Key Impact Points: NEW YORK — At a time when Africa’s economic, demographic, and geopolitical influence is expanding at an unprecedented pace, the continent’s premier global business forum is returning to New York with a message: Africa is ready to shape the future of global markets. The Global Africa Business
Key Points: Africa at the Center of Global Transformation The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has released its Unstoppable Africa 2024 Executive Summary, calling for a fundamental shift in how Africa’s economic narrative is shaped and financed. The report emphasizes building an inclusive financing model that addresses Africa’s unique challenges
Key Impact Points: The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) concluded Friday in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with the adoption of the Awaza Declaration—a political commitment to accelerate sustainable development and resilience in the world’s 32 LLDCs. Held under the theme Driving Progress Through Partnerships, the four-day summit gathered heads
Key Impact Points: Political Will Meets Legislative Action At Monday’s Parliamentary Forum of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), senior UN leaders stressed that without national legislative follow-through, a new decade-long development plan will fail to deliver. She noted LLDCs face deep structural disadvantages: 30% higher trade
Scaling Up for a Decisive COP With 100 days until COP30, Brazil is accelerating its “global mutirão” to cement the conference as a catalyst for a new decade of climate implementation. COP30 President-Designate André Corrêa do Lago emphasized: “When it comes to climate change, there is no path forward but
Key Impact Points: Landlocked but Not Left Behind Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) – home to over 600 million people – face some of the steepest trade and development challenges worldwide. With no sea access, they depend on transit nations, driving up trade costs by as much as 74% and doubling
Key Impact Points Gender Equality Key to Achieving 2030 Agenda With only five years left to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women is calling for urgent and collective global action on gender equality. At the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, held from 14 to 23 July
Key Points: HLPF 2025 to Review Five Key SDGs Under Theme of Inclusive, Evidence-Based Action The 2025 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held in New York from 14 to 23 July, under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The forum will
Key Impact Points: Peace Boat to Host UN Event on Nuclear Disarmament in NYC Peace Boat will dock in Manhattan on June 29–30, 2025, hosting an exclusive event titled “Time for Peace: For Future Generations” onboard its ship in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The
“The time for promises is over. The time for proof is now.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on HLPF 2025 HLPF 2025 isn’t just another UN event. It’s the world’s sustainability scorecard—where countries show if their SDG commitments hold up to reality. This year’s theme: Science-based, inclusive solutions that leave
