Your UNGA 79 event guide
The 79th United Nations General Assembly is upon us. To help you navigate this hectic week, here's a list of events taking place during UNGA 2024.
By Devex Editor // 18 September 2024The annual gathering of heads of state, thought leaders, civil society members, development professionals, and other industry personalities kicks off this week in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. To help you navigate this hectic week, here’s a list of events taking place during UNGA 2024. We will continue to update this page, so keep checking back for more information. If you know of other important events in New York that are not included in this list, let us know by emailing news@devex.com. And remember, many events are invitation only or require prior registration. Check event details beforehand to plan accordingly. ⭐ Devex @ UNGA 79 Sept. 23-26 Online | New York City <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="TP22481266" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/TP22481266" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> Join us in New York City and online on the sidelines of UNGA 79, Climate Week, and the Summit of the Future for a series of live interviews, networking moments, and conversations. ⭐ Resilient Futures: Bridging the Protection Gap to Achieve Global Financial Health Sept. 23 | 4:30-5:30 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="hw22607687" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/hw22607687" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> This event hosted by Devex in partnership with AXA EssentiALL will explore what it takes to foster improved financial health and create inclusive insurance products that effectively serve low-income individuals, especially in the face of growing climate impacts. ⭐ Unlock the Everyday: Transforming Lives through Assistive Technology Sept. 23 | 7:00-10:30 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="Eg22688700" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Eg22688700" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> As part of the Unlock The Everyday campaign, ATscale and Devex will showcase an exciting public mobilization event designed to capture the attention of media and decision-makers drawing urgent attention to the millions of people around the world in need of assistive technology. ⭐ The 2030 agenda: Sustainably accelerating maternal health outcomes Sept. 24 | 8-10 a.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="Vy22729011" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Vy22729011" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> In this event, Devex, in partnership with MSD for Mothers, will host a live discussion as part of the “Maternity Matters” series, which aims to spotlight the ongoing work to Strengthen Systems for Safer Childbirth, and the vital role of public and private sector partnerships in advancing maternal health. ⭐ Investing in health: Innovative financing models from primary to tertiary care in LMICs Sept. 24 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="Ms22763505" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Ms22763505" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> In partnership with MSD Health Equity & Partnerships, this event will explore innovative financing solutions aimed at enhancing health care delivery across all levels of care—from primary prevention and early detection to advanced tertiary treatment. ⭐ Stepping up to the challenge: Scaling up local solutions to AMR Sept. 24 | 1-2:30 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="za22764085" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/za22764085" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> This event, hosted by Devex in partnership with GSK and Amref Health Africa, will explore challenges and barriers, and spotlight how local solutions can be scaled through multistakeholder partnerships in order to build the capacity and awareness needed to effectively respond to the AMR challenge on the African continent, including through a regional action group. ⭐ Mind Matters: Shaping the future of mental health care Sept. 24 | 6-8:30 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="gF22497265" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/gF22497265" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> In partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, this experiential dinner event will shine a spotlight on the realities of living with serious mental illness through the premiere of a powerful docuseries produced by Fixing Us, along with a captivating photo exhibit, dynamic on-stage conversations, and vibrant networking moments over dinner. ⭐ Transformative health policies for NCDs: Emphasizing the importance of an integrated approach for cardiorenal conditions Sept. 25 | 3-4 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="Rs22606026" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Rs22606026" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> This event will deep-dive into the challenges and opportunities surrounding cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions, including the urgent need for global recognition of their close interconnections and for prioritizing their care. ⭐ Ensuring cancer care for all: Tackling persisting health inequities Sept. 25 | 4:30-6 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="kG22756320" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/kG22756320" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> This