The University Global Coalition

Climate Action: Education Abroad for a Healthy Planet
2022-11-10 13:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual, GA
Urgent action is needed to combat climate change and its impacts. What does that mean for education abroad? This workshop will address how to integrate climate change measures into all aspects of education abroad programming, educate stakeholders on climate change mitigation, and set goals across institutions and organizations.
Learning outcomes include:
• Understand Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG13), Climate Action, and its related targets and indicators.
• Be able to articulate connections between SDG 13 and other SDGs, and how it contributes to “peace and prosperity for people and the planet through partnerships.”
• Propose specific ways their education abroad programs could contribute to SDG 13, including:
o Integrating climate change measures into policies, strategies and planning
o Improving education, awareness-raising and institutional/organizational capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction
o Identifying accessible changes that can be made to education abroad programs in the short term to combat climate change.

Lindsey Lyons, Director of Sustainability Learning, Dickinson College
Elizabeth Frohlich, Director for Resources, The Forum on Education Abroad

REGISTER AT: https://forumea.org/event/climate-action-education-abroad-for-a-healthy-planet-2/

Considering the Green Economy and Mobility
2022-11-09 14:30 - 16:00 | Virtual, GA
Hosted by the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the British Consulate – Atlanta, the forum will bring together students, faculty, business leaders, and government and non-governmental representatives to explore opportunities in economic development.
The featured presenters include:
• Chien-fei Chen, Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Christopher Cherry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Bryan Daniels, Blount Partnership
• Kevin Heaslip, Center for Transportation Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Mingzhou Jin, Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Jon Shefner, Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

JOIN: http://tiny.utk.edu/GreenEcon

Sustainable Solutions Summit: Connecting Research to the SDGs
2022-11-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual, GA
Academic journals have a crucial, but underexplored, role to play in promoting sustainable development. To help advance this role, all academic journal editors, editorial directors and journal publishers are invited to join the SDG Publishers Compact Fellows and the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative in a Solutions Summit. The virtual event will focus on the top recommended actions and industry trends to better align journal scopes and practices with making the world a better place through connections to the Sustainable Development Goals. In this Solutions Summit, you will learn from speakers in the journal publishing and editing space and collaborate with your peers. We will also discuss how to enhance research agendas and the delivery of research to practitioners. We will share strategies and tools to continue the conversation with all members of academia. Please join us virtually.
More information and registration: https://www.sdgcompactfellows.org/sustainablesummit

SDG Week Canada/La Semaine pancanadienne des ODD webinar
2022-10-27 14:00 - 15:00 | CA
Join SDG Week Canada in collaboration with University Global Coalition for an informational webinar to discuss what SDG Weeks have looked like on other campuses.
Rejoignez-nous dans ce webinaire d’information pour discuter de la tenue de la Semaine pancanadienne des ODD dans les différents campus.
Zoom – https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/j/96375013898?pwd=[REDACTED]
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· SDG Week Canada<https://sustain.ubc.ca/sdg-week-canada> is a national collaboration from March 6-10, 2023 featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
· La Semaine pancanadienne des ODD<https://sustain.ubc.ca/la-semaine-pancanadienne-des-odd> est une collaboration du 6 au 10 mars 2023 comprenant une série d’ateliers, de panels et d’autres programmes interactifs visant à accroître la sensibilisation et l’engagement à l’égard des 17 objectifs de développement durable (ODD) sur les campus universitaires et collèges à travers le Canada.

UGC 2022 Annual Gathering (virtual)
2022-10-03 08:00 - 2022-10-07 17:00 | Virtual, GA
UGC will host it’s annual gathering the week of October 3-7, 2022. Sessions and workshops will be spread throughout the week.
Opening session: October 3: 10 am – 12 pm ET
Closing session: October 7: 10 am – 12 pm ET
More details on session timing and content coming soon!

Note that UGC will not host any sessions the evening of October 4 – the evening of October 5 in observance of Yom Kippur.

