As part of the #GlobalDayofAct4SDGs, we invite you to highlight the achievements and increase the knowledge of people and organizations on how to materialize the 17 SDGs and their 169 goals. There needs to be a new commitment from all of us to ensure a sustainable recovery that reduces carbon emissions, conserves natural resources, creates better jobs, promotes gender equality, and addresses growing poverty and inequalities.
SDG 10: INEQUALITY
#GreenEquality
Unplanned and poorly managed urban development leads to increasing inequality, growing poverty, and disastrous impacts on the environment. Cities and metropolitan areas account for around 70% of global carbon emissions and more than 60% of resource use. This day seeks to raise awareness about the urgent need to promote and act for a #GreenEquality that makes cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable places.
Digital Equity: Should Internet Access Be Free for Everyone?
Should Internet access be free for everyone? Maybe. But it’s complicated. There are approximately 3 billion people, nearly half the world’s population, who lack reliable, affordable access to the Internet. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the chasm growing between connected and unconnected populations—in wealthy nations like the US and in the developing world. We all agree this is a problem, but the debate begins when we discuss viable solutions.
SDG Action Zone 2021
Bringing the UN to the world and the world to the UN.
Over the course of three days during the UN General Assembly, the SDG Action Zone brings together the highest levels of UN leadership, activists, government officials, business leaders, changemakers and disruptors in a virtual collaborative space – to highlight the ecosystem-wide solutions, plans, and investments needed to positively impact people’s lives and the future of our planet.
Progress to end child marriage: decade of driving forward
The global movement to end child marriage has brought about significant achievements ranging from political commitments to increased awareness, funding and programming – contributing to declining rates of child marriage. However, 1 in 5 girls globally are still married under 18. Marking 10 years of Girls Not Brides at this virtual event, we’ll hear from leaders on how the movement has driven positive change for girls, and the urgent priorities to build a more equitable future for all.
Celebrating 100 Data Partnerships: A Global Partnership Townhall
Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data has come a long way since we were founded six years ago. In 2016, we brokered three data partnerships across two countries.
This summer, we hit 100 partnerships in 35 countries. That’s hundreds of new connections to harness the power of data to bring us closer to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We’re celebrating this major milestone with a Town Hall event during Global Goals Week.
GGWCUP Nigeria 2021
Global Goals World Cup Nigeria is a 5 aside football tournament for all-women teams. Each team champions one of the SDGs, and is ranked by the action taken for their Goal on and off the field. The teams are scored in four distinct categories: Action, Crowd, Style and Football. Those awarded not only win a tournament. They amplify their calls to action and create impact, locally and globally.
Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Youth Power for the Global Goals
Join us to celebrate #YOUTHPOWER and learn how young people are making an impact on the Global Goals.
This event will feature a diverse range of speakers sharing their own personal experience on the power of youth leadership and how we can support young people to thrive, not just survive. We will also be announcing who our winning Youth Power Hacks teams are and exploring the ideas they have developed to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Launch of the 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmark
The World Benchmarking Alliance will launch its first Food & Agriculture Benchmark, assessing 350 key global food and agriculture companies on their performance towards food systems transformation. The benchmark is the first of its kind to take a value-chain approach, measuring progress of companies across their environmental, nutritional and social impact towards 2030. Co-hosted with the Swiss government, the event will include speakers from government, business, farmers and civil society.
Global Goals Week: Liverpool launch and the City’s role in National SDG Leadership
An online event to launch Global Goals Week: Liverpool and explore the city’s role in advancing local impact and wider place-based adoption of the SDGs.
UN Innovation Room Series
The Microsoft Tech for Social Impact team is hosting the UN Innovation Room Series, a four-part series hosted by Tolu Olubunmi, that highlights how UN organizations are embracing a culture of innovation to reignite the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in trusted, responsible, and inclusive ways. Throughout the series, WHO, United Nations, and UNICEF will share stories from the frontlines on how they are applying innovation and adopting digital tools and new models of collaboration to deliver on their missions and make a difference in people’s lives.