event will explore what’s needed to advance equitable and high-quality cancer care for all, as well as current obstacles to accessing cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. ⭐ Securing the Future: How humanitarian and development finance can foster peace and drive resilience in Africa Sept. 25 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. ET <a title="Add to Calendar" class="addeventatc" data-id="Kf22938495" href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Kf22938495" target="_blank">Add to Calendar</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.addevent.com/libs/atc/1.6.1/atc.min.js" async defer></script> Together with African Development Bank Group and UNHCR, this high-level event will discuss solutions for peace, security, and resilience in Africa over the past decade, with a focus on the African Development Fund’s 17th replenishment and integrating UNHCR priorities and partnerships to address forced displacement. 🌍 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit Sept. 24-25 | Multi-Day Event ⚡ 8th Annual Offshore Wind Transmission Conference Sept. 24-25 | Multi-Day Event 🌍 Global Goals Summit Sept. 24-25 | Multi-Day Event 🌱 The Nest Climate Campus Sept. 24-26 | Multi-Day Event 🌍 Trust and Global Governance, Climate Acting: Linking the UN Summit of the Future with COP29 Sept. 24-26 | Multi-Day Event ⚡ Bridging European & US ClimateTech ecosystems Sept. 24 | 5:00 am - 8:30 am EDT 🌱 Climate x Data Sept. 24 | 5:30 am - 8:00 pm EDT 🌱 Navigating Weather and Climate Data with Earthmover Sept. 24 | 6:00 am - 8:00 am EDT 🌱 Overcoming Stakeholder Climate Engagement Barriers Sept. 24 | 7:30 am - 10:30 am EDT 🌱 New forest carbon standards and monitoring technologies – solutions out of the VCM crisis? Sept. 24 | 7:30 am - 9:30 am EDT 🌱 Sustainability LIVE Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 10:00 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🌍 Pandemics, Climate, Health, Conflict: Preventing Future Shocks Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 9:45 am EDT 🌱 Do Something for the Environment Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT 🩺 TB Vaccines Dialogue Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT 🌱 North America Climate Summit (NACS) 2024 Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT ⚡ CLEM (Clean Energy Mechanism)- Making Coal Fired Power Plants to Clean Energy Sources Transitions Profitable Sept. 24 | 8:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT 🩺 Enabling Equity through Disability-Inclusive Health Investments Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 10:00 am EDT 🤝 How And Why Businesses Can Prioritize Support To Parents And Caregivers Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 10:00 am EDT *Invitation-only 🌱 Making Markets: How Corporates & Climate Startups Can Partner Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 10:30 am EDT 🩺 Breaking the Model: Accelerating Access to Medicines Through Tech-Enabled Solutions Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 11:00 am EDT 🌱 Climate Connections: Exploring Cross-Sector opportunities Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 11:00 am EDT 💻 Data Platforms for Adolescent Futures Sept. 24 | 8:30 am - 11:00 am EDT ⚡ Driving Climate Implementation and Financing the Energy Transition in the G20 Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT 🌱 Wellbeing Through Climate Adaptation Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT ⚡ Decarbonization and the Path to a Sustainable Future: Advancing the Biofuels Agenda Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT | Online ⚖️ Climate Change and the Courts Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT ⚡ Innovate, Collaborate, Accelerate: Value-Chain Decarbonization at Scale Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT 🌱 NYCW Breakfast with Climate Capital+Goodwin Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 11:00 am EDT *Invitation-only 💻 All about reporting, starting small and building up to achieve real change! Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🤝 International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL) – New York 2024 Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT 🩺 Women’s Unique Health Needs and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 2:30 pm EDT 🎤 The Next 3 Billion Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT 🏗️ Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Building a More Sustainable Future Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT | In-person and Online 🌍 Global Future Forum Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 🌾 From Forests to Farms: Tackling the Environmental and Social Impacts of Food Production in Brazil Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT 🤝 Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2024 Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT 🌍 Puro.earth Carbon Dioxide Removal Summit Sept. 24 | 9:00 am - 7:00 pm EDT 🤝 #WeAreEqual: Amplifying Change Through Collaboration Sept. 24 | 9:30 am - 1:30 pm EDT 🌾 The Climate Crisis and Cities: “Think Locally, Act Regionally”: NYC’s Regional Approach to Local Food Policy Sept. 24 | 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EDT 📜 The Climate Crisis and Cities: The Research-Policy Integration / Feedback Loop Sept. 24 | 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EDT 🌾 The Climate Crisis and Cities: Understanding the Role of City Food Policy at a Global Level Sept. 24 | 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EDT 📜 Making Respect Real in Development: What does it take to build a culture of dignity? Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT 🌾 Agriculture’s Potential to Become a Carbon Sink Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 Climate Optimism: A Roundtable Vision for Planetary Health Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 📜 Writing Our Feelings about the Climate and What Gives Us Hope Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🤝 SDGs Roundtable 2024: Interfaith Contributions and Civil Society Best Practices Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT 🌱 Emissions Accounting to Accelerate Decarbonization Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT 🌱 4th International Trade and Investment Forum “Power for Africa” Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT 🌱 NYC AgTech Week 2024 Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 8:00 pm EDT 💻 Investments In Digital Public Infrastructure For Healthier Communities And Prosperous Economies Sept. 24 | 10:00 am - 10:00 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🌱 The Central Role of Young People in the Climate Movement Sept. 24 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌍 Advancing DE&I progress throughout value chains Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 Driving an inclusive green transition – closing the climate girls’ gap Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 Greening Disaster Response: New Solutions to Decarbonize Humanitarian Action Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 💻 Sustainable and Targeted Poverty Solutions: Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT ⚡ Toward a Fossil Fuel Treaty: Building a Community for Change Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT 💻 Ghana Tech Summit 2024 (Diaspora Edition) Sept. 24 | 11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT 🌱 It’s Time To Unite For Mission 2025 Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT ⚡ Sustainability & Climate Tech Communications: Tips from the Top Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT 🩺 Building Health Workforce Resilience: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Climate and Health Crises Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT 🩺 Leading and Linking: Bold actions to tackle NCDs for Sustainable Development Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT 🌍 Restrategizing Civil Society Engagement for Pandemic and Global Governance Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT ⚥ Female Founders and Funders Lunch Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT ⚡ Link Logistics Energy & Sustainability Summit 2024 Sept. 24 | 12:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT 🌱 London & NYC – Business Outlook for the Sustainability Sector Sept. 24 | 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT 🤝 US Leadership in the Global #PhilanthropyForClimate Movement Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT 🌱 Timber Matters: Regional Approaches to Sustainable Mass Timber Ecosystems Sept. 24 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT 🌱 The FAST-Infra Label: Mobilising the Private Sector for Sustainable Infrastructure Sept. 24 | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT 🌱 2024 New York Climate Week Side Event – Financing Carbon Management Sept. 24 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🌱 Educating for Climate Action Summit Sept. 24 | 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 🌱 AIANY Climate Change and Architecture Tour Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT ⚡ Scotland’s Climate Tech Company Showcase Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 💰 Unlocking Financing For Young Children And Their Families Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🏛️ High-Level Roundtable on African Minerals Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🌱 GRI Roundtable Climate Change Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT 🌍 PACT Scope 3 Summit: Accelerating Global Value Chain Transparency Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT 💻 Accelerating sustainability progress with Gen AI Sept. 24 | 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT 🌍 Reimagining the Built Environment for a Net Zero Future Sept. 24 | 2:15 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 🌱 Deploying the Gold Standard/RCC Adaptation Framework for Climate Resilience Sept. 24 | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT *RSVP is required 🩺 Addressing Regulatory Issues Impeding Local Manufacturing In Africa: A Pilot Study Proposal Sept. 24 | 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT *Invitation-only 🌱 It’s Time to Drive Aluminum Beverage Cans to Full Circularity Sept. 24 | 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 🌾 The Role of Food in the Climate Crisis: Moving from Theory to Action Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 7:00 am EDT 🎨 RE100 Members Forum and Awards Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 📜 Catalysing Research Convention 2024 Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 💻 ClimateIQ: Exploring the Potential of AI Tools for Climate Risk and Resilience Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 💻 Learning and Skills for Sustainable Youth Development Dialogue Series – UNGA 3rd