What Counts? Harnessing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
Data is generated more widely, more frequently, by actors thanks to greater awareness of data use, better technical tools, software and analytical advances. A data revolution is paving the way for profound transformations in how we approach development, analyse the challenges and potentially better monitor sustainable development goals.
Local Peacebuilding Successes: Lessons for the International Community
We, as part of the NGO Peacebuilding Group in New York together with The International Peace Institute (IPI) invite you to a panel discussion on “Local Peacebuilding Successes: Lessons for the International Community.”
From Vision to Transformation – A debate on implementation of the new Global Goals for Sustainable Development
Following the UN Secretary-General’s synthesis report ‘The Road to Dignity: Ending poverty, transforming all lives and protecting the planet’, the official intergovernmental negotiations on the new development agenda have now started. These will hopefully culminate in the adoption of new global goals for sustainable development by the UN General Assembly in September.
The Future We Want – Can We Make it a Reality? by Helen Clark
The 2014 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture: New international development agenda in focus as Helen Clark, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, holds this year’s Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture.
From New York to Paris: UN efforts to break the climate deadlock
Climate change poses significant challenges to global development, threatening to undermine poverty reduction and endanger the livelihoods of billions. Both the United Nations’ climate negotiations and the Post-2015 process are struggling to deliver outcomes that address the difficulty of cutting emissions while promoting growth and human development.
Women in conflict in Burma/Myanmar
Seminar with Tin Tin Nyo, Secretary-General of Women’s League of Burma and Margot Wallström, former UN SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Almedalen – our activities during a week of political discussions
During the annual week of political discussions in Almedalen (Visby, Sweden) the Foundation participated with several activities.
From miracle drug to global threat
10-12 June 2014 we, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, together with ReAct – Action on antibiotic resistance – and in collaboration with the Division of Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, gathered some of the world’s leading experts from many sectors such as industry, agriculture, health, civil society, governments and researchers to discuss how to tackle antibiotic resistance and how to move a coordinated global agenda forward.
So rich, yet so poor
Margot Wallström, former UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Saidou Arji from ‘Publish What You Pay’ spoke about Natural Resources in the context of the post-2015 agenda.
Webinar: Addressing measurement challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations DESA/DSD and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation invite you to a webinar on the topic of Addressing measurement challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals June 4 10.00-11.30 (EDT, GMT-4) with Dr. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah