The 75th United Nations General Assembly is going virtual and Devex has it covered. We’re bringing you meaningful conversations, a calendar of must-attend events and the latest news from UNGA 75.
With so many UNGA side events competing for your attention this month, it’s hard to know which you should attend. Devex’s editorial team has compiled a list of 75 events you shouldn’t miss all in one calendar.
Hosted by the UN Foundation, the World Food Programme and the Permanent Missions of Ethiopia and the UK. Participants will explore opportunities to leverage key upcoming international moments to ensure that climate resilience in agriculture is at the heart of the global community’s efforts to recover better and transform food systems.
The Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion (Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission) is pleased to invite you to a global virtual event that aims to launch the Commission’s report and spark a new movement around one of the world’s biggest and most neglected health disparities: NCDIs that kill and disable millions of people in the poorest countries.
Hosted by UNF’s BCUN and Verizon. The virtual session will convene innovation practitioners and experts from the private sector, UN and civil society to examine solutions that have stemmed from the current crisis, and to look at how we can harness this momentum around ingenuity and openness to change in order to ‘recover better.’
The SA NCDs Alliance, established in 7 years ago, is a civil society partnership between three trusted NCDs advocacy organisations: CANSA, Diabetes SA and the Heart & Stroke Foundation SA. Its mission is for the people of South Africa have equitable access to quality NCDs+ prevention and management within universal health coverage/ NHI. For this important COVID-19 and NCDs+ advocacy project nearly 90 civil society organisations are collaborating.
Join Entrepreneurs, foundations, NGOs, corporates, and impact-driven organizations for a day at the crossroads of Impact and Blockchain.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, countries worked to overcome a myriad of challenges when introducing new safe and effective vaccines. While policy makers and health advocates addressed barriers, from understanding disease burden and cost effectiveness to establishing cold chain systems, preventable diseases spread, sicken populations, and cost lives.
Join us on September 16th for a discussion on how innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world are stepping up and sharing their opinions on how to address this public health challenge.
GZERO Media, in partnership with Microsoft and Eurasia Group, is proud to announce a series of livestream panels, featuring global experts discussing the most pressing issues facing the 75th United Nations General Assembly.
Hosted by UNF and the Brookings Institution. This event will showcase how local U.S. communities and leaders are using the SDGs to advance equity, inclusion, and environmental action.
As the world responds to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, we find ourselves at a crossroads. One path takes us back in the direction we came, propping up old, unjust systems that have led to this moment of compound health, ecological, social, political, and economic crises.
The UN75 Global Governance Forum seeks to promote a more inclusive and effective United Nations through dialogue and recommendations that better harness the ideas, capabilities, and networks of both state and non-state actors for achieving the UN’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, human rights, and a stable climate.
Women in Global Health is partnering with Wagner Foundation and Foreign Policy to deliver a high-level digital summit during the UN General Assembly. The Women in Global Health Security Summit will amplify the voices of women, with a particular focus on women from low-middle income countries, that are leading the response to COVID-19.
OneShared.World and partner signature event will bring together some of the world’s most inspiring people of all backgrounds and ages and highlight voices ranging from top global leaders to inspirational students to refugees and others.
In this session, we will hear from selected businesses and non-government organisations that are on the forefront of science-driven conservation of tropical rainforest and protection of carbon sinks in key sites across Malaysia.
Education Cannot Wait, together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States Government, the United Kingdom, the Government of Norway, will convene a virtual meeting of global leaders, education experts and young people to take place during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
As they try to contain the novel coronavirus, low-and middle-income countries must also grapple to provide new and repurposed treatments, diagnostics, personal protective equipment, and someday, a vaccine.
The GBBC’s Blockchain Central UNGA, official partner of the UN Foundation’s Global Goals Week, will bring together leading voices in technology, policy, and business to discuss the role of technology and community in accelerating progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
IntraHealth International is reimagining SwitchPoint 2020 in the wake of COVID-19. Instead of in-person global events, we’re launching a series of Virtual SwitchPoint Exchanges: online, creative, and highly interactive gatherings in the style of SwitchPoint.
Africa Future Summit Returns with 100 Global Speakers and Partners. To accelerate developments within the Africa’s tech ecosystem, the Africa Future Fund is to host the third annual Africa Future Summit on September 18, 2020. RSVP Now.
The purpose of this IWA is to provide a definition of a woman‐owned business and guidance to businesses, statistical agencies, governments and international initiatives on how the definition can be used.