Sept 21 at 12PM ET – Leadership Panel with WHO, UNICEF, UN, and Microsoft: Harnessing digital and data for a Decade of Action
Sept 28 at 12PM ET – WHO: Building the new home of global health data
Sept 29 at 12PM ET – UN: Delivering the next-generation in innovation, data, and digital capabilities for impact
Sept 30 at 12PM ET – UNICEF: Advancing digital innovation for children
FP Virtual Dialogue: Securing Our Digital Future
Tune in with Foreign Policy magazine, in partnership with Microsoft, as we unveil a groundbreaking special report from FP Analytics on the economic, social, and geopolitical implications of escalating cybersecurity threats.
Access to medicines: Sustainable delivery models that leave no one behind
On Thursday, Sept. 23, Devex will host an ecosystem event on the sidelines of the 76th annual United Nations General Assembly in partnership with Gilead, exploring how new access models can allow for more coordinated and targeted approaches. Discussions will draw on lessons learned from the pandemic and beyond on how to best support more resilient health systems, and ultimately ensure progress on universal health coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals.
Unlock the Future
This high-level virtual event marks the beginning of the coalition for young people and future generations. We will commit to working together to deliver young people’s priorities for the next and future generations and explore how we can overcome the barriers that prevent young people from acquiring the power and influence to shape their futures.
This meeting is hosted by the world’s most far-reaching youth-led and youth-focused networks and movements including Girl Up, Global Youth Mobilization, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (The Award), Restless Development, the World Economic Forum, and the UN Foundation.
UN International Day of Peace Youth Observance
The International Day of Peace Youth Observance is organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, and will take place online with the participation of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Messengers of Peace and students from around the world.
The theme for this year’s International Day of Peace is “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world”.
The Tipping Point: The State of the Amazon & the Bioeconomy Future
This event, hosted by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) & the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), will present an overview of the state of the Amazon, assessing the risk of the climate tipping points in the region, and the paradox between the Amazon’s extraordinary socio-biodiversity and its distance from the scientific, technological, and market frontier of the contemporary bioeconomy. Speakers will present an in-depth discussion on what the “tipping points” mean for the Amazon and the global world, the need for conservation and restoration, as well as challenges and pathways that exist to transition to a socially-fair and sustainable bioeconomy.
UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Virtual Youth Dialogue on Climate
This event is part of a dialogue series that serves to connect representatives of the youth population with the Deputy Secretary-General to discuss thematic issues ranging from climate to innovation and equality to health. The youth speakers are thematic experts and come from diverse backgrounds and regions. They include but are not limited to representatives from grassroots movements, international organizations, civil society, academia, and the private sector.
Raising the alarm: A conversation on preventing the next global health crisis with Raj Panjabi
Devex is hosting a live conversation with Raj Panjabi, the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator and co-founder of NGO Last Mile Health. This conversation, led by Sara Jerving, global health reporter for Devex and part of Devex’s UHC Pavilion, comes as global leaders meet for the 76th United Nations General Assembly. High on the UNGA agenda will be how to address the current COVID-19 pandemic and how to prevent the next global health crisis.
Immunization Agenda 2030 High-Level Side Event
After a year that saw one of the first significant slips in childhood vaccination rates in decades, an ambitious global strategy to maximize the lifesaving impact of vaccines launched in April: Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). Now, the UN Foundation, WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance are teaming up to host a high-level event during UNGA to socialize and build political momentum for IA2030 in the context of the SDGs. As background, IA2030 aims to halve the number of children who completely miss out on essential vaccines, achieve 500 introductions of new or underused vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, and achieve 90% coverage for key lifesaving vaccines.
SustainChain Day: Road to 2030
Join us in celebrating SustainChain™ Day! Hear from special guests UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Jeffrey Sachs, and several SustainChain members who are contributing to our action initiatives around regenerative agriculture, resilient infrastructure, plastics, ocean energy, and more. We will also unveil the latest enhancements to the SustainChain platform that will make it easier to connect relevant players, actions, and funding across the sustainability ecosystem.