Charting a Path to Sustainable Progress: Insights from the 2023 SDG Summit and Beyond

Representatives from member states, the UN, and civil society gathered to reaffirm their commitments to the SDGs and chart a way forward.

Stronger Partnerships, Regional Prevention, and the New Agenda for Peace: A Dialogue Towards the Summit of the Future

Critical considerations for the upcoming Summit of the Future.

Could COP28 Help Protect Africans From Growing Modern Slavery?

An opportunity to initiate conversations about environmental and social risks in financial sector investments.

Advancing Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics

Experiences and Lessons for Socio-ecological Resilience and Empowerment of Women in ITTO Projects

International Tropical Timber Organization

Can public policy design help close the gender gap?

Highlights from UNU-MERIT’s Public Policy MPP Conference 2023

Ensuring Human Rights for Climate Migrants and Displaced Individuals

DUBAI & ONLINE: This session at the COP28 Thailand Pavilion will focus on the needs and rights of people displaced by climate & environmental change.

Sustainable Water Management through Water Reuse

A workshop in Tokyo discussed wastewater use as a solution to growing water stress, completing joint research by UNU-IAS and UNU-FLORES.

13th Global RCE Conference Highlights Whole Community Approach to ESD

The annual meeting of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Alexandra Bugailiskis

Alexandra retired from Global Affairs Canada after a 39-year career that included postings to Ghana and Guatemala, and four Ambassadorial appointments; Syria (1997-2000), Cuba (2003-2007), Poland (2013-2015) and Italy (2017-2021).