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Sharing Knowledge of Poverty-Environment Action through Learner-Centred Approaches to Sustainable Development

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  Guest blog by:  Michael Stanley-Jones, Fellow, Environmental Policy and Governance, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health & Claire Egehiza, University West, Sweden “Integrating learner-centred approaches into sustainable development curricula ensures practical and lasting impact across developing regions.” – Enzo di Taranto Capozzi, author, diplomat and climate-tech entrepreneur What happens to almost two decades of knowledge when a major international development programme comes to an end? Our recent chapter in Springer Nature’s Curriculum Development for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice (2026) explores this question through the experience of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Poverty-Environment Initiative and Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals (2005–2018, 2018-2022) across more than 30 developing countries. Titled “Sustainabl...
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Diary of Events 2026 and 2027 - a guide to the UN meetings coming up.

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17 – 28 August | 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification | UNCCD COP 17 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 8 – 22 September | 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, Opening and General Debate | UNGA 81 | New York, United States 18th September  | The Sustainable Development Goals Moment  22-26th September  | High-Level Week (and the 28th) 23rd September  | High-level meeting to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development 23rd September  | The Secretary-General will convene a high-level meeting on climate action and the just transition, focused on accelerating a just and orderly energy transition to renewables; mobilizing and scaling up affordable finance and investments for developing countries; and delivering adaptation and resilience support in an era of climate overshoot 24th September  |    High-level meeting to address the existential threats p...
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Sรฃo Paulo Climate Week - NAP Implementattion Alliance

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Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas , Lideranรงa Estratรฉgica em Polรญtica Climรกtica | Gestรฃo Programรกtica de Eventos Globais | Parcerias Multissetoriais & Filantropia | Governanรงa & Representaรงรฃo Internacional. During the Sรฃo Paulo Climate Week, which wraps up today, we as #COP30 Presidency in the context of the NAPs Implementation Alliance had the pleasure to partner with Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) to host a roundtable with representatives from the financial sector to: 1. Discuss the landscape of investments in resilience 2. Learn from their concrete experiences of designing financial instruments to fund #ClimateAdaptation , and 3. Understand how NAPs are (or are not) being used by financial institutions as guiding stars to identify the demand for funding and decide on how to allocate it. I´ve learned a lot reading the Report from GFANZ , particularly the cases of AON and the Government of Jamaica, the Zurich and Maersk case presented by Andressa Mei...
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City Leaders for Sustainable Futures

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Authors:  Cathy Oke : is Director of Melbourne Centre for Cities, and Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Cathy works at the interface of research, policy and practice for sustainable action in cities. She is Senior Advisor to the Innovate4Cities program of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and a Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.  and Jorn Verbeeck is an independent Urban Strategist with Dark Matter Labs, based in Belgium. With over 20 years of local and international sustainability work across public and private sectors, his expertise spans city diplomacy, sustainability strategies, multi-level governance, climate action and investment plans, circular economy, ESG assessments, and smart city approaches.   Overview This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Profiles lived experiences of mayors, entrepreneurs and academics from six continen...
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Be an expert reviewer for the draft of the IPCC Working Group 1 contribution to the 7th Assessment Report

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  Registration is now open for experts to review the First Order Draft of the Working Group I contribution to IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report. The Working Group I contribution assesses the latest physical science basis of climate change, including observed and projected large-scale climate changes, climate processes and feedbacks, and regional climate information. Refer to the outline of the report ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/3Rvkd4u to see whether your expertise can contribute. The expert review is the first of multiple review stages and runs from 10 August to 2 October 2026. Interested experts are invited to register by 23:50 CEST on 25 September 2026: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4vi25cq Read the full press release here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/WGI7Fod Read the mini guide for Expert Reviewers here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/WGIERGu
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Where would I apply for a job if the UN didn't exist?

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Guest blog: Lenni Montiel : Senior UN Development Leader (Ret.) | Former UN Assistant Secretary-General |UNDP Resident Representative | Governance, Public Policy & Multilateral Diplomacy | Leadership Advisor & Trainer | Chevening Scholar. Lenni writes on LinkedIn about the UN and international development. Originally published here.   Every international relations student asks how to get into the UN. Almost none ask this: "Where would I apply for a job if the UN didn't exist?" It sounds like a strange question. But it reveals something important. I've often reflected on it myself. If the UN hadn't existed, I suspect I would still have spent my career working on governance, public policy, and international development, just through different institutions. Many students focus on the institution. The destination. Too few begin by asking what kind of work they truly want to dedicate themselves to. Yet the most fulfilled professionals I encountered during my ...
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