Forever Youth Festival

Youth is both a physical and mental state of being. Through emphasizing holistic health and well-being, we can build a sound and sustainable foundation for humankind to better co-exist with our planet.

Emphasizing healthtech, biotech, medtech and foodtech, the Forever Youth Festival is co-curated by youth from around the world, and will feature presentations by young health advocates, showcases by young researchers, and case studies of higher learning in health.

Integrating Intuition to Achieve the 2030 Agenda

This class will be a practical lesson on the Mechanism of Intuition, and will show how intuition, as an integrated language, can allow the people and communities who practice it to achieve sustainable development. The class will also show how the SDGs can be achieved in the short term as well as statistics, results, and how to accomplish the SDGs with scarce resources.

Tackling the Climate Change and Nature Loss Twin Crises

This 50-minute digital dialogue, hosted by the Financial Times in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will bring financial regulators, supervisors, central banks, scientists, NGOs and policymakers together to discuss the mobilization of mainstream finance in support of the transition to a sustainable global economy. Discussion will zero in on the preventative and preemptive actions central banks and supervisors can take now, the importance of addressing climate change and nature loss simultaneously, and the financial instruments that will incentivize swift and systemic change.

SDG Moment 2022

The SDG Moment serves to place an annual spotlight on the Sustainable Development Goals. It takes place as the world faces a deepening cost-of-living crisis that carries huge implications for the advancement of the SDGs, especially in developing countries. Convened by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Moment will provide world leaders with a platform to showcase the bold actions and solutions that are needed to set the world on course towards achieving the SDGs. The SDG Moment event will set the scene and lead into the Transforming Education Summit, and is expected to build the momentum as we head towards the SDG Summit in 2023.

Sustainable Development Impact Meetings

Convening at the same time as the United Nations General Assembly, the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings will bring together communities of purpose that integrate business leaders, policy-makers, international and civil society organizations, innovators and entrepreneurs. In a series of carefully curated impact-driven dialogues, these alliances will use the meetings to advance their work and make concrete progress on the SDGs and to build momentum on other key milestones ahead.

Reinforcing Cooperation in a Disrupted World: A Strategic Preview of the UN General Assembly

Ahead of the 2022 United Nations General Assembly, political, business, and civil society leaders will join the Financial Times, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, to host this strategic preview of the UN General Assembly which will explore how international cooperation can be utilised to overcome the myriad of geopolitical crises including climate, food, energy, and war; while also asking how multilateralism can be redesigned to be more resilient and effective in the modern day.

Semana de Acción X ODS

La Semana de Acción Global por los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, impulsado por Youth Global Action, busca una nueva forma de inspirar, movilizar, conectar a las personas y a las organizaciones que actúen sobre los ODS. El foro será un espacio de juventud y dinamismo con escenarios diferentes, con sesiones plenarias, charlas relámpago, performances, talleres interactivos, exposiciones y un espacio para conectar con jóvenes líderes, agentes de cambio, activistas y más.

Third Young SDG Champion Awards

To recognize young grassroots leaders’ exemplary commitment to championing the SDGs in their respective communities, GIYD will launch the Third Young SDG Champion Awards as one of the major activities of this year’s Philippine Young Leaders’ Convergence on October 12-15, 2022 in General Santos City.

The Awards aim to recognize local change-makers and celebrate achievements being made from the grassroots level up, which all form a critical contribution to the 2030 Agenda.

KIDsforSDGs Annual Impact Meeting 2022

AIM 2022 celebrates the organization’s global membership reaching over 50 countries. Co-curated and co-designed by youth from 10 countries, the event will focus on three pillars of impact: political, economic and social, and how they intersect. The emphasis is on youth being provided with a platform for co-creating a collective future where the outputs lead to outcomes shared by all of society. Together, we can AIM higher!

