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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 53m

📚 #UniversitiesForGoal13 unites students & universities to co-create sustainable energy solutions.

🇧🇷 Gustavo Riedel shared progress from PUC-Rio’s winning 2024 project: “OG2OW: Recommissioning Oil & Gas Platforms to Offshore Wind Energy"

🔗 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/our-work/uni...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 1d

Alongside #UNGA80 and #ClimateWeekNYC, @unsdsn.org convened a series of high-impact events, gathering key stakeholders to address global challenges and advance bold solutions.

🔗 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-ad...

#SDSNatUNGA #SustainableDevelopment

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 2d

📣 On Thursday, Oct 9, join the #CEET and @unctad.bsky.social for a webinar exploring how the @imohq.bsky.social Net-Zero Framework drives waste-to-fuel innovation, low-emission shipping, and sustainable fisheries.

🕘 9 AM ET | 3 PM CEST
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#SustainableShipping

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 3d

🌍 Paola Visconti, Co-Chair of SDSN Mexico, highlights how local networks are empowering members across Mexico to advance the #SDGs and build a safer, more inclusive, sustainable planet.

Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/our-networks...

#SustainableDevelopment #Mexico

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 4d

🌐 In November, @unsdsn.org will be in Belém, Brazil for #COP30.

Explore our COP30 Resource Hub for guidance, tools, & resources to effectively engage in COP negotiations, learn about the key issues, and drive meaningful climate action.

🔗 www.unsdsn.org/resources/co...

#TheAmazonWeWant #SDSNatCOP

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 5d

📚 On World Teachers' Day, we celebrate teachers transforming education for a brighter future.

The Global Schools Program empowers schools to integrate sustainable development into learning & foster collaboration that benefits students, communities, & society.

🔗 www.unsdsn.org/our-work/glo...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 7d

📥 Missed the @unsdsn.org's September newsletter? Sign up now to stay up to date with our work, initiatives, and networks.

Email 👉 unsdsn.org/subscribe/
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#Newsletter #SDSN #GlobalGoals #UNGA80 #ClimateWeek #SDGs

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 8d

🌍 On Sept 18, the SDSN's Network Chairs gathered in NYC & online ahead of #UNGA80.

With 15 Chairs in person & nearly 40 online, we explored how our Networks are driving global collaboration and innovative solutions for the #SustainableDevelopment.

🔗 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/news/reflect...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 9d

🎉 MDP Spotlight: Meet Pheladi Pezulu from Johannesburg!

Through the program, Pheladi has expanded her expertise and positioned herself to play an active role in Africa’s sustainable future.

📖 Read our Q&A: www.unsdsn.org/news/mdp-stu...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 10d

🌍 Join us on Oct 9 for “Amazonian & Caribbean Youth Voices On the Road to COP30” to hear youth perspectives on climate solutions & COP30 priorities.

🗓️ October 9, 2025
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM AST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/youth-am-ca

#TheAmazonWeWant #YouthClimateAction #COP30

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 10d

🌍 Join the Global MDP Challenge 2025!

From Oct 13, 2025, to Jan 18, 2026, collaborate with peers from 35 universities in 24 countries to tackle real-world sustainable development challenges.

🔗 Register by October 10: tally.so/r/n9eYy1

#MDPxSDGs

Global MDP Challenge 2025

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 11d

🌽Today is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

Through the FABLE Consortium and FELD Programme, the SDSN drives action and tools to build resilient food systems.

📘 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/our-work/top...

#FoodLoss #FoodWaste #Agriculture

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 14d

🌍 At #SRI2025, SDSN hosted a session featuring ARSINOE, @carmineproject.bsky.social & Climate IMPETUS, highlighting how these initiatives are delivering tangible, data-driven solutions for #ClimateResilience.

👉 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/news/innovat...

#HorizonEurope

Innovating for Resilience: Insights from “Pathways to Climate Resilience Session” at SRI 2025

On June 16 to 19, 2025, the Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress took place in Chicago, Illinois, marking its fifth anniversary and the first Congress in North America.

