The Global Sustainable Development Congress 2023 was hosted in partnership with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology on 30 May – 1 June and brought together 1,600+ global thought leaders and innovators to discuss urgent solutions to the sustainability emergency.
Challenging the usual thinking on what higher education, governments, businesses and society must do to help society meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the congress was a call to action for global universities to pivot their educational, research, innovation and outreach programmes towards tangible outcomes. Delegates from around the world immersed themselves in sessions aligned with the societal transformations needed to achieve the SDGs around the themes of health and demography; sustainable energy and industry; environment; and sustainable cities and communities.
If we’re going to vanquish climate change, the time to charge is now
If academics are serious about tackling global warming, they can’t wait for the cavalry to show up – they are the cavalry, says Tony Chan
Published on 15 May 2023 by Tony Chan
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Time for universities to be ‘heroic’ on sustainability, says Crow
Academy is ‘at the heart’ of humanity’s failures to get to grips with the scale of the issue, warns the president of Arizona State University
Published on 30 May 2023 by Patrick Jack
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Work together to ensure refugees can access HE, UN adviser says
Refugee participation in tertiary education rises from 1 to 6 per cent in four years but much more needs to be done, congress hears
Published on 31 May 2023 by Ben Upton
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Co-create knowledge with those on climate front line, says Halliday
Transdisciplinary solutions are vital for humanity to overcome the challenges it faces, according to the founding dean of the US’ first climate school
Published on 1 June 2023 by Patrick Jack
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