United Nations Headquarters, New York – At the 2025 SDG Leaders Luncheon, convened on the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua, Speaker of Parliament for the Kingdom of Tonga and Vice Chairman of Global Resilience Partners, delivered a powerful call to action centered
Why Pope Leo XIV speaks differently after a UNGA that echoed old divides When the world’s leaders assembled at the UN General Assembly last week, the climate debate again exposed the fracture lines in global solidarity. Familiar posturing, evasions, and outright denialism overshadowed the urgent need for decisive action. In
New York, October 2025 — The 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly will be remembered as a pivot in the history of global cooperation. For years, the chorus of doubt has grown louder, with many questioning whether multilateralism was still fit for purpose. UNGA80 provided a decisive answer.
New York, NY — It could have been the setup to a late-night comedy routine. Instead, it was the opening act of President Donald Trump’s return to the United Nations General Assembly. In a week of carefully choreographed diplomacy, it was not a fiery speech or a surprise announcement that
It was a tale of two cities within one. Last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly convened presidents, prime ministers, and ministers from 193 nations against the backdrop of war in Gaza and Ukraine. Just blocks away, New York Climate Week gathered an entirely different crowd: business
United Nations HQ, New York — September 30, 2025: As the final echoes of applause faded inside the General Assembly Hall, Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, rose to deliver closing remarks that drew together a week of impassioned speeches from nearly every
The words “inclusivity,” “resilience,” and “reforms” pulsed in green and blue across digital screens at UN Headquarters last week, a visual cue from artist Marsha Dunn for what was billed as a historic debut. On 24 September, the United Nations convened its first-ever Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and
30 September 2025 — New York: Ten years after world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vision of advancing prosperity in balance with the planet is under strain. The milestone of global unity in 2015 contrasts sharply with today’s fragmented geopolitics. Yet, amid fractured multilateralism, a green growth
The United Nations Global Compact concluded its 2025 Leaders Summit last week in New York, convening business leaders, governments, and civil society at a pivotal moment for the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Taking place during High-Level Week of the 80th UN General Assembly, the gathering marked the Compact’s 25th
By rejecting the Sustainable Development Goals, the U.S. president may have fractured the postwar consensus and set the stage for new global leadership. UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, New York, September 23, 2025 President Donald Trump strode into the United Nations General Assembly today and delivered the kind of speech that will
