The SDSN has launched an 'Employee Spotlight Campaign' to showcase the passion and expertise of our staff.

From April 15 to 17, 2024, the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA) met at the Universidad de los Andes, in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, gathering more than 40 members, including from the Science Steering Committee, SPA authors and the Secretariat. The central purpose of this meeting was to set the Panel’s strategic priorities for 2024 – 2025 including for the COP16 on Biodiversity in Cali, Colombia (2024) and the COP30 on Climate Change in Belém, Brazil (2025). A key milestone will be the development of a new Amazon Assessment Report to be launched at COP30 in 2025, which will address crucial issues for the conservation and sustainable development of the region from the perspective of connectivity.

On Earth Day, April 22, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was proud to kick off its Mission 4.7 Malaysia ESD Teacher Training pilot at SMK St. Mary in Kuala Lumpur.

The SDSN is pleased to announce that Dr. Hippolyte Fofack, a leading development and financial economist with more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management, development economics, banking and international finance, and academia, has been appointed as our organization’s newest Parker Fellow beginning May 1, 2024.

SDSN Portugal will gather high-level speakers from across the SDSN network to discuss and convene inputs for the upcoming UN Summit of the Future.