The Global Goals Summit 2025 will unite leaders in New York, Nairobi and online to co-create solutions for decent jobs, resilient livelihoods, and inclusive economic opportunity. Use promo code BFPGGS25FRIEND to secure a free online space or apply to attend in person via the event site.
SDG 10: INEQUALITY
Global Goals Summit 2025 (NYC)
The Global Goals Summit 2025 will unite leaders in New York, Nairobi and online to co-create solutions for decent jobs, resilient livelihoods, and inclusive economic opportunity. This day is by invitation only. Open sessions are available on 23rd and 24th September.
Impact For Breakfast – Climate Week
This event is geared for impact investors and other sustainable finance funders to exchange with fellow practitioners and explore how emerging investment practices can shape a greener, more equitable future.
New Alignments: Climate, Capital, and Common Ground
New Alignments: Climate, Capital, and Common Ground is an event that brings together leaders from business, academia, policy, and finance to explore how unlikely allies can collaborate to drive climate solutions.
Hosted by the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area.
Financing the Green Economy in Developing Countries
Financing the Green Economy in Developing Countries is a four-part session examining the current funding paradigm affecting emerging markets and how investors can fill the gaps in the decline of development assistance to achieve Green Economy goals.
The Business Imperative for Sustainability: Panels, Discussions, and Networking Happy Hour
The Business Imperative for Sustainability is a multi-session event that brings together leaders from business, finance, and impact investing to explore how sustainability continues to drive corporate value and growth.
The afternoon and evening will feature a panel discussion with experts from consumer products, fashion, and banking, curated small group discussions on key sustainability topics, and a networking happy hour.
Future of Equality Forum 2025
To eradicate poverty and foster sustainable development, 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 Youth Impact Award Launch
The United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) and InnerView are excited to launch the 8th annual SDG Youth Impact Awards. This inspiring program continues to shine a spotlight on young changemakers who are strengthening their communities and accelerating progress for the SDGs. Last year more than 15,000 students were recognized – Kickoff session with US High Schools Learn more at InnerView.org/Awards
LEARN MORE
SDG Youth Impact & Insights Report
Celebrating 2Million Youth Impact hours for the SDGs with our Champions of Change! Gain access to the latest trends of US students (ages 14 to 24) as they explore issues, develop skills, and explore leadership roles in their community. Following the session, the report is available for download.
Inclusive career pathways: Celebrating diversity in the arts
The event will shine a light on the Opera House’s pioneering Workplace Readiness Program, which supports young people with intellectual disabilities making the transition to mainstream employment. This is your chance to hear directly from those close to the program about its early successes and lessons learned.
Solve Challenge Finals
On September 22, 2026, we will convene leaders in innovation and social impact for Solve Challenge Finals. This year’s event marks a milestone—10 years of Solve and 10 years of innovation. Amidst the start of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week in New York City, we’ll announce the winners of the 10th Anniversary Global Challenge, award over $1M in prize funding, and set the stage for the next decade of impact.
GBBC’s 9th Annual Blockchain Central UNGA
Blockchain Central UNGA will bring 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).
Enabling Social Innovation: Lessons from Governments Around the World
Drawing on nearly 30 jurisdictions across every region of the world, this session will launch a landmark study by Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader and the GCSI through a lively, in-person discussion. It will explore how governments are creating enabling environments for social innovation through legislation, national strategies, institutions, financing, public procurement and other policy tools, and what can be learned from approaches around the world.
Youth Global Creative Challenge 2026
Sponsored by Netflix and Harvard University, the Youth Global Creative Challenge empowers young people aged 15–24 to articulate their ambitions through impact-led projects presented in compelling multimedia formats. Supported by Youth Studios, the Challenge recognises that influence-building is essential to turning individual ideas into generation-led action — enabling young creators to mobilise peers, shape public dialogue, and develop practical solutions to global challenges.
Is Leadership Development Philanthropy’s Missing Bet? A People First conversation on what it would take to make collective leadership development philanthropy’s priority.
As development aid declines and significant new private wealth is being created, philanthropy is entering a period of profound change. What would it take for philanthropy to invest more intentionally, and at greater scale, in the people, relationships, capabilities and shared leadership that make sustained progress possible?
We will bring together practitioners and philanthropy to explore what philanthropy and leadership development field may each need to do differently.
Global Youth2030 Challenge
Co-sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and University of Pennsylvania, the Challenge invites young people aged 15–24 to submit a 1,000-word orally narrated video story inspired by real-world events which collectively advance the UN SDGs. Co-hosted by the Multi-Literacy Project, entries should dynamically shape the future direction of meaningful, inclusive youth engagement in decisions that align with UN’s Youth2030 strategy.
Impact State of Mind – Entrepreneur Day!
Join us in Midtown Manhattan for a day of programming designed specifically for entrepreneurs in climate, technology, and social impact.
Impact State of Mind is a groundbreaking initiative of Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area with leading partners Princeton University’s Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, Finpublica, Sustainable Investment Leadership Council (SILC), and XPRIZE.
We’ve heard what entrepreneurs really want from an UNGA event and we’re taking action!
Impact State of Mind – Investor Day!
A full day of programming created for investors, funders, business leaders, and other adjacent stakeholders.
Impact State of Mind is a groundbreaking initiative of Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area with leading partners Princeton University’s Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance, Finpublica, Sustainable Investment Leadership Council (SILC), and XPRIZE. This year’s content themes will explore sustainable finance, the economy of climate adaptation, carbon markets, AI and more!
AI for SDGs: From Adoption to Impact Private Sector Perspectives from Europe and Central Asia
AI for SDGs: From Adoption to Impact is a high-level roundtable exploring how artificial intelligence can contribute to sustainable development across Europe and Central Asia.
Organized by UN Global Compact Network Georgia, with the support of the United Nations Global Compact and in collaboration with UN Global Compact Country Networks across Europe and Central Asia, the event is designed primarily for senior-level executives and decision-makers. It will bring together business leaders, repres
Major Cost: The Money, Business & Ethics Challenge 2026
The Challenge is a global youth financial literacy design competition for ages 15–24, with cash prizes for winning teams. Participants choose one of four tracks—everyday money, credit, investing, or financial technology—and submit an one-to-two page classroom lesson plan exploring business, ethics, and stakeholder impact. It is co-organized by Major Money, Adakami, Compassion Connectors Philippines, Finances & Pédagogie, Global Compassion Coalition and KIDsforSDGs, with support from LPI.