Emancipating Education: Perspectives and Challenges in Transforming the Education System

Join us for a conversation on opportunities to advance equality through innovative education reforms with Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education, Indonesia. This conversation will be moderated by Dana Burde, Director of the International Education Program at the NYU Steinhardt School.

This discussion will present the key aspects of Indonesia’s ambitious plan for educational reform; explore the opportunities and challenges of transforming education systems; reflect on the role of education reform in facing the hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, including the digital divide and regional inequalities; and learn from Indonesia’s experience in promoting innovation to deliver change and improve livelihoods.

SDG Booth (Public Stunt) | G17 University Ambassadors Consortium Bhutan

The G17 Bhutan Ambassadors of Sherubtse College will conduct an SDG booth to #FlipTheScript, creating awareness and compelling people to pledge solidarity for a sustainable future.

Each ambassador will create a painting or picture with a strong theme relevant to their goals. They will then present their creations to the university students and faculties.

#JoinTheMovement with Support the Goals

Support the Goals is an initiative to reward businesses for supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Join Support the Goals for free!

Your business will be awarded an SDG Rating to measure your contributions to the Global Goals. With this, you’ll understand how your actions advance the goals, and follow a roadmap of your next steps. You’ll also access to a growing library of resources, plus tools to help communicate your support and a programme to educate and involve your suppliers.

Unlocking collaboration across the Americas

States, regions, and businesses across the Americas face common challenges when addressing and implementing climate policy. Shared borders, geography, and trade agreements mean that successful climate policies are dependent on collaboration.

This session aims to address these common challenges and highlight potential shared solutions by breaking down silos between government, business, and other key stakeholders. In this way we can enable meaningful collaboration and identify key target areas.

Global Africa Business Initiative

Under the leadership of the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, the inaugural Global Africa Business Initiative is designed to place Africa in its proper spot on the world stage, bringing to focus a roadmap for Africa that is sustainable, inclusive, just, and managed by Africans for Africans. The conference will take place during the United Nations General Assembly week from 18-19 September 2022. There will be robust dives on how Africa offers a powerful business ecosystem when activated brings prosperity to all Africans and citizens of the world.

Reimagining A Fair Data Future: Launch of the Data Values Campaign

This side event, hosted by the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, will launch the Data Values Campaign, a global campaign centered around a manifesto for change that sparks dialogue, builds a movement, and catalyzes action to unlock a fairer data future for all. The campaign will be a movement that brings together diverse and often underrepresented perspectives, stories, and expertise on issues around data and power. The event will frame the need to critically examine the ways that power is distributed in the production, sharing, and use of data, and in how data use and governance can challenge or exacerbate existing power imbalances.

Climate Week NYC: Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony launches Climate Week NYC each year. This is a chance for heads of state, government officials, CEOs and civil society leaders, to share their global outlook on climate change and action.

This year, we’re back in person in New York, and we’re putting climate in context of today’s world. We’ll explore the connected challenges of global security and climate. We’ll ask what’s stopping us from getting it done and how we create a more equitable economy.

Climate Week NYC: Under2 Coalition General Assembly

The Under2 Coalition General Assembly is the annual meeting of our member states and regions. It brings us together to share knowledge and first-hand experience of climate action and to challenge the international community to up its ambition and play its part.

This year we look forward to hearing from our five co-chairs for 2022-2024 as well as governors, premiers and first ministers from across our global membership. We look at what it means to ‘get it done’ as a state or regional government and how our networks can build reach and impact as we work towards a net zero world.

Climate Week NYC: Climate Leaders’ Reception

We’re inviting senior leaders from business, government and civil society to gather in-person for an evening at a high level venue, to celebrate climate action and debate how to deliver the next steps. We believe our network is greater than the sum of its parts and that only by coming together can we accelerate the transition to a green economy at the speed required.

The Reception is attended by an invited audience of leaders from business, government, and the climate sector. Places are limited and subject to approval. There is no fee for approved attendees.

Climate Week NYC: The Hub Live

We’re gathering over 1,000 international decision makers and leaders from business, policy and civil society to drive climate action, fast. Taking place in New York City across two days, this year’s The Hub Live is in person, under one roof.

Across the two days you’re invited to join a variety of networking and interactive sessions; from open discussions and debates to closed door roundtables, collaborative workshops and networking receptions.

Climate Week NYC: The Hub Live – Executive Series

Building on our successful digital roundtable series in 2021, the Executive Series is hosted in-person at The Hub Live at Climate Week NYC.

In partnership with PwC, this year’s series invites senior business and policy executives to connect and collaborate to get it done. A series of closed-door, invite only strategic roundtables hosted under the Chatham House rule for senior executives to be frank and honest about the challenges they face, to pull together for bolder climate leadership, and to find shared solutions to common challenges.

Youth4Climate: Powering Action

Youth4Climate: Powering Action, a global initiative co-led by the Government of Italy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and co-shaped with youth and other strategic partners, will convene a flagship global event on 20 September 2022 in New York, on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Multilateralism as a Way Forward: Managing the “Mega-Crisis”

This invite-only session of the SDG Lounge, in partnership with Club de Madrid, will focus on the mega-crisis and the role of democracy and democracy-driven organizations in responding effectively to it. We will also discuss Club de Madrid’s work as well as the challenges and importance of promoting multilateralism and public-private partnerships to achieve the 2030 Agenda.

Global Youth Forum at SDG Lounge

The Global Youth Forum at SDG Lounge will be a follow-up to the Global Youth Summit at Earthx2022 that took place on Earth Day this year. This invite-only program will build upon the partnerships that were highlighted with progress reports and calls to action.

Island Resilience Forum at SDG Lounge

The Island Resilience Forum at the SDG Lounge will be a follow-up to the Island Resilience Summit at Earthx2022 that took place on Earth Day this year. The invite-only program will build upon the partnerships that were highlighted with progress reports and calls to action.