News + Events
19 February 2024 | General Network News
Vale Dr Harold Mitchell AC
SDSN Australia, NZ & Pacific was immensely saddened to learn of the death of Harold Mitchell, a visionary supporter of our work on sustainable development, on 10 February 2024.
8 April 2021 | Global SDSN News, Universities & SDGs
SDSN is inviting submissions of innovative and inspiring case studies of how higher education institutions around the world are implementing and mainstreaming Education for the SDGs. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 5 May.19 March 2021 | Global SDSN News, Universities & SDGs
Great sessions on emerging sustainable development topics at the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), Sep 2021 virtually. The Call for abstracts is open until 1 May.16 February 2021 | Past Events, Universities & SDGs
The video from this workshop, jointly hosted by SDSN AusNZPac, ACTS and PRME AusNZ on 9 & 10 February, is now available.18 November 2020 | Past Events, SDG Localisation, Universities & SDGs
Catch up on the video from a conversation with Prof Jeffrey Sachs and SDSN AusNZPac members on what we are learning from the COVID crisis that can help us accelerate progress on the SDGs.19 October 2020 | Past Events, SDG Localisation
We were excited to present progress to-date on our SDGs in Action Initiative on 27 October as part of this forum, which brought SDSN networks from around the world together to showcase local initiatives advancing the SDGs.1 October 2020 | Global SDSN News, Past Events, Universities & SDGs
As part of the 2020 International Conference on Sustainable Development, we were thrilled to host a session with global leaders in university action on sustainable development on how universities can increase their impact on achieving the SDGs. The video of the session is now available!22 September 2020 | Global SDSN News, Universities & SDGs
A new guide from SDSN, developed with the support of SDSN AusNZPac, calls on universities to equip their learners with the knowledge, skills and mindsets to contribute to solving the world's sustainable development challenges.19 September 2020 | Global SDSN News, Past Events, Universities & SDGs
Join us as part of the International Conference on Sustainable Development to hear from universities all over the world on how they are engaging with and implementing the SDGs.19 September 2020 | Global SDSN News, Past Events, Universities & SDGs
SDSN AusNZPac is a key contributor to this new SDSN report, which was launched on 22 September. The video of the launch event is now available!31 August 2020 | Past Events, SDG Localisation
In a forum jointly hosted by SDSN AusNZPac, Fairtrade Australia New Zealand, and the Global Compact Network Australia, SDSN President Jeffrey Sachs spoke about the key pillars we need to address for economic and broader recovery from COVID-19.
Other activities
•Report: Impacts of climate change on youth, peace and security
This new SDSN Youth thematic paper - developed in support of the UN Security Council Resolution 2250 - explores the causal impacts of climate change with the security and development prospects of youth populations, specifