For over a year, countries have struggled to address a pandemic that respects no borders, destroys lives and livelihoods, and deepens pre-existing global challenges like inequality, climate change and education.
With less than a decade left to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Forum's fully virtual Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021 (20-23 September) will bring together global leaders from diverse sectors, disciplines and geographies.
Ensuring the world exits the pandemic stronger than it entered it will only be possible if leaders work together across sectors and borders to share and deploy know-how, innovation and promising approaches to accelerate the recovery.
SDIS2021
What happened at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit? Radio Davos has this podcast round-up
Radio Davos collects highlights from the 2021 Sustainable Development Impact Summit as the world gears up for the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Ecocide: How to protect nature and the people who are dying to save it
Hindou Ouarou Ibrahim says ecocide becoming a crime would be a significant change in environmental protection - and the world should learn from indigenous people.
SDIS2021
What would it take to make AI ‘greener’?
With the right approach, AI can become a sustainable technology and a key tool in mitigating the worst impacts of climate change.
SDIS2021
The pandemic has hurt women's health. This is why that's bad for everyone
The pandemic undermined women's and girls’ health and their fundamental rights and we must learn lessons to establish a course for redress.
SDIS2021
What are business leaders doing to sustain our future?
This is what business leaders said at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021 on how the private sector is leading the shift to a sustainable future.
SDIS2021
From funders to partners: elevating community expertise to help communities thrive
Funders must see communities as partners rather than 'problems to solve'. A funder and a foundation discuss how we can rewrite the rules of philanthropy.
SDIS2021
This app is fighting food insecurity in the US
Using mobile technology and existing food sector systems, this startup is connecting hungry people with sources of help, supporting food banks and charities.
SDIS2021
There is a way to invest profitably – and help save the world
The 1% SDG Club advocates for just 1% of global private sector capital to be put towards investments that will directly promote the UN's SDGs.
Climate Change
A new garden in Rome celebrates sustainability - and you can visit it without even leaving your house
As part of Italy’s G20 presidency, you can visit an urban park in Rome by app or in person, to discover how we can create a more sustainable world.
Africa
Africa’s crypto market has grown by $105.6 billion in the last year
Cryptocurrency could potentially be a good alternative to traditional banking in Africa, because this only requires a smartphone.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
'A voice in the wilderness': The man who spent 12 gruelling days swimming in the Arctic
Lewis Pugh has recently completed a 12-day swim in the freezing waters off Greenland to send a message about the human impact on Earth.
SDIS2021
Africa’s remaining forests are under pressure: This is no time to sideline forest carbon markets
We need both carbon offsetting and deep decarbonization at source, not either/or, to make substantive progress with climate change.