The UGC’s virtual annual gathering was held on October 2-6, 2023. The 2023 opening and closing videos can be viewed below, followed by videos from the 2022, 2021, and 2020 gatherings. To view the 2021 Pavilion videos (5-10 minutes each), see Lightning Talks category below.
Session featuring business, non-profit, government sector participants and higher education institutions discussing how higher ed can be a convener of multiple sectors and effectively partner to advance the SDGs.
Join St. Joseph’s University for a demonstration of the UGC SDG Dashboard and learn more about how UGC member institutions can engage with the Dashboard.
This panel addresses the pressing challenge of global conflict/war in Ukraine, its effects on SDG progress, and how higher education can partner with other sectors to support humanitarian efforts.
This session features leaders of colleges/universities who have made significant progress on the SDGs discussing how to develop an institute-wide SDG approach and sharing thoughts on engaging leadership at your university.
Join panelists in discussing the importance of universities driving partnerships to accelerate climate action and climate solutions across sectors: public, private, academia and non-profit.
This session discusses the challenges of reaching SDG 2 by 2030, the possible paths towards achieving that Goal, and the role of universities in taking humanity forward around sustainable food systems.
This session will challenge us to embrace the promise of transformational engagement and re-imagine partnerships as pathways to our collective sustainability.
This session features participants from several global networks focused on the SDGs in higher education in a facilitated discussion. Through conversation with these leaders and session participants, we ask the question of how networks can most effectively partner to tackle the complexity and interconnectedness of the SDGs through the lens of SDG17: Partnerships.
SDG2: Zero Hunger International Student Challenge Videos
In November 2022, the SDG2-Zero Hunger Consortium launched the inaugural SDG2-Zero Hunger International Student Challenge. This playlist features videos from the winning teams and challenge participants.
This project focuses on the concept of an open-source online platform that facilitates knowledge-sharing and the exchange of best practices related to sustainable agriculture.
This project looks at efforts in Pakistan and India to address malnutrition and hunger, and develops insights into how these programs could be better targeted and implemented in order to improve health outcomes in both countries.
This project describes the successful food eradication efforts undertaken by Brazil starting in 2002, and suggests that efforts to address SDG 2: Zero Hunger include the construction of community vegetable gardens at Brazilian public health care units.
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SDG2: Zero Hunger International Student Challenge Videos
In November 2022, the SDG2-Zero Hunger Consortium launched the inaugural SDG2-Zero Hunger International Student Challenge. This playlist features videos from the winning teams and challenge participants.
SDG Action & Awareness Week Recordings
Below are a few of the session recordings from SDG Action & Awareness Week 2023, 2022, and 2021 events. Learn more about SDG Week here.
Hear from David McGinnis, keynote speaker for the Sustainable Food Systems Solutions Dialogue at McGill University, on the process of developing Canada’s first agri-food sustainability index.
This discussion-based event, hosted by the International Observatory in Public Health will present the connection of Maternal Mortality to the SDGs and the importance of meeting the targets
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s SDG Scholar Program (housed within their College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources), seeks to both spark curiosity about the goals and help students chart their professional paths to be aligned with them.
“Beyond the Box: CASNR Edition” is a collection of resources in an interactive audio exhibit highlighting Nebraska faculty and staff contributions towards the Sustainable Development Goals (currently on display at the Nebraska East Union third floor).
The Sustainable Shenandoah Valley (SSV) Regional Centre of Expertise for Sustainable Development (RCE) will showcase a student-planned and student-led annual event called the Student Sustainability Summit.
Join the University Global Coalition in welcoming a panel of students from five global higher education institutions who will discuss initiatives to help move the UN SDGs forward as well as their passions, inspiration, and hopes for the future.
Attendees will learn about the participants’ experiences in institutional SDG reporting, reflections on the future of the process, and ideas about how to make the exercise more effective.
This event including talks and round the table discussion of students will help everyone to understand that all technical efforts keeping an eye on sustainable goals can increase our attainments to a greater extent.
Organizer: Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology
In the YUFE Alliance, diversity and inclusivity are main values applied on every activity designed and implemented.
Organizer: YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
View these videos for some Sustainable Development Goal – related inspiration! These short (5-10 minute) videos from universities and partners around the world are meant to inform, inspire, and help University Global Coalition members and visitors form connections.
SDG2: Zero Hunger International Student Challenge Videos
In November 2022, the SDG2-Zero Hunger Consortium launched the inaugural SDG2-Zero Hunger International Student Challenge. This playlist features videos from the winning teams and challenge participants.
SDG Action & Awareness Week Recordings
Below are a few of the session recordings from SDG Action & Awareness Week 2023, 2022, and 2021 events. Learn more about SDG Week here.
Lightning Talks
View these videos for some Sustainable Development Goal – related inspiration! These short (5-10 minute) videos from universities and partners around the world are meant to inform, inspire, and help University Global Coalition members and visitors form connections.
SDG2: Zero Hunger International Student Challenge Videos
In November 2022, the SDG2-Zero Hunger Consortium launched the inaugural SDG2-Zero Hunger International Student Challenge. This playlist features videos from the winning teams and challenge participants.