United Nations General Assembly
2022-09-13 08:00 - 2022-09-27 17:00 | Virtual, GA
Visit https://www.un.org/en/ga/ for information.

UN High Level Political Forum 2022
2022-07-05 08:00 - 2022-07-15 17:00 | Virtual, GA
From https://hlpf.un.org/2022:
“HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2022
The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022 , under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022. The high-level segment of the Council will conclude with a final day on Monday, 18 July 2022.
The theme for the 2022 HLPF is “ Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.
As the world is struggling to recover from COVID-19 amidst continuing crises, the HLPF will reflect on how recovery policies can reverse the negative impacts of the pandemic on the SDGs and move countries on to a path to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda.
The HLPF will also review in-depth Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. It will take into account the different impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Sustainable Development Goals and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals.

New: Letter from the President of ECOSOC on the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and ECOSOC High-level Segment (4 July 2022)
New: Draft programme at a glance for the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
New: Annotated programme with speakers (12 July 2022)
New: Tentative Programme of Side-events (11 July 2022)
New: Information Note (29 June 2022)
Secretariat’s concept note for the 2022 HLPF
Invitation letter from the President of ECOSOC for the 2022 High-level Segment of ECOSOC and High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) (6 April 2022)

Following 44 countries will carry out voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the 2022 HLPF:
Andorra, Argentina, Belarus, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Montenegro, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sao Tome and Principe , Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Togo, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay
For more details, please click here.
The HLPF will adopt the Ministerial Declaration as the outcome of its session. The President of ECOSOC will also prepare a summary to capture the key messages of the discussions. For more information, click here”

Climate Change and Water Security in Urbanized Watersheds: An Interdisciplinary Perspective: University of Waterloo Summer School
2022-05-30 09:00 - 2022-06-17 17:00 | Virtual, GA
Registration is now open for the University of Waterloo’s 2022 summer school! This uniquely designed, three-week virtual event will offer participants talks and discussions by leading water and climate change scholars, insight into the use of interdisciplinary approaches, curated learning materials, improved skills and knowledge, and a certificate of completion.
Hosted by the Water Institute and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3), the summer school is aimed at graduate students and practitioners who are passionate about learning more about applying interdisciplinary approaches to water security challenges in urbanizing watersheds under climate change.

Learn more about the program: https://bit.ly/37JjOEW

UGC Conversations: Student Action for the SDGs
2022-03-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual, GA
To register: https://gatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bWeVvd-HTMGIQYXOcCoIqw

Join us on Wednesday, March 30, from 11 am – 12 pm EDT for UGC Conversations: Student Action for the SDGs. This panel will continue conversations from SDG Action & Awareness, providing insight from students at five institutions on their individual and collective efforts to advance the SDGs and advice on how students can maximize their impact.
Panelists include:

Lois Obamina, student at University of Benin
Prachi Lalwani Mirchadani, student at Florida International University, Intern at the International Rescue Committee, and VP of Operations at FIU Student Ambassadors
Ayushi Nahar, student at O P Jindal Global University
Valeria Soto, student of Sustainable Development Engineering and Intern of the Sustainability and Climate Change Plan to 2025 at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Keana Fabian, student at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and ELN Intern at GWEM Magazine

Moderated by: Dr. Abigail Canales Ibarra, Partnerships Manager, Millennium Campus Network

Inclusive Impact Summit
2022-03-30 09:00 - 2022-03-31 17:00 | Virtual, GA
The Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation (RICSI) is proud to host the inaugural virtual Inclusive Impact Summit on March 30th and March 31st. With this summit, we will bring together a wide-ranging group of experts across academia and practice by focusing on three themes: Climate Justice, Health Equity, and Shared Prosperity. These themes will be explored through the lenses of Research, and Practice. For more information, please visit https://ricsi.business.rutgers.edu/events/inclusive-impact-summit.
Presenters:
Noa Gafni, Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation
Jonathan Holloway, President of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Lord Michael Hastings, former Global Head of Corporate Citizenship at KPMG
Halla Tomasdottir, CEO of The B Team and former presidential candidate, Iceland
Joseph Kenner, CEO of Greyston Bakery
Steve Varley, Global Vice Chair-Sustainability at Ernst & Young
Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle
Marla Blow, President and COO of The Skoll Foundation
Andrew Winston, Author of Net Positive
TO REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inclusive-impact-summit-registration-261333013077

IEEED Speaker Series: A Realistic Transition to Environmental Sustainability - the time for small moves is over
2022-03-23 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA
SARIT Scholarship Program (https://www.saritscholarship.com/) has launched a Scholarship Competition for Canada’s University Students. Participating students will win nearly $250,000 in prizes and micromobility electric vehicles by submitting an essay to SARIT Scholarship entitled: “If you were the Prime Minister of Canada, what clear-cut policies and principles would you establish to improve the economy while also enhancing the environment?”
CIFAL York and BEST at Lassonde School of Engineering are organizing the IEEED speaker series. The purpose of the IEEED webinar series is to give experts, from academia, the media, and professional organizations, the opportunity to bring their perspectives to the challenge of how we might BOTH improve the economy and protect the environment. The speaker series is designed to provide thought provoking insights to help students develop ideas where they can integrate these two perspectives and relevant UN SDGs for their essay.
Presenters:
Ali Asgary, CIFAL York Director & Andrew Maxwell, Bergeron Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship
Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto: Organizers and Host
Lina Brand Correa, Assistant Professor from York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Mar. 9 A Realistic Transition to Environmental sustainability
Idil Boran, Assoiate Professor and CIFAL York Associate Director Mar. 16 TBA
Steve Cohen & Nelson Switzer, Managing Partner, Climate Innovation Capital Mar. 23 A Realistic Transition to Environmental sustainability “The time for small moves is over: what does it take to hunt the mighty Gigacorn and solve the climate crisis?”
REGISTER AT: https://www.yorku.ca/cifal/ieeed/

SDGs Student Awareness Wake-Day @ University of Ghana (in person event)
2022-03-18 07:00 - 09:00 | CA
The level of sustainability education and action on climate change in Ghana has been tepid over the past two years, and the advancement of the country’s climate commitments is happening at a slow pace. The impending impacts continue to undo many development efforts and deepen poverty levels. Henceforward, the goal of the SDGs Students Awareness Day is to develop an in-depth action plan to ramp up actions in the area of sustainable development both on campus and outside campus. The event includes a Sustainable Development Movie Screening, Dialogue, and a Vision board Creative Action. It will be student-led event at the University of Ghana. The identified venue is a conference facility at Alexander Kwapong Hall. Our key objective is to exploit the use of problem tree analysis and development of solution tools by understanding the problem in-depth, visualizing the links between the main problem, analyzing the root cause, and designing effective strategies for action.
The lead organization is the Sustainability Week Accra, partners include AIESEC, Youth Action Movement and Amnesty International chapter at the University of Ghana.
Facilitators include, Queen Murjanatu Attah, Nii Noi Omaboe, Jeffrey Adusei and others
12:00-14:00 GMT

IEEED Speaker Series
2022-03-16 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA

Strengthening Resilience and Collaboration for Wetlands (4-5 pm Indian Standard Time)
2022-03-10 05:30 - 06:30 | Virtual, GA
A webinar on “Strengthening Resilience and Collaboration for Wetlands” for participants from Higher Education Institutions. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet wetlands are in danger; threatened with drainage for agriculture, degradation, pollution, and destruction at an alarming pace. Collaboration among Business, Government, and NGOs and Higher Institution is essential.
Speaker for the Day
Dr. Sugato Dutt I.F.S
Retd. Officer. Indian Forest Service
Organizer: University of Madras
TO JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89394361870?pwd=[REDACTED]

IEEED Speaker Series: 'It's the Economy, Stupid' or 'It's the Stupid Economy:' can we grow our way out of the climate crisis?
2022-03-09 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA

CMU-Africa Guest Lecture by Dr. Fode Ndiaye, UN Resident Coordinator (12:30-1:30 pm CAT)
2022-03-07 05:30 - 06:30 | Virtual, GA
12.30-1.30 pm CAT
Please join us as we celebrate the SDG Action & Awareness Week at CMU-Africa with a special guest lecture by Dr. Fodé Ndiaye, UN Resident Coordinator in Rwanda.
Dr Fode Ndiaye has 40 years of experience in leadership and management in the field of development and finance. He is currently UN Resident Coordinator in Rwanda, supporting the National Strategy for Transformation through the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework: economic, social and transformational governance, for an inclusive, sustainable, resilient, equitable and green growth.
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Break the Bias: An All Inclusive Womens' Conference
2022-03-05 09:00 - 12:45 | Virtual, GA
The event includes a panel of experts addressing the power of mentorship and coaching and breaking biases to foster inclusivity. Participants will be provided a free Gallup Strengths Finder Assessment Code with coaches reviewing your strengths at the conference. Attendance in person or virtually. Register by scanning the QR code on the flier.
Organizer: University at Albany
Karla Jaime-Benitez, Director of Campus Center Management, University at Albany
Cathy Parker, Associate Director of Career Services, University at Albany
REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfTMYG3OxqJ-GiS6I1JNGXdbbtwh6eV7aY1vKUV35aXbe8zw/viewform

Engaging with the SDGs to Advance Sustainability in Atlanta
2022-03-04 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual, GA
Join us to hear panelists discuss how engagement with the SDGs enables Georgia Tech and its partners to advance sustainability in Atlanta and beyond.
Presenters:
Students Rachel Nichols and Atticus Lemahieu from the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain will moderate this discussion with panelists from across campus including:
Dr. Jairo Garcia, Adjunct Faculty in the School of City and Regional Planning
Thiago Esslinger, Student Leader in sustainability and the SDGs
Jamal Lewis, Economic Opportunity Manager at Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
Anne Rogers, Associate Director of the Office of Campus Sustainability

Zoom link to join: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/94941725595?pwd=[REDACTED]

Together|Ensemble Panel Discussion: Reflecting on SDG Reporting in Higher Education Institutions
2022-03-04 14:00 - 14:45 | Virtual, GA
Reporting on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become increasingly common at higher education institutions as we move closer toward the objectives of Agenda 2030. This panel discussion will examine the processes and motivations behind SDG reporting, considering the question, “how do institutions report meaningfully on their SDG initiatives instead of merely cataloguing them?” Attendees will learn about the participants’ experiences in SDG reporting, reflections on the future of the process, and ideas about how to make the exercise more effective. Organized as part of the #TogetherEnsemble2022 conference. Direct French translation will be provided by the Institut en environnement, développement et société, Laval University. Organized as part of the #TogetherEnsemble2022 conference.
Moderator: Karen Oberer, Sustainability Officer (Monitoring and Reporting), McGill University
Panelists:
• Nicole Arsenault, Program Director, Office of Sustainability, York University
• Jason Ens, Executive Director, Academic Policy, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, Concordia University
• Pierre Lemay, Adjoint au vice-recteur aux affaires externes, internationales et à la santé, Université Laval
• Mathew Thijssen, Director of Sustainability, University of Waterloo
To register: https://togetherensemble.tkeventsregistration.com/virtual2022

Gender Equality and Leadership in the Maritime (18.00-21.00 Romania)
2022-03-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA
Online debate event aiming to empower female students in the maritime sector.
Organizer: Constanta Maritime University
REGISTER: www.ecsr.world