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 17d

Tomorrow, join the Science Panel for the Amazon's Youth Advisory Committee for a webinar on sustainable development and land and natural resource governance in the Amazon.

📅 Date: September 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Brasília
📌 Register here: bit.ly/yacwebinar3

#TheAmazonWeWant #SPAYAC

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 17d

🌐 AoG invites learners to examine how geography, tech, and institutions have shaped the human journey across 7 “ages." It blends video lectures, lesson plans, virtual visits to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and live dialogues.

💡 Explore AoG: www.agesofglobalization.com

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Focus 2030 @focus2030.org · 18d

📢 #UNGA80 Alors que débute le débat général de la 80è Assemblée générale des Nations unies 🇺🇳, découvrez notre dossier spécial qui dresse un état des lieux de l'organisation, de la crise du multilatéralisme et de ses conséquences sur les populations et la planète
focus2030.org/Dossier-spec...

Dossier spécial : AGNU80

Découvrez notre dossier spécial consacré à l'AGNU 80 et ses enjeux. Décryptage.

focus2030.org

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 17d

"The main obstacle [to the SDGs] is the lack of political will from some of the world’s most powerful states, which refuse to mobilize...for sustainable development," said SDSN's Guillaume Lafortune, in Focus 2030.

📖 Read more: focus2030.org/3-questions-...

#UNGA80 #ClimateWeekNYC

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 18d

Today, following a year-long beta roll-out, #AgesofGlobalization (AoG) launched its Alpha Version at "Education for Peace & Planet: From Histories to Futures," a full-day event held alongside #UNGA80 and #ClimateWeekNYC.

🔗 Learn more about the Launch:

“Ages of Globalization” Launches During UNGA & NYC Climate Week, Advancing Education for Peace & Planet

NEW YORK (September 22, 2025) — Following a year-long beta roll-out, the Ages of Globalization (AoG) initiative officially launched its Alpha Version at Education for Peace & Planet: From Histories to Futures, a full-day event held in conjunction with the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) and NYC Climate Week.

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 20d

Winner Announcement: Universities for Goal 13! 🏆

Turning algae into the future of clean industry (Monash University, Australia) is the winner of the #UniversitiesForGoal13 competition & award, by Siemens Energy & @unsdsn.org 🎉

📽️ Watch the video: youtu.be/gaxl0pTM2pI?...

#Ux13

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 20d

Amidst the #UNGA80, this year's Global Goals Week aims to mobilize communities, demand urgency, and supercharge solutions for the #SDGs.

🔗 Explore the SDSN's events during #UNGA80 and #GlobalGoalsWeek: www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-at...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 21d

🌐 Today marks the start of #GlobalGoalsWeek!

In 2015, UN Member States established the 17 #SDGs, and 1 year later, Global Goals Week was launched, an annual week of action, awareness, and accountability for the SDGs.

#LeaveNoOneBehind #SustainableDevelopment

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 21d

@unsdsn.org's Leadership Council brings together 95+ leaders from academia, business, civil society & government to guide our strategic direction.

Gathering in NYC & online, the Council addresses today’s most urgent global challenges.

👉 Meet the Council: www.unsdsn.org/about/leader...

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SDSN @unsdsn.org · 21d

📣Youth at the Heart of Global Decision-Making!
Join SDSN Youth and SDGs Secretariat, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda, for the Intergenerational Dialogue celebrated under the #YouthLeadFestival and the #UNGA80.

📅 23/09
⏱ 1pm GMT
🔗: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 22d

🌐 Today we convene the annual Network Chairs Meeting in NYC & online, where Chairs share strategies, spark collaborations, and drive solutions to pressing #SustainableDevelopment challenges.

📌 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/our-networks/

#SDGs #GlobalGoals #Networks

SDSN @unsdsn.org · 22d

Thank you to those who joined us for the Conference on Reform of the #UNCharter, hosted by @unsdsn.org.

Today's panelists explored the urgent need for United Nations reform, focusing on #Article109 of the UN Charter.

📌 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-to...

#UNGA80 #UnitedNations

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