Edition Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT ⚡ Charging Ahead: Global Strategies for Bus Electrification Sept. 24 | 3:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT 🩺 Securing the health of every woman, child and adolescent: Political leadership to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Sept. 24 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT 🌾 Regenerative Organic Agriculture: Shifting Food Production from Climate Crisis Contributor to Solution Sept. 24 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EDT ⚥ Climate Finance with a Gender Lens Sept. 24 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT 💻 Leveraging AI to optimize commercial real estate for energy transition Sept. 24 | 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 🩺 A Global First: A Blueprint for Eliminating Cervical Cancer in the Americas Sept. 24 | 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm EDT ⚡ Navigating Voluntary Carbon Markets: Ensuring Integrity and Maximizing ROI Sept. 24 | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT ⚥ Her Power @ UNGA 79 Sept. 24 | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT 💻 From Digital Divide to Digital Dividend: Reviving the SDGs Sept. 24 | 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT ⚡ It’s time for Sustainable Aviation Fuel! Sept. 24 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT 🌱 Building with Wood: Nature’s Climate Solution Sept. 24 | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 🌱 How can Universal Basic Income aid a Just Transition? Sept. 24 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EDT 🩺 Breaking the Resistance: Fighting AMR and TB together for a Healthy Future Sept. 24 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT 🌱 Climate Week Conversations: Shaping Stories that Matter Sept. 24 | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT 🌱 Green Dreams & Electric School Bus Rides: A Family-Friendly Climate Week Celebration Sept. 24 | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT 🩺 Covering Reproductive Justice: Where We Get It Right, and Wrong Sept. 24 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT *RSVP is required 🌱 Navigating Weather and Climate Data with Earthmover Sept. 24 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 🌾 A Sustainable Future of Food Sept. 24 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT 🩺 Collective Impact in Mental Health & Wellbeing Sept. 24 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT 🌱 Celebrating One Year of Hope in Action Sept. 24 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 am EDT 🌈 SAVE HER! The Environmental Drag Show Sept. 24 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT 🌱 A Sustainable Future for Public Housing | How NYCHA is Addressing Climate and Quality of Life Sept. 24 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 am EDT 🌍 Forward Faster Acceleration Day Sept. 25 🌱 ESG School Symposium 2024 Sept. 25 🏛️ SDGs in Saudi Arabia Sept. 25 *Invitation-only 🌾 Overcoming Crop Failure: Landscape Approaches to Climate Resilience in Tropical Commodities Sept. 25 💧High Level Meeting: Ocean of the Future Sept. 25 📜 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium Sept. 25-26 💰 Sub-Saharan Africa Business and Investment Summit Sept. 25 | 7:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT 🌱 Panel on Investing in Worker Reskilling to Help Drive Corporate Sustainability Targets Sept. 25 | 7:30 am - 9:30 am EDT 🌍 Unlocking the Power of Energy Demand for Business and the Planet Sept. 25 | 7:30 am - 9:30 am EDT 🌱 Transition planning: moving from principles to practice Sept. 25 | 7:30 am - 11:00 am EDT 🌱 Solutions for Scale presented by Pure Strategies Sept. 25 | 7:30 am - 6:30 pm EDT 🩺 NCDs and Mental Health: Prioritizing and Rethinking Mental Health Financing Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 9:30 am EDT 💻 Unlocking People Power: Why investing in local leadership development will accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 9:30 am EDT 🩺 Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems: Lessons from Sierra Leone and Global Perspectives Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 9:45 am EDT 🌱 Climate and Health Equity in Action Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT 🩺 Strengthening health system cardiovascular disease capacity: Investing in health technologies to improve outcomes for patients and society, with stroke care as leading example Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT *Invitation-only 🌍 Transforming Society Through Youth Empowerment Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT 🌾 Responding to climate disruption of agriculture: landscape approaches for resilient farms and forests Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 10:30 am EDT 🌱 Financial Frontiers: Climate Strategies and Transition Frameworks Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 11:30 am EDT 🌍 Sustainable Cities Summit Sept. 25 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 🩺 How Countries are Reimagining and Renewing Global Commitments to Primary Health Care Sept. 25 | 8:30 am - 10:00 am EDT 💻 FP Tech Forum @ UNGA79 Sept. 25 | 8:30 am - 10:30 am EDT 🌱 Let’s Make Housing its Own SDG Sept. 25 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT ⚡ The New York Climate Exchange Climate Tech Showcase Sept. 25 | 9:30 am - 6:00 pm EDT 🌱 Shifting Trillions Forum Sept. 25 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT 🌱 From Risk to Resilience