SDGs and PEOPLES in a Region: Strategic OUTSTEPS for Students into a Career of Matching Interests and Expertise
2022-03-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual, GA
Since the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by all United Nations Member States in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been used to form collaborations between various stakeholders, rightsholders, and industries with multiple levels of government. Ranging from international, national, state, and local to even neighborhood and family-scale, the main challenges lie in forming multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural partnerships with individuals giving their best to collaborate across disciplinary, cultural, and administrative borders. A crucial step in creating these collaborations is the education and integration of the next generation of students that have to carefully navigate the stormy waters of past historical realities, current limitations, and future looming crises. The speaker will share strategies for students to analyze and prepare themselves for careers in a field that bridges industry, administration, and government. To successfully link, integrate and develop future collaborations linking PEOPLES’ interests and expertise requires one to step out of conventional procedures. The speaker led the development of the OUTSTEPS.org network in creating a regional network of expertise and knowledge to work on sustainability and community resilience and will describe how students can create their future careers in this field of work.

Presenter: Chris Renschler, Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, Fulbright Scholar and Director of OUTSTEPS.org

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Global Perspectives on Strong Institutions Roundtable
2022-03-04 07:30 - 08:30 | Virtual, GA
What makes a strong institution?
Join us virtually on March 4th from 1:30 – 2:30 PM (CET) to discover diverse perspectives from global experts and hear their take on Sustainable Development Goal #16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
Geneva Business School’s very own Jane Oma Okoro will moderate this insightful discussion between thought leaders at Microsoft, the United States Institute of Peace, Swiss Solidarity, La Puerta de Africa, the United Nations, and Geneva Business School.
Jane Oma Okoro, Professor at Geneva Business School, Bridge Builder and Mentor.
Otilia Phiri, Principal Corporate Counsel, Emerging Markets, Africa, Levant & Pakistan at Microsoft.
Tyler Beckelman, Director of International Partnerships at United States Institute of Peace.
Dr. Oliver Elliot, Lecturer, Global Doctoral Program Manager and Head of Research at Geneva Business School.
Viviane Ogou Corbi, Specialist in EU-Africa relations and Founder/President of La Puerta de África.
Pablo lo Moro, Associate Professor at Geneva Business School and Senior Advisor to the United Nations and Swiss Solidarity.
To Join: https://gbsge.com/en/news/events/events/global-perspectives-on-strong-institutions-virtual-roundtable/
March 4th from 1:30 – 2:30 PM (CET)

The power of partnership: SDG 17 and university partnerships to achieve the goals (11am-12pm GMT)
2022-03-04 06:00 - 07:00 | Virtual, GA
11am-12pm GMT
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the world’s call to action on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing humanity and the natural world. Universities around the world play a key role in developing partnerships to address all of the SDGs. The University of Manchester currently leads the world for impact on the SDGs. Like other universities we have significant local, national and global partnerships, and we would like to use these to prompt conversation about how university partnerships help our sector to tackle global development challenges. The event will feature a local partnership from our pioneering BeeWell project; a national partnership from our UK Productivity Institute; and a global partnership discussing our work with the Association of Commonwealth Universities. We will then finish with an open invitation for organizations around the world to partner with us in addressing the SDGs through our University Living Labs initiative.
To access the University Living Labs partnership opportunity, click here: universitylivinglab.org
Organizer: The University of Manchester
Presenters:
Dr Julian Skyrme, Director of Social Responsibility, The University of Manchester (Chair)
Neil Humphrey, Head of Manchester Institute of Education, from the BeeWell project
Nicola Pike, Engagement & Operations Director, from The Productivity Institute
Bright Amanful from our Association for Commonwealth Universities Queen Elizabeth Scholar initiative
Dr Jennifer O’Brien, Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning, The University of Manchester

Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hir0xWvkb4

Campaña Mundial por la Educación: llamada a la acción por el ODS 4 / Global Campaign on Education: Call for action for de SDG4 (IN SPANISH; 11:00 AM -12:15 PM CET)
2022-03-04 05:00 - 06:15 | Virtual, GA
4-03-2022 11:00 AM -12:15 PM Madrid (CET)
¡La educación está en crisis! En esta sesión, desde la Campaña Mundial por la Educación (CME) en España, haremos una revisión del estatus actual del ODS4 (por el Derecho a la Educación), y veremos los impactos y retos que ha supuesto la pandemia, utilizando dinámicas interactivas. Llamando a la acción para lograr alcanzar el ODS 4 en los ocho años que quedan por delante hasta el 2030, presentaremos la Campaña, cuáles son nuestras líneas de trabajo, nuestras demandas y acciones en la defensa del derecho a la educación. Las personas participantes podréis también inspiraros conociendo la experiencia de una joven activista de la CME en Galicia, que ella misma os contará.
Un poco de contexto…
Hablamos de una emergencia sin precedentes. En esta vuelta al cole, en septiembre de 2021 (más de un año y medio después del inicio de la pandemia), UNESCO alertaba que 117 millones de alumnos y alumnas, el 7,5 % de la población escolar mundial, seguían viéndose afectadas por el cierre total de escuelas. Aún a fecha de hoy sigue habiendo países donde las escuelas permanecen cerradas.
La pandemia no ha hecho sino agravar los retos en el acceso a una educación equitativa, inclusiva y de calidad para todas las personas y ha puesto en evidencia las crecientes desigualdades. Quienes se encontraban en situación de vulnerabilidad social o económica, han visto reducidas sus posibilidades de acceso, permanencia y disfrute en una educación de calidad y equitativa. Sin embargo, en este contexto de emergencia, la comunidad educativa ha tenido que adaptarse, mostrando una vez más el papel fundamental de la educación y de los y las docentes en la construcción de sociedades equitativas y sostenibles.
Garantizar una educación inclusiva, equitativa y de calidad y promover oportunidades de aprendizaje durante toda la vida para todos (ODS4) es la base de la transformación social para la generación de soluciones globales y el cambio sistémico, donde el bienestar de las personas y del planeta están en el centro. Así, lograr el ODS 4 es imprescindible para la consecución del resto de objetivos de la Agenda 2030.
Por todo ello, es imprescindible contar con la participación de todos nosotros y nosotras. ¡Trabajando conjuntamente avanzaremos en lograr que la educación de calidad para todas las personas sea por fin una realidad!
Kasia Tusiewicz – Coordinadora de la Campaña Mundial por la Educación en España
Elena Rua Arruñada – Miembro del Equipo de Coordinación estatal de la CME en España
Patricia Meléndez Luces – Joven activista en la Campaña Mundial por la Educación en Galicia
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Empowering Students for Sustainability
2022-03-04 05:00 - 06:00 | Virtual, GA
10:00-11:00 am GMT
This event is focused on increasing SDG awareness among students from Central University in Ghana. There is a huge gap in the area of climate education, and integrating climate or environmental knowledge in national education curriculum. Prior to this, there persist to be low knowledge about the impending impacts of climate change, and the need to take actions now. More so, localizing information around SDGs persist to enable grassroots individual to comprehend and take individual actions also seeks to be a hurdle in the Ghanaian community. Henceforward, Sustainability Week Central, a local sustainability week group within the international network of Sustainability Week International believes it is imperative to leverage on this SDGs A & A week to raise a massive awareness within our local campus.
Organizer: Central University in Ghana
Presenters:
• Nii Noi Kofi Omaboe, staff and climate activist, United Nations Development Programme, Ghana.
• Andrews Nii Martey, environmental activist and HR enthusiast, central university, Ghana

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10:00-11:00 am GMT

Queen's University SDG Week Speaker Series: Day 3, SDG13: Climate Action
2022-03-03 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual, GA
Day 3 of 3 of the SDG Speaker Series
Focusing on SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 13: Climate Action, the SDG Speaker Series will feature local experts presenting their current initiatives and explore how they are making an impact. Featuring representatives from the City of Kingston, Queen’s University and an array of local not for profits, the SDG Speaker Series hopes to formulate connections and inspire action. The event will be totally on Zoom, please register ahead of time to ensure you have access to the link.

