Catalyst 2030 Awards

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Catalyst 2030 announced the winners of the Catalyst 2030 Awards for Systemic Change | 2022 at Althorp House in Northamptonshire, UK on 22 June 2022.

Building Forward Together: Towards an Inclusive and Resilient Asia and the Pacific | Side Event to the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific SDG Partnership are organizing a virtual side-event at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 12 July from 7:30 – 9:00 GMT-4 (New York Time) / 18:30 – 20:00 GMT+7 (Bangkok time).

National NAIDOC Week

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National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories.

EVENT: PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet: building integrated solutions for biodiversity and development

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This side event will explore how PANORAMA works and showcase how participants can contribute to and benefit from the initiative. It will present specific solutions on gender (SDG5) and partnerships (SDG17). It is being organized by IUCN.

Call for action ahead of the Transforming Education Summit

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The upcoming UN Summit must fully include persons with disabilities and their inalienable rights.

Working Together for Everyone’s Well-being: The Satoyama Initiative and Building Back Better (UN UNIVERSITY)

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This side event at the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will highlight the role of the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the SDGs and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will discuss contributions to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

SOFI report: Record hunger on the rise, UN study says

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WFP and FAO among agencies warning 828 million people are hungry as war in Ukraine sends food, fuel and fertilizers prices rocketing

Air Pollution and Climate Change Take a Growing Toll on Children's Health

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The following is an excerpt from a press release by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Pursuing inclusive and participatory consultations on climate actions in Nepal

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Rassu Manandhar is a national UN Volunteer Specialist with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in her home country, Nepal. She is part of a UNDP team that supports the people and Government in their efforts to integrate climate change and disaster risk reduction and management into the overall development process.

Report: Motivations for Business to Create Shared Value in Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Social Entrepreneurship Forum, Ernst & Young and InnoFoco Limited and Social Innovation Exchange have come together, with support of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), to understand the motivations of businesses in creating shared value and making recommendations on wider promotion of the business for a good concept.

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