Sept. 25 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT ⚖️ Earth Law Colloquium NYC 2024 Sept. 25 | 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT 🩺 Health Forum: Expanding Access and Enhancing Resilience Sept. 25 | 1:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT 💻 79th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Event on Social Business, Youth and Technology Sept. 25 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT 🌱 Pillars of The Green Transition Sept. 25 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT 🩺 Bringing the best minds together to tackle cancer: Let’s strive for more! Sept. 25 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 💰 When Does Climate Finance Have Real Impact? Sept. 25 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT 💻 The Conscious Leaders Summit Sept. 25 | 3:00 pm - 9:00 am EDT 💻 Climate Tech x AI: The Unconference Sept. 25 | 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT ⚡ Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions Sept. 25 | 3:45 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 💻 Generative AI for Global Development Sept. 25 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm ET 💻 Climate Advancements and Innovations Sept. 25 | 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT 🌱 New Climate Futures 2024: A Newlab Event Sept. 26 🤝 Business and Human Rights Roundtable Sept. 26 *Invitation-only 🏛️ European SDGs Barometer Restitution Sept. 26 🌍 Circular Economy Futures 2050: Shaping the action agenda Sept. 26 | 7:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 Climate Catalyst: The C-Suite Perspective Sept. 26 | 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT ⚡ FP Energy Forum @ UNGA79 Sept. 26 | 8:30 am - 11:30 am EDT ⚡ Untangling standards, sourcing and due diligence: A conversation on crafting enduring carbon credit strategies amidst an evolving landscape Sept. 26 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT 🌍 Forever Youth Festival 2024 Sept. 26 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT 💻 Supporting a more Sustainable Future through Secure Connectivity Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT 🌱 2024 Black Climate Leadership Summit Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 🌱 Plastics: A Forum on Research & Advocacy Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT 👗 Forward, Food, & Fashion Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 5:30 pm EDT 🌍 World Biodiversity Summit Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 6:30 pm EDT 🌱 Nature Temple: Reimagining Climate Action Sept. 26 | 9:00 am - 10:00 pm EDT 🏗️ Governing change: Breaking down siloes to plan and finance infrastructure for the future Sept. 26 | 9:30 am - 11:00 am EDT 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture, Product Supply Chains and the Role of Biodiversity in Climate Sept. 26 | 9:30 am - 11:00 am EDT ⚡ Healthy Cities for a Fossil Free Future Sept. 26 | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT 💰 All Eyes on Emerging Markets: The Global Focus For Transition Finance Sept. 26 | 9:45 am - 12:15 pm EDT 📜 Drivers for a New Industrial and Trade Policy in Sense of Just Transition and Decarbonization Sept. 26 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 Enhancing Your Company’s Climate Impact with the United Nations Global Compact Sept. 26 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT ⚖️ 2024 Nomi Network Corporate Summit: Accelerators of Economic Justice Sept. 26 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT ⚡ Carbon Credit Generation in Brazil Beyond the Amazon: a Great Opportunity in the Pantanal Biome Sept. 26 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT 🌱 How to leverage LinkedIn to unlock hidden climate job opportunities Sept. 26 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT 💻 Driving Climate Impact through Innovation in Data, AI, and Digitalization Sept. 26 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT 🌱 PAUSE: A Space to Heal and Reconnect during Climate Week Sept. 26 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET ⚥ The Missing Link for Sustainable Futures: Gender-Responsive Climate Policies for Health Equity Sept. 26 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT 💻 Forging The Future: Unveiling Innovative Solutions For Work, Sustainability And The Green Economy Sept. 26 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 🩺 Empowering Self-Care: An Unspoken Prescription for Health Equity Sept. 26 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT 🌱 UNGA79 High-Level Roundtable on South-South Cooperation, Social Business and Climate Actions Sept. 26 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT 💻 Nature Data + Dumplings Sept. 26 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT 🌱 Accelerate Green Development Sept. 26 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT 💻 Data in Power Meetup Sept. 26 | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT ⚡ Riding on Sunshine: A Celebration of the First Solar-Powered Trike Ride Across the USA Sept. 26 | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
The annual gathering of heads of state, thought leaders, civil society members, development professionals, and other industry personalities kicks off this week in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
To help you navigate this hectic week, here’s a list of events taking place during UNGA 2024.
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