Day 1: SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Warren Mabee, Associate Dean of Policy Studies
Home Standards Project
Greenovations
Day 2: SDG1: No Poverty
Corinna Fitzgerald Associate Dean, Student Life and Learning: Food Security at Queen’s: Towards Zero Hunger.
Day 3: SDG 13: Climate Action
Jessica Wile, AMS Environmental Commissioner
Nathan Splinter, Sustainable Queen’s
Julie Salter Keane, Manager of Kingston Climate Leadership Division
REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2f-JuEM2aCI0G-gFQKJKOX0pXYwlnQqL_tK4nF0NFNI6qyQ/viewform

Accelerating Climate Action: Tec's commitments within the Race to Zero initiative (12:00-13:00 CST, CDMX)
2022-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA
12:00-13:00 CST, CDMX March 3
This event will share with Tec de Monterrey’s alumni and attendees the role of the Institution as part of the Race to Zero Initiative to catalyze climate action in Mexico.
Participants:
• José Antonio Torre, Director of Urbanism, Sustainability, Tec de Monterrey
• Perla Martínez, Manager on Sustainability and Climate Change, Tec de Monterrey
• Cynthia Menéndez, Coordinator of Sustainable Cities, World Wildlife Fund México
Moderator: Miguel Ruiz Cabañas Izquierdo, Director of the SDGs Initiative, Tec de Monterrey
Organizer: Tecnológico de Monterrey
TO JOIN: https://itesm.zoom.us/j/86454884678?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom ID: 864 5488 4678
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Student Roundtable: How Socio-Cultural Norms Shape Gender Inequality around the World
2022-03-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA
Let the students talk! In this roundtable, students are going to discuss about their ideas and share their knowledge on the related topic. The senior student moderator of the roundtable will be introducing interesting questions for you. At the student roundtable, an expert will join to the session for a short presentation on the topic.
Moderator: Nadeen Aburamadan, Guest Speaker: Inas Saselim
TO JOIN: https://kocun.zoom.us/j/95986188998 Passcode:[REDACTED]

Student Roundtable: Breathing and Drinking Microplastics
2022-03-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual, GA
Let the students talk! In this roundtable, students are going to discuss about their ideas and share their knowledge on the related topic. The senior student moderator of the roundtable will be introducing interesting questions for you. At all the of the student roundtables, an expert will join to the session for a short presentation on the topic. Passcode:[REDACTED]

Göknil Bigan as the guest speaker, Nisa Özer as the moderator

TO JOIN: https://kocun.zoom.us/j/95894885400 passcode: [REDACTED]

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Intersection of Climate and Migration (11:00-12:00 am CST)
2022-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, GA
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is partnering with the Department of Modern Languages and the School of Global Integrative Studies to host an interdisciplinary panel exploring the many complexities at the intersection of climate change and migration. All are welcome to join this virtual panel discussion.
Panelists will include Tsegaye Tadesse, climatologist and associate professor with the School of Natural Resources and the National Drought Mitigation Center, Julia Frengs, Associate Professor of French, who focuses her teaching and research in the French-speaking world and looks at social-linguistic dynamics of climate and the environment, both of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Florencio Venté, a Colombian migrant and social impact entrepreneur residing in Brazil. He is the founder of the Glocals, which connects migrants living in Brazil with local people through the cultural and social exchange to combat xenophobia and discrimination.
Moderator and organizer: Brianne Wolf, Director of Global Learning & Engagement Strategies, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
REGISTER: go.unl.edu/climatemigration

11:00-12:00 am CST