Launch of the Young Leaders for the SDGs

Following an open call for applications for the 2022-2024 Class of 17 Young Leaders for the SDGs, which resulted in 5,434 total applications submitted from 194 countries, the UN Envoy on Youth is excited to announce that the next class of Young Leaders for the SDGs will be held on 21 September 2022, with the support of a High-Level Selection Committee. These remarkable young change-makers are recognized for their ability to inspire and mobilize their constituents. Stay tuned for the announcement!

SDG Media Summit

The SDG Media Summit returns to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City with the goal of engaging on the most pressing sustainability issues, activating around solutions, and celebrating projects and partnerships that are helping achieve the SDGs.

Just a few days before the 77th edition of the United Nations General Assembly, the summit will bring together up to 150 communications leaders, United Nations representatives, and media experts to highlight the power of media to address pressing global issues and achieve the SDGs.

SDG Media Zone

Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 SDGs. At the SDG Media Zone at UNGA 77, we are committed to highlighting the tireless efforts of the global community, and the voices and needs of the people we serve. We aim to reach and inspire audiences everywhere, including beyond the international community, through meaningful content collaborations with media organizations interested in focusing on solutions for a better world. Join us and be part of conversations on the transformation and solutions needed to achieve the SDGs.

Africa Forward: Collaboration for Sustainable Livelihoods

Every month, Africa Forward engages with key stakeholders in the community on key topics that will move Africa forward. Africa Forward seeks to strengthen social entrepreneurship on the continent through creating an enabling environment of social enterprise. This session will focus on the power of social innovators in creating sustainable livelihoods across the continent in pursuit of the SDGs.

The event will be moderated by Una Okonkwo Osili, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Speakers include Nadia Kist, Director of African Partnerships, Blood:Water, and Mary Olushoga, Founder of AWP Network.

Global Goals Fellows Forum

The Forum will present on how to adopt the Global Goals into the blueprint of any organization — for-profit, not-for-profit and anywhere in between — to advance the 2030 Agenda.

Through a four-pillared “HERO” approach (Humanitarianism, Empowerment, Resourcefulness, Opportunity), the Global Goals Fellows will guide us on how to stand up and step up as global citizens, and be heroes for future generations.

SDGs Spotlight

SDGs Spotlight is a social media engagement campaign to raise awareness for the Sustainable Development Goals and engage and educate people to become actors of change.

IV Simposio Sobre Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

El simposio sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) es un espacio académico para el intercambio de ideas, investigaciones y proyectos orientados a ODS con el objetivo de crear conciencia, promover la acción y acelerar la contribución de las instituciones, las organizaciones privadas y los gobiernos al logro de la Agenda 2030.

YOUNGA 2022

YOUNGA® is the largest global festival for impact. Using mixed reality, YOUNGA unites young people with decision-makers to co-create solutions for a more inclusive, sustainable world during the United Nations Decade of Action from 2020 to 2030.

YOUNGA 2022 will span from September 28 through October 21.

Global Dispatches Podcast: Live from UNGA

Tune in to the Global Dispatches podcast during the 77th UN General Assembly High-Level Week for daily episodes taped live featuring news from the UN, conversations on climate, the global food crisis, the global replenishment fund, financing the Goals, and more. This podcast series will provide expert analysis to give you the context you need to understand what is driving the agenda at UNGA 77.

Available on the Global Dispatches website, and wherever you listen to your podcasts (Spotify, Apple etc.).

The Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America & Caribbean – Insights and Practices for Social Impact

Join keynote speaker Dr. David Nabarro, who played a key role in the creation of the SDGs, as he discusses his work with the WHO and the UN responding to short and long-term global challenges in health and food systems. The event will take a broader look at the societal and structural transformations necessary to achieve long-term and inclusive sustainable development in the context of the SDG framework in Latin America and the Caribbean.

GGWCUP Saudi Arabia 2022 – Dammam

This year, 42 Saudi football teams have chosen their Global Goal. On September 10, the teams in Dammam will play to qualify for the finals and GGWCUP Saudi Arabia 2022 in October. This is the second Global Goals World Cup in Saudi Arabia host by Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA). Follow #ggwcupksa for updates.