2030hub will host and support a wide variety of launches, interactive events, workshops, networking opportunities, and online content all designed to inspire and empower participants to take action to leave nobody behind and tackle climate change.
SDG 10: INEQUALITY
Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Meeting
The CGI Annual Meeting is the world’s leading partnership conference that brings leaders from all backgrounds and all corners of the globe to New York City to build a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world, together. This year, you can expect a dedicated focus on proven and scalable solutions; business, philanthropic, and government leaders who are on the forefront of global progress; and a curated agenda and networking designed to provide you with the insights, tools, and partners to more effectively drive impact in your communities and beyond.
2024 Concordia Annual Summit
Concordia presents Navigating a New Era, its theme for its 14th Annual Summit, providing the preeminent forum for the private sector and equipping the Concordia community with the network and platform to understand the unique challenges and opportunities presented by today’s global environment – along with the tools and partnerships to build for tomorrow.
Global Goals Summit
Taking place online, in New York and Nairobi, coinciding with the UN General Assembly and reinforcing the themes of the UN’s Summit of the Future. Together, we will explore how businesses can collaborate more effectively with each other, governments, the UN, and civil society. Use promo code GGW24FRIEND for free online access.
Global Citizen Festival
The Global Citizen Festival is set to return to the iconic Great Lawn of Central Park for the twelfth year on Saturday, September 28 to continue its mission to end extreme poverty. Tickets to Global Citizen Festival are free, and can be earned by taking action to create a world where everyone’s basic needs are fulfilled, our planet is flourishing, and every person and country can prosper.
UN Summit of the Future Action Day 2
To generate additional opportunities for the engagement of all actors, the Secretary-General of the United Nations is convening the Summit of the Future Action Days on 20 and 21 September 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Bringing together representatives from Member States, civil society, private sector, academia, local and regional authorities, creative communities, youth, and many more, everyone will be present, included and engaged during the Action Days. These stakeholders have all played a key role in shaping the Pact for the Future and will be critical to its implementation. Their participation, contributions and catalytic mobilization will be essential to the success of the Summit of the Future and its follow-up. Expected participants include Heads of State, Ministers, senior UN officials and representatives from the private sector, civil society and other actors.
Action Day 2 will focus on multistakeholder partnership and action – paving a way towards a next chapter of multilateralism that is more inclusive and networked. To achieve this, the Action Day 2 will address three priority themes (session names are working titles and subject to change).
Camp 2030
Each year, 200+ young trailblazers, social entrepreneurs, and innovators from over 50 countries gather in New York for 6 days to co-create dynamic new solutions that solve the world’s biggest challenges, increasing their knowledge, confidence and community, all while having the time of their lives. It’s everything you remember about Summer Camp, but for some of the coolest, most passionate, and action-oriented young adults across the world.
International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) 2024
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is proud to present the 12th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD).
The theme of the 2024 ICSD is “Solutions for the Future”. The aim of the conference is to bring together persons involved in research, policy, practice, and business, in advance of the United Nations Summit of the Future. Participants will share practical solutions for achieving the SDGs.
GBBC’s Blockchain Central UNGA
GBBC members and Ambassadors are invited to attend GBBC’s 7th annual Blockchain Central UNGA at the Offices of the UNJSPF in New York on September 23rd.
GBBC’s Blockchain Central UNGA, a Global Goals Week partner, is designed to bring together thought leaders and changemakers across blockchain, government, technology, and business industries to examine how we can empower blockchain powered solutions to accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Young Pioneers Forum 2024
The Young Pioneers Forum at Summit of the Future is jointly organized by youth from 15+ countries – who will come together to cultivate ideas, solutions, and partnerships to solve a wide range of complex global problems.
The Forum will feature social impact-driven TED-style talks, advocacy around local impact towards Agenda 2030, and tips on building back better, greener, and stronger.
University of Cambridge will organize the in-person event with our youth co-hosts.
Better Together World Congress 2024
Co-creating and co-collaborating on our collective future is an important step in our global recovery.
Join youth from around the world as they present their real-life impact through building intergenerational initiatives.
Co-designed by youth from 10+ countries, this World Congress will be co-hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation.
ASPIRE 2030 Assembly 2024
Young people are gifted with open minds, and they are bringing their energy, ideas and courage to some of the most complex and important challenges facing humanity.
The ASPIRE 2030 Assembly will feature impact-driven masterclasses, youth panels and thematic presentations.
Microsoft Innovation Center and McKinsey Young Leaders Forum will share their latest research and insights.
Youth Studios Spectacle 2024
Youth Studios is committed to developing a world-renowned interdisciplinary professional hub, dedicated to cultivating exceptional humanistic storytellers.
Through Global Goals Week, we seek to champion diverse and innovative voices that have the power to usher in transformative change for a brighter future.
We are grateful to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for their mentorship in showcasing next-gen storytellers and leaders.
SDG Media Zone
Follow the UN Department of Global Communications flagship SDG Media Zone during UNGA79. Live panel sessions center around advancing the 2030 Agenda and takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and dialogues on global issues that matter to people everywhere.
This year’s SDG Media Zone will highlight the tracks of the Summit of the Future, including the new agenda for peace, global governance, financing for development, digital cooperation, and future generations, as well as staple SDG issues. Full programme will be available in September on the website: https://www.un.org/en/sdgmediazone. Stay tuned for conversations that matter!
For a one stop shop to all the high-level events during UNGA, please visit https://www.un.org/en/high-level-week-2024.
Future of Internationalism Forum
Global cooperation requires bringing together diplomats, practitioners, scholars, and youth to explore the evolving demands of diplomatic statecraft.
The Future of Internationalism Forum aims to help youth better understand the nexus of theory and practice, and investigate the future challenges and impact of domestic politics on diplomacy.
Columbia (School of International and Public Affairs) and Georgetown (Walsh School of Foreign Service) will jointly host this Forum.
Future of Culture Forum
Culture enriches our lives in countless ways and helps build diverse, inclusive, and resilient communities. No development can be sustainable without a strong cultural component.
Through a series of project showcases, the Future of Culture Forum explores a human-centric approach to development.
The Forum will be co-organized by the teams at Harvard Culture Lab and UNESCO’s Division of Cultural Policies.
Future of Law Forum
For youth, the future of law is human and is focused on innovating legal development, practice and implementation to collectively catalyze broader system change.
We are here to help youth understand the latest industry developments, key market trends, recent technology changes, and paths of success in the law industry.
Stanford Law Scholars Institute and United Nations Peacekeeping will design the programming of this Forum.
Future of Equality Forum
To eradicate poverty, we must aspire towards full equality.
This Forum will present evidence-based recommendations for better research, data, and evaluation to support organizations in government, philanthropy, and the community to achieve equality.
Thank you to Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, UN Women and UNHCR for their thought leadership and research contribution.
SDG Innovation Challenge 2024
The SDG Innovation Challenge is a virtual ideation marathon for young African community practitioners looking to further sustainable development in their community while contributing to the SDGs globally. The SDG Innovation Challenge was created as a pan-African ideation space for young people to come together in developing and connecting practical solution ideas for challenges faced by their local communities at the grassroots level.
Unlocking People Power: Why investing in local leadership development will accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Join the Africa Leadership Institute, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health Corps, Lemann Foundation, Teach For All and WomenLift Health and members of the People First Community, for an in-person conversation on how we can transform both the who and the how of local leadership in service of lasting transformation. Through both a panel discussion and spotlight talks, we’ll hear the perspectives from established and emerging leaders in education, health, and gender.