Reflecting on 2025 for the SDSN: Progress, Partnerships, and Impact

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December 8, 2025 By SDSN As 2025 draws to a close, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) extends its gratitude for your steadfast support in advancing science-based solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. Together, we continue to make meaningful gains on the world’s most acute challenges.

Seventh UN Environment Assembly commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet

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Nairobi, 12 December 2025 – The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded today with Member States delivering 11 resolutions, three decisions and a Ministerial Declaration aiming to advance solutions for a more resilient planet.

Russia’s Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs

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HRW: Protect All Detainees; Justice for War Crimes Essential

Indonesia: violent physical attacks and intimidation attempts against Indigenous woman human rights defender Dewi Anakoda (joint communication)

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The following is based on a communication sent by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN experts to the Governments of Indonesia, France and China, as well as companies Weda Bay Nickel, ANTAM, Eramet, Tsingshan Holding Group, PT Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. and Zhenshi Holding Group Co., Ltd., on 19 August 2025.

DemocracyNext: Scaling sortition, deliberation & rotation

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Four takeaways from 2025 and an exciting update about what’s next in Phase 2.0 of DemocracyNext!

EU: Coalition of 11 largely US-based multinationals has allegedly worked to dilute CSDDD, according to leaked documents obtained by SOMO

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Leaked documents reveal how a secretive alliance of eleven large multinational enterprises has worked to tear down the EU’s flagship human rights and climate law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

Telenor failed to respect human rights in Myanmar sale

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The Norwegian National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct has found that Norwegian telecoms company Telenor breached international standards on human rights and responsible business conduct.

UNEP’s 2025 Champions of the Earth award recognizes five climate trailblazers

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Nairobi, 10 December 2025 – As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more sustainable future, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today named five climate forerunners as its 2025 Champions of the Earth.

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