ONE, in partnership with Global Citizen and Results Canada, invites you to a pivotal event focused on redefining Canada’s engagement with Africa. Join us to explore how strengthening this partnership can advance health, sustainable development, and economic growth. Engage with thought leaders and stakeholders to address barriers, share solutions, and foster strategies for mutual benefits. Your participation is key in shaping a dynamic, development-focused future for both Canada and Africa.
SDG 4: EDUCATION
SDG Impact Award – Launch Event
InnerView and United Nations Association USA officially launch the 8th Annual SDG Youth Impact Awards.
This year-long journey offers opportunities for US High School students and communities to be recognized for personal action for the SDGs. In 2023-24 more than 18,000 students earned honors and delivered progress to create a better world for all.
SDG Challenge Miami 2024
The SDG Challenge Miami is a student competition that delivers a transformational journey to mobilize companies, organizations, universities, and students to advance the UN SDGs and contribute to the region’s sustainable growth. The Challenge serves as a platform to activate college students to critically think about present-day sustainability topics and stimulates action to work together with leading companies in South Florida.
Planet Positive 2030 Miami
Accountable Impact in collaboration with IEEE, the world’s largest Technological Association focused on Advancing Technology for Humanity, Miami Dade College Earth Ethics Institute is launching Planet Positive 2030 Miami. Miami community members will come together to Imagine the Future We Can Build Together for how a “Planet Positive” Miami will look in 2030 in alignment with the UN SDGs.
KIDsforSDGs Annual Impact Meeting 2024
AIM 2024 celebrates the organization’s global membership reaching over 100 countries. Co-curated by youth from 20 countries, the event will focus on the intersection of environment, health and development.
The theme for 2024 is on the battle against microplastics and its impact on people and planetary health.
Together, we can AIM higher! Experts from World Health Organization and UN Food and Agricultural Organization will lead the session.
AMP It Up! Join the Kids Against Micro Plastics Movement!
Microplastics have been found in the land, sea and air, across the food chain and throughout the human body.
It’s still unclear what the environmental and health impacts of microplastics could be, but recent studies point to the possibility that they can increase the likelihood of heart attack and stroke.
How can we live a plastic-free lifestyle – for both people and planet? Hear from experts who will share their latest research and innovation.
Caravane fluviale sur les ODD le long du fleuve Congo et ses affluents
Ce projet vise à organiser une caravane fluviale de sensibilisation, d’éducation et de plaidoyer sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD) dans les communautés riveraines du fleuve Congo et de ses affluents durant le mois de septembre 2025. L’objectif est de renforcer la prise de conscience communautaire, impliquer les autorités locales et mobiliser la société civile autour de l’agenda 2030.
HUMANE.S. 2025
Join global education leaders, educators, and AI experts at HUMANE.S. the international summit shaping the future of Education in the age of AI. Held annually, it explores the transformation of Education in Human societies driven by AI, with a bold focus on life centricity, human intelligence, equity, and innovation. A unique space for dialogue, inspiration, and collective action.
8th Annual Blockchain Central UNGA
Global Blockchain Business Council’s 8th Annual Blockchain Central UNGA takes place alongside the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the Offices of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) in New York City. Blockchain Central UNGA brings together thought leaders and changemakers across blockchain, government, technology, and industry to examine how we can leverage blockchain-powered solutions to accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
ASPIRE 2030 Vision Challenge 2025
Echoing the core themes presented at UNGA 80, ASPIRE 2030 will organize its annual global hackathon as an opportunity for youth aged 15 to 24 to co-design and co-construct solutions.
Echoing their 2030 Vision, Microsoft Innovation Center and MIT D-Lab will provide the learning tools and methodologies to help youth shape the future they wish to aspire for.
The best way to predict the future is to create it!
Forum of the Future 2025
With an eye towards the future, successful long-term development requires active conversations and debate, to ensure blueprints remain aligned with changes in global affairs.
Forum of the Future will amplify the outcomes of UNGA80 on an intergenerational and international basis.
Google for Startups and J.P. Morgan will jointly co-host this annual forum.
Future of Economics Forum 2025
Future of Economics is a youth-led think tank which, through an interdisciplinary approach to learning and applying economics, fosters multi-stakeholder action towards a thriving society.
To collectively advance towards UN80 commitments, the Future of Economics Forum hosts youth presentations, research showcases and experimental workshops on eight key areas of economics.
University of Chicago: Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is a co-host of this Forum.
Creative Climate Forum – Fast Responses, Slow Revolutions
This event builds on the Creative Climate Communication (C3) Lab, a program launched by the Human Impacts Institute (HII) to support climate action through cultural expression, collaboration, and inclusive public engagement. After a year of relationship-building and learning, the C3 Lab enters its second phase—deepening creative approaches to climate communication and culminating in this Climate Week NYC 2025 gathering.
Systems Change Summit 2025
Through in-depth research, youth globally are designing organizations which can help systems discover legitimate and effective pathways for change.
The Summit will showcase research case studies, focus groups, and interactive workshops exploring the nexus of organizations, problems and systems.
Stanford University and PACS will host an in-person event alongside SAP Co-Innovation Lab.
Catalysing Research Convention 2025
The convention aims to highlight the urgency of encouraging and empowering sound and suitable research methodology for changemakers across all age groups to advance the 2030 Agenda.
There will be expert showcases, research presentations and prototype demos in order to share knowledge to the wider Global Goals Week community.
MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS) will co-host the event.
Education House @ UNGA 80
Education House brings together actors working across the education sector to advance progress towards the SDGs.
At UNGA 80, Education House will host different conversations, collaborations, provocations and showcasing aimed to reshape education so we can equip students to shape a better future for themselves and everyone.
Learning and Skills for Sustainable Youth Development Dialogue Series – UNGA 4th Edition
The event will focus on two themes: Learning to Earning: Equipping youth for the future of work; and Investing in Youth: Co-creating solutions in a disrupted world.
It will explore bold, collaborative approaches and contribute to the development of critical skills for youth that address some of the world’s most pressing issues facing the next generation.
Global Goals Challenge 2025
The Global Goals Challenge is call-to-innovation competition which advances Agenda 2030 and promotes long-term sustainable development.
If you are between the ages of 15 – 24, join the Global Goals Challenge and become an entrepreneur by applying science, technology and heart to tackle the world’s most pressing issues.
Stanford University and Google for Startups are patrons and sponsors of the Challenge.
Future of Influence Forum
With influence comes responsibility, and collaborative action across sectors could help solve society’s complex challenges.
The path to becoming an effective change agent is often circular, not linear: when a cycle ends, a new one begins. In this respect, Future of Influence empowers youth to embark on a never-ending journey of learning.
Join experts from the Rockefeller Foundation and Northwestern University and learn how to harness our limited resources for maximum impact and influence.
Solve Challenge Finals
Solve Challenge Finals is a flagship event that brings the future of global innovation to New York City.
Each year, as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, Solve unveils its newest cohort of top social innovators—bold thinkers who are not just imagining a better future but building it. From bridging the digital divide to reimagining climate resilience, these teams are scaling tech-powered solutions with the power to transform communities and the world.