Achieving SDG 16 through digital solutions to enable transparency and efficiency.
Technology has the potential to boost government efficiency, transparency, responsiveness, and citizen trust; it can enable the achievement of SDG 16 and can thus support all SDGs. However, the capacity to leverage technology for public sector transformation is uneven and challenged by the digital divide. This webinar will show good cases from the UN E-Government Survey 2020, and discuss how technology and the digital transformation can support the public sector and the achievement of the SDGs around the world.
A special event focused on the resilience of our global food systems and supply chains, hosted by AB InBev and the UN World Food Programme.
Panel discussion:
- Dr Ute Klamert, Assistant Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
- Rebecca Marmot, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever
- Tony Milikin, Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer, AB InBev
- Vivek Bapat, Senior Vice President, Purpose and Brand Experience, SAP
And a discussion between:
- Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Actress, Model and United Naঞons’ IFAD Goodwill Ambassador
- Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Agricultural Economist and Director of IFAD’s East and Southern Africa Division
Followed by a live cooking-demonstration with James Cathcart, Head Chef at London’s plant-based restaurant group, Farmacy.
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Please join our 8th annual networking reception for invited guests of the climate community – this year for a special VIRTUAL edition during UNGA for Global Goals Week, Climate Week NYC.
We will be hosting an open conversation and networking reception in Emerald City, our new virtual immersive experience for our global community.
Join us for the first ever LIVE Global GoalsCast taping that will be a wrap up to Global Goals Week. Cohosts Claudia Romo Edelman and Edie Lush will be joined by special guests to share key learnings and recommended follow up actions after a week filled with international dialogues, proposed solutions, and calls to action across the 17 Sustainable Development goals and beyond.
The live recording will be followed by a high-level networking opportunity to encourage the creation of networks of support that will continue long past the week’s end.
Global Goals Studio is an innovative, shared production space delivering programming to round-up key SDG headlines, developments and actions at UNGA across the following themes:
- Equity in Global Health
- Net Zero Carbon Economy
- Gender and Racial Equality
- Financing for Sustainable Development
- Digitization, Innovation and Future of Work
Each day, the studio will serve as a landmark digital convening that will highlight key private, public and NGO voices on global issues, covering the priority themes of UNGA’s official agenda.
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Young people from across the world have been stepping up to take climate action to protect their futures and the futures of generations to come.
Join our next Spotlight On webinar on September 24 at 11 AM ET to hear from four young people from Canada, India, and the Philippines on how they are using art, mobilizing the public, engaging with their governments, and creating businesses to fight the climate crisis.
This webinar is hosted by the Climate Reality Project, a climate change advocacy nonprofit dedicated to training and engaging climate leaders worldwide with the tools and network to fight for solutions and drive change planet-wide. Founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society.
Join a conversation with journalist Jo Confino and special guests, including Vice President Al Gore, on the importance of building a global movement in the race to a zero-carbon world. In this one hour session, we will hear about how to engage far greater numbers of people to help accelerate and mainstream solutions to the climate crisis. We will also highlight inter-linked global projects launching next month that aim to do exactly this.
Special guests include:
- Former Vice President Al Gore on progress made in the last 15 years since Inconvenient Truth, and what he thinks needs to come next.
- 19-year old Changemaker Melati Wijsen on what she has discovered about the youth movement and its impact, what drove her to become a climate activist, and her experience starring in the film Bigger Than Us.
- Head of TED and founding partner of Countdown, Chris Anderson on why TED decided to move from “ideas worth spreading” into action – what he has personally learnt so far and how TED can make a difference.
- CEO of Leaders’ Quest and founding partner of Countdown, Lindsay Levin on the power of collaboration and on how Countdown is working to accelerate change, focus on solutions, engage citizens and key stakeholders, and align with the COP26 agenda.
Since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, many businesses have taken them to heart, moved away from traditional Corporate Social Responsibility, and moved toward a deeper purpose. As we enter into the Decade of Action, facing a global pandemic and increased social unrest, governments and nonprofits cannot reach these goals alone. It has never been more important for businesses to join the effort.
Hosted by Can & Will, the creative studio at the heart of social impact, this event is for small to medium sized business owners who want to use the power of their business platforms to create sustainable change within their own communities. Business owners will gain industry insights and tools for defining an authentic purpose by integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into their business practices and marketing strategies.
Since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, many businesses have taken them to heart, moved away from traditional Corporate Social Responsibility, and moved toward a deeper purpose. As we enter into the Decade of Action, facing a global pandemic and increased social unrest, governments and nonprofits cannot reach these goals alone. It has never been more important for businesses to join the effort.
