“My journey demonstrates the impact ordinary individuals can make.” Megan Gilmour, CEO & Co-Founder, MissingSchool To many today, the COVID pandemic may feel like a distant memory of online conference calls, empty city streets, and mandated social distancing. But its effects continue to have an all-too-real impact on our societies…

Ambassador Basse shares Denmark in New York’s leading role in driving action towards 2030 and what she hopes to see during the final stretch — In late September 2023, as global leaders descended on New York City for the UN SDG Summit at United Nations Headquarters, a similar gathering of policymakers, organizations, and the private sector met for a three-day event replete with talks and debates, networking, and receptions all focused on the green transition…

Through the Canon Young People Programme, Louise O’Driscoll, Adam Pensotti, and their team at Canon empower young people to share their stories through encouraging self-expression and running creative storytelling workshops. — Living and working together for the common good in order to contribute to worldwide prosperity and happiness — the philosophy of Kyosei has been upheld by Canon since 1988. As a global technology company, Canon enables people to tell stories through its products — especially young people from marginalised communities…

By uniting Sri Lanka’s war-affected youth, marginalized communities, and youth from facilitated communities, the 2018 UN SDG Action Award winner, The Road to Rights, takes a human rights-based approach to promoting the SDGs. — The Road to Rights, a youth-led initiative from Sri Lanka, aims to change the destiny of young people in the South Asian country. The organization specializes in social innovation and justice and follows a human rights-based approach, which is not only a guiding principle but also the cornerstone of its…

By pioneering sustainable transformation in the outdoor advertising industry, Lénaïc Pineau and JCDecaux, an official partner of the UN Joint SDG Fund, are dedicated to making cities more inclusive and sustainable, and fostering a shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle and culture. — The worlds of advertising and sustainable development are rarely spoken in the same sentence. But that is something JCDecaux, one of the biggest outdoor advertising companies worldwide, is striving to change. As a company connecting clients with more than 850 million people around the world each day, JCDecaux is increasingly…

ACE Youth Hub participants Judith and Saskia have a common goal: to work for a greener and more sustainable future and actively make a difference. We talked to the two students about their visions and what they want to see happen from the upcoming COP 28. — There are currently 1.9 billion young people aged 10 to 24 living throughout the world. Together, they form the largest generation of young people in human history. Given these facts, it is evident that achieving sustainable development and peace depends on engaging youth and creating an environment that allows them…

BONN, Germany — The UN SDG Action Campaign and key mobilizing partners have wrapped up the most successful Global Week to #Act4SDGs to date with over 150 million actions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recorded in over 190 countries around the world, the Bonn-based UN initiative has confirmed. …

The largest civil society coalition in Italy, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), unites over 320 organizations and 1000 experts to act for the SDGs and achieve the 2030 Agenda. — As we pass the midpoint of our journey to 2030, a reality check on the Sustainable Development Goals shows that SDG progress is lagging. In fact, according to the recent UN SDG Progress Report, a mere 12% of the SDG targets are currently on track, while progress remains slow or…

By driving attention towards a great variety of SDG actions all around Germany, the German Sustainability Action Days inspire people to act more sustainably and foster public awareness of this topic. — Seven years remain until 2030, when the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, are expected to be fully enacted around the world. And yet, as we pass the midpoint to the 2030 Agenda, the SDG targets are lagging and much remains to be done.