We host community Earth Hacks events at colleges and universities, where interdisciplinary teams of hackers collaborate on solutions to local climate challenges in partnership with local organizations.
The theme for ICSD 2020 is Cross-Cutting Solutions for the Decade of Action. With only ten years until Agenda 2030, it is critical that actions and changes must be made to reach the 17 SDGs that were established in 2015.
UN Member States agreed in June 2019 that the UN will mark its 75th anniversary with a one-day, high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on Monday, 21 September 2020 on the theme, 'The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism'.
Due to the continued uncertainty around the global COVID-19 pandemic, the ICSD Organizing Committee has decided to convene the 2020 event virtually. This will allow ICSD to remain accessible to all, while providing our community with a forum to continue advancing the SDGs.
Through three high-level online events, Uniting Business LIVE will take stock of the state of the world, address gaps in progress, drive business ambition on the SDGs and highlight practical examples and actionable solutions. We invite you to join us.
While climate change is already affecting people all over the world, indigenous peoples are disproportionately vulnerable to its impacts. It is not only biodiversity and the environment that are being devastated, but cultural identity and the traditional knowledge that has historically informed stewardship and protection are also at risk of being lost.
Come and discover how the superpowers of Space applications and technologies are and will be at service for the humankind through several fireside chats and interviews of Space entrepreneurs and innovators with a great purpose in mind: save Spaceship earth.
COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, devastating impacts on the lives, livelihoods and learning of millions of people, particularly the most vulnerable.
This event will connect MWBEs, SMEs, and anyone looking to expand into global markets with new buyers and sellers. What is the USAfrica Business Expo?USAfrica Business Expo is the only B2B Trade Show, Conference & Networking Event taking place in the margins of the UN General Assembly in NYC.
Unlock Big Change – Education: the key to a better future is a digital conference featuring interactive panels, debates and presentations with world leaders, celebrity advocates, business executives, and leading advocates, innovators and changemakers.
Please join The Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University Commission on Health Determinants, Data, and Decision-making (3-D Commission) for a virtual event on the occasion of 75th session of the UN General Assembly.
Peace One Day is hosting a Live Global Digital Experience on the 21st of September for #PeaceDay, the UN International Day of Peace.
Taking place in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum’s fourth and, for the first time, fully virtual Sustainable Development Impact Summit will convene leaders from government, business, international organizations and civil society along with a diverse group of experts and innovators to initiate, accelerate and scale-up entrepreneurial solutions to tackle climate change and advance sustainable development.
With COVID-19 impacting the world over, the 75th United Nations General Assembly Week (UNGA) will be a key moment in the 2020 calendar for the world to focus on social and environmental challenges and accelerate collaborations to meet the Global Goals.
The SDG Action Zone is the foremost collaborative space for engaging world leaders and emerging leaders to supercharge and accelerate solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. Over the course of three days during the UN General Assembly on 22-24 September, the SDG Action Zone will convene leading thinkers, actors, creators, and activists through frank debate, challenging discussions, inspiring showcases and interactive exhibitions to drive the exponential change so needed for people and our planet.
Leading up to 2020, the climate world and much of progressive business had this year to be a landmark year for setting climate commitments that would close the ambition gap to achieve net zero emissions and keep the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement within reach.
Welcome to The Hub Live – the first fully digital Hub event program at Climate Week NYC 2020. Taking place online on September 22 – 24, leaders and practitioners are invited to come together and tackle key challenges in climate and environmental leadership within this energized forum and networking space.
To address the challenges of climate change, countries will continue to transition away from emissions-intensive energy sources and take steps to build more resilient communities and economies.
The fashion industry is the world’s third largest manufacturing sector, valued at USD 2.5 trillion and employing 75 million people throughout the value chain.
The panel will take an in-depth look at the issues in the digital development ecosystem caused by fragmented funding and priorities touching on case studies and examples to bring to life a vision of cooperation for increased impact.
Meet the researchers and scientists who have identified existing solutions and practices that are restoring the biodiversity and balance that evolved over millions of years. Hear from inspiring and determined individuals, communities and leaders from around the world who are successfully implementing solutions to the climate crisis.
Hosted by the World Humanitarian Forum. The event will feature roundtable discussions and keynotes about shaping the future of humanitarian aid and international development.
Business action in and beyond supply chains: How public-private collaboration is driving landscape and jurisdictional impacts.
Join London Stock Exchange Group and PRI for the third part of our webinar series in the COP26: Investor Action on Climate entitled ‘The Rise of the Green Economy’.