Hosted by Can & Will, the creative studio at the heart of social impact, this event is for small to medium sized business owners who want to use the power of their business platforms to create sustainable change within their own communities. Business owners will gain industry insights and tools for defining an authentic purpose by integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into their business practices and marketing strategies.
The world is facing a multitude of crises and as COVID-19 has spread, it has underscored how interconnected our world is and the importance of science in ensuring a sustainable future. Tackling each of these crises requires scientific knowledge and expertise for diagnosing challenges and developing solutions. Stronger international cooperation and greater collaboration between policymakers and scientists are needed to mobilize science to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in every country.
On October 8 2020, Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) with its Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS) will host a three hour virtual conference on science for a sustainable future. This global virtual conference will bring together policymakers, government representatives, UN officials, as well as leading scientists from around the world to discuss the role of science in achieving the SDGs.
The purpose of the gathering on the Objectives of Sustainable Development is to share why it is important to talk about sustainability and to explain what each of the SDGs consist of. To this end, context data and figures are presented about each of them, which show the urgency of their implementation. The members of the United Nations team participating in the Citizen Ambassadors Program will lead the session.
A local dialogue will be held based on the answers to the question: What future awaits us? We will address issues regarding climate change, the environment and the role that young people are playing in the future we want. The dialogue will be developed with young volunteers and the collaboration of Fabiola Rios, coordinator of the strategy of participation in climate change for UNICEF Bolivia. The objective of the dialogue is to reflect on environmental issues.
The general objective of the PBACC is to generate processes of education and awareness
promoting of scientific research and information dissemination, generating alliances
to address climate change and other environmental problems by positively impacting the
climate action in the country. Its specific objectives are:
1. To raise awareness in society through communication and environmental education.
2. To generate spaces for research and projects related to climate change and other environmental problems.
3. To manage training and updating spaces for the members of the organization.
4. Disseminate and publish the intellectual production generated by the members of the organization.
5. Initiate and support legal actions that are related to the principles and values of the organization.
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The activity will be developed through a dialogue between organizations from different Latin American countries that will show us through videos, photographs, and slides how communities express their cultural roots and how they contribute to the care of the environment specifically through developing the Sustainable Development Goals 13, 14 and 15 of Agenda 2030.
Information about the importance of SDGs 6, 13, 14, and 15 will be transmitted through the platform of the Arequipa Environmental Roundtable by means of the Radio Voices Ambientales.
Activity number one highlights the regional dialogues realized by the week of action. Our second principal activity is a conference to announce the reality and importance of ecotourism in natural areas. Ecotourism contributes to the achievements of the objectives of sustainable development.
Allies include Sernanp, Quilkay Wetlands Diffusion Group, CECOS-Costa Rica, and Hills of Paradise.
Within the framework of Agenda 2030, we believe that to achieve SDG 8, all young people must have access to formal and decent work. Rural youth have a fundamental role in the development of the country, since they are the main engine of economic growth as well as the guardians of food security. In spite of the limitations present in rural areas, many young people have been knocking them down through effort and dedication. They not only seek their personal well-being, but also benefit and empower their communities. We invite you to know the stories that encourage us to continue fighting and working for a more just Peru.
Through the forum “Play for the SDGs,” we discussed what the SDGs are and why they are important. With the help of the director of the SDG Regional Observatory of the Universidad of the Andes, we will provide relevant information about their implementation in LAC and specifically in Colombia, in relation to the My World 2030 survey. Allies of this event include SDG Regional Observatory of the University of the Andes.
As part of SDG Action Week, we will talk about rural communities and the SDGs, learning how to work with them, what communities and youth are asking of the SDGs, and what the youth perspective on the SDG is. Allies include Youth Collective for Change and National Network of Youth Nicaragua.
Allied organizations will support the diffusion of informative arts to generate a greater impact on the youth and to make them aware of the importance of the SDGs.
Allies include Eduserver, Generation 2020, Community Tourism Trails, Network of Leaders for Democracy and Development (RELIDD), SENTILUZ, Young People United for Transformation Through Art (JUNTARTE), Network of IKIGAI Leaders Lidera Transforma, Tejiendo Culture radio program, MUSA Inspiration That Nurtures, Willka Warmis Justice and Equity, The Messy Room, MEANING Guiding You to Success, and the Bolivian Center for Multidisciplinary Studies (CEBEM).
