Youth aged 13-18 pitch solutions addressing the health impacts of climate change. After an interactive icebreaker game, teams then present their ideas to fellow participants. All will receive a Certificate of Participation, with Certificates of Achievement and additional prizes given to the top 3 teams: THB 1,000, 750, and 500 gift cards, respectively. The top three teams will have their pitches showcased via Accollab, a Youth Fellow project of Learning Planet Institute, on Forum of the Future.
SDG 3: HEALTH
The Caffaestro Challenge 2026
The Caffaestro Challenge, launched during World Food Forum 2025, empowers youth to become smarter about caffeine. While calories, protein and hydration are commonly tracked, caffeine often is not — despite its effects on sleep, mood, focus and long-term health. With support of Global Citizen and Harvard University, let us research and innovate on how to log caffeine intake and learn healthier, more sustainable habits. Do you have what it takes to become the next Caffeine Maestro?
Youth Solutions Lab: From SDG Challenge to Youth-Led Action
The Youth Solutions Lab, organized by JCI and AIESEC during UNGA81, will bring together young leaders and SDG practitioners to turn global challenges into practical action. Following an expert panel, participants will design solutions to real SDG-aligned cases and present their ideas. Outcomes will inform an open-access Youth Solutions Brief, while the Youth Signal Survey will enable participants to continue sharing their priorities beyond the event.
Global Goals World Cup in Amman
Welcome to the world’s first activist 5v5 football tournament. GGWCup is an all-women 5v5 football tournament for the Global Goals. To qualify as a team, you have to choose one of the 17 UN Global Goals to play and take action for. Details and match day schedule will be revealed soon.
Please reach out to GGWCUP co-founder Majken Gilmartin and Rise for Good team, to hear more about the opportunities to join the coalition of sports for sustainable development in Amman, Jordan in 2020.
YOUNGA Forum
This fall, BridgingTheGap Ventures is organizing the inaugural YOUNGA™ Forum, making history as the first-of-its-kind global youth town hall using VR and XR technology. Through an inclusive, forward-looking youth-driven dialogue, YOUNGA will connect young people directly with influential decision-makers and industry leaders to co-create solutions for a more inclusive, sustainable world.
From September 28-30, 1,500 Youth Delegates from around the world will be participating in 35+ Innovation Masterminds, hosted by partners.
Global Solutions Forum
SDSN’s Global Solutions Forum brings together sustainable development experts from around the world to showcase how they are implementing local initiatives that are advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
In 2020, SDSN will take this initiative to the next level, with an innovative event alongside the United Nations General Assembly and the International Conference for Sustainable Development to showcase the eight best solutions coming from SDSNs National and Regional Networks.
SDG Action Zone
The SDG Action Zone is the foremost collaborative space for engaging world leaders and emerging leaders to supercharge and accelerate solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Over the course of three days during the UN General Assembly on 22-24 September, the SDG Action Zone will convene leading thinkers, actors, creators, and activists through frank debate, challenging discussions, inspiring showcases and interactive exhibitions to drive the exponential change so needed for people and our planet.
A fully virtual SDG Action Zone has the power to create a more transparent, open, and inclusive UN General Assembly The programme will be crowd-sourced through a call for sessions, talks and creative content from people and key actors around the world.
A combination of live broadcasts and online sessions, the SDG Action Zone will provide space for deeper conversations, collaboration and experiences on three core areas for accelerating action on the Goals: People, Planet and Partnerships.
International Conference on Sustainable Development
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) provides a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
ICSD brings together professionals from the private sector, academia, government, and civil society, along with students from the world’s top universities. They welcome participants from all sectors and experience levels.