This webinar marks the launch of Business in the Community’s Responsible Innovation methodology, including a panel of expert innovators. Every company is innovating daily just to stay ahead, and even more so as we look to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of this year’s Climate Week NYC, SEI welcomes you to an event organized jointly with The Nature Conservancy and UNEP. Experts will share their views on how to increase funding for nature-based solutions to build resilience in coastal areas.
Over the past few months, we have seen momentum build behind the financial sector’s efforts to improve their climate policies, with increased attention to measuring, reporting and slowing the flow of financing to fossil fuel companies.
The En-ROADS Climate Workshop is a group experience which allows participants to visualize the impact of different climate solutions in real-time, using the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator – a user-friendly climate model developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.
Returning for its 5th edition on 24 September 2020, Climate Action’s Sustainable Investment Forum North America in official partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is going virtual.
The Nature for Life Hub will offer a virtual venue for multiple events as part of the four-day program. Hub organizers will work with champions, mobilizers, leaders and speakers who inspire and engage global audiences.
The climate emergency disproportionately impacts girls and women and the essential work that we do. Women have lower socioeconomic status and power than men, so disasters leave us worse off.
Indigenous people have occupied the Pacific Islands for thousands of years, living sustainably and compatibly with the environment—having the knowledge, respect, care and interdependent relationship with all living things.
Warming atmosphere, weather instability, loss of biodiversity threatening ecosystem productivity, those are just a few among many challenges the agriculture sector is facing. As climate change risks escalate, scientists and policymakers look to agriculture and food as areas for urgent action.
Global women leaders discuss solutions to a world in crisis.
This house believes that the next generation is better equipped to meet the challenges facing people and planet than today’s leaders.
COVID-19 is upending health systems and health workforces across the world. In low- and middle-income countries especially, the pandemic has diminished access to essential health services, threatening to reverse decades of progress in global health, including toward ending preventable maternal and child deaths, achieving epidemic control of HIV, eliminating malaria, eradicating measles, and ending TB.
Join us for the BCtA 10th Annual Forum taking place online on September 24 on the sidelines of the virtual 75th Session of the UN General Assembly.
The Women in Global Health and Johnson & Johnson Foundation digital Action Labs are interactive panel discussions driving local advocacy.
UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases: Working with Member States to deliver the NCD-related SDG targets during and beyond COVID-19.
World Climate Forum North America will aim to strengthen public and private sector partnerships supporting the implementation of short to long-term action towards a green economic recovery and reaching climate goals.
The climate crisis is thrusting the world’s farming communities into deeper poverty while destroying forests and other ecosystems.
Arctic temperatures are increasing three times faster than the global average. The impacts of this rapid warming are many, not only locally but globally.
Join us to learn how we’re bringing philanthropies, governments, nonprofits and corporations together to channel their efforts toward a single carbon market that maximizes finance for forest protection.
Hosted by Project Everyone, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and Sustainable Development Solutions Network. In celebration of the SDGs’ 5th Anniversary, the day will highlight Factivists around the world and use data to illustrate the state of the world.
This session will particularly help aspiring and current entrepreneurs learn about unique and strategic approaches in innovating their organization’s business models to be more sustainable, ethical and inclusive.
Modern warfare causes tremendous loss of life. It is used as a tool of oppression (including racism, classism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism) and genocide to install the dominant culture and to take control of land and resources.
Listening to each other’s experiences as Africans impacted by the climate crisis is an important part of Climate Week/COP26. We need stories of hope, commitment, and courage—stories that can unite us, inspire us, and rekindle our spirit.
BridgingTheGap Ventures is organizing the inaugural YOUNGA™ Forum under the auspices of the Office of the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for UN75 commemoration—making history with a first-of-its-kind global youth takeover of the United Nations.
The official publication launch of the NSOAP Manual - Part #1 of Special NSOAP Online Series. The event is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and is hosted by UNIATR and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC).
SDSN’s Global Solutions Forum brings together sustainable development experts from around the world to showcase how they are implementing local initiatives that are advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
The COVID-19 pandemic and emergency measures to control it, such as lockdowns and travel restrictions, have put public health systems under stress and caused hundreds of millions around the world to lose their livelihoods overnight. In this context, developing countries face the dual challenges of financing the response to the pandemic and avoiding a major debt crisis that could set back progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for many years.
Hosted by UNF’s Univeral Access Project (UAP) and World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). WBA will present its Baseline Report on gender disclosure in the apparel industry and UNF will unveil a new round of corporate commitments on women’s health and empowerment and share progress on existing commitments.