrete solutions taken by young people to promote clean air for everyone.
The Global Food Crisis, a Global Protection Crisis: its Impact on Refugees, Internally Displaced People and Host Communities
Ahead of UNGA77 High-Level Week, this event will focus on the global food crisis and its impact on refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. The event will be convened by UNHCR and WFP, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, and will include remarks by representatives from several Permanent Missions and representatives of the IFRC, IOM and FAO, amongst others.
Unlocking sustainable finance for nature-based solutions
Join us for an event on the sidelines of UNGA 77 in New York where Devex — in partnership with FinDev Canada, Pollination and ANZ — will show how private investors and development finance institutions hold the power to protect, sustainably manage, and restore ecosystems through investments in nature-based solutions.
New Partnerships to Unlock A More Sustainable Future
Please join the United Nations Foundation, APCO Worldwide and leaders representing the private and public sectors, philanthropy, civil society, multilateral organizations and next generation of change-makers, to catalyze cross-sectoral collaboration to address today’s pressing challenges. This breakfast program will build further on the momentum of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, Unlock the Future of Learning Festival and Transforming Education Summit and help inform partnership opportunities and contribute to critical processes in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future in 2023.
Tech for Democracy: Problems, Progress and the Copenhagen Pledge
This gathering will bring together senior leaders from across geographies and stakeholder groups based on their support for the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy, launched by the Danish government last year.
The event will feature opening remarks by Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith followed by a keynote address from the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod. Subsequent panel discussions will feature leaders from government, industry and civil society exploring how digital technology can continue to be a force for improving lives and strengthening societies around the world in an inclusive manner. The event will culminate in the debut of a new Al art exhibit demonstrating how technology can empower human creativity.
Global Citizenship and Sustainability Education: Moving Beyond Awareness
For educators interested in global citizenship education & building a better understanding of sustainable, human flourishing in schools.
This one-hour online seminar is for educators and anyone interested in global citizenship education and building a better understanding of sustainable, human flourishing in education settings – or anything contained within SDG 4.7. Lyfta is a digital, immersive learning platform that brings the outside world into classrooms through real life human stories.
The Amazon as a Bioeconomy Superpower: Investing in Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Development
The aim of this session is to create awareness of the potential for a bioeconomy of standing forests and flowing rivers in the Amazon, leveraged by investments in science, technology, and innovation as called for in SDG 9.
The Amazon Basin is one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas, home to >10% of the world’s described species. Yet, the region is under threat; approximately 17% of the basin has been deforested, and an additional 17% of the biome has been degraded. Deforestation contributes to climate change and places the region in danger of crossing a tipping point beyond which today’s forests can no longer exist.
Responsible Business at the Forefront of South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Held on the sidelines of the Global South-South Development Expo in Thailand, this virtual side event will showcase concrete examples and lessons between the UN Global Compact, its Local Networks and participants, particularly at the regional level, on building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event will showcase the inclusive and diverse nature of South-South and triangular cooperation that supports partnerships where each partner can contribute according to its own capacities and means, notably in the private sector.
17 Books: Higher Education and the SDGs
Emerald Publishing’s book series, Higher Education & the SDGs, launches at the United Nations Transforming Education Summit on September 16, 2022 at 10AM Eastern with its first webinar discussion as part of an upcoming series in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth.
Befitting the Summit’s ‘Youth Mobilization’ theme that the day, Series Editor Dr. Wendy M. Purcell will be joined by students and some of her book editors from the series to explore the role of higher education in delivering the SDGs to help create a world that leaves no one behind.
Building an African Innovation Ecosystem in New York
With the aim to catalyze collaborations to advance the SDGs, this UNGA side event will highlight leading Africa-focused innovators from both sides of the Atlantic.
This year’s event will feature a vibrant discussion about the opportunities to do business and create impact between New York and African markets. It will also feature breakout sessions in emerging technology, remote work, sustainable fashion, startup investment, and health innovation.
Impact State of Mind 2022
Impact State of Mind is a three-day UNGA side event at the intersection of Climate Action and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Climate Change is the greatest challenge of our generation, but it’s not the only one! We are organizing this event because we believe we have a responsibility to help advance efforts to combat climate while also taking into account the many other urgent issues that demand our attention now.
Impact State of Mind brings together local and global innovators to explore various intersections through co-creation, fire-side chats, panels, and networking. Our partners bring together a mix of sessions that leverage their deep and authentic experiences, while engaging audiences to magnify impact.
CulinaryAction! On the Road!
CulinaryAction! On the Road! is a food-tech and gastronomy innovation event that includes a roundtable with leaders in the innovation space, a pitch competition, food, drinks, and networking.
Alliance Action Forum: Corporate Accountability
Measuring and evaluating business impact is a critical part of the successful delivery of 2030 Agenda. However, the world currently lacks a mechanism to hold its most influential companies accountable for their impact. This workshop with multi-stakeholder participants will look at how we can collectively embed business accountability into the UN’s core working principles and turn narrative into commitments.
#2030NOW: On Track, Off Track or Stalled
With eight years left to make progress on the 2030 Agenda, whether we can still achieve the Global Goals is the big question on the front burner of conversations. Intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 2 billion individuals have been pushed back into extreme poverty with a significant number of children unable to return to school post-pandemic. This event will measure our progress on the SDGs and determine a way forward.
7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC)
The 7IMDC is building on the momentum of past IMDCs by bringing together governments, industry, academia, civil society, and all relevant stakeholders, to discuss the latest science, strengthen collaborations, find solutions and catalyze action to address the urgent, global problem of marine litter and plastic pollution.
The Amazon We Want: Science Based Pathways for a Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Amazon
In light of the UNGA 77 focus of “International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development”, the Science Panel for the Amazon will gather to cover the state of the Amazon since the launch of the landmark Amazon Assessment Report at COP26, what is at stake with the loss of the Amazon, and the solutions offered in the report that can catalyze sustainable development in the region and beyond. This event will make a case to mobilize policymakers, practitioners, and researchers into action using the many solutions offered in the Amazon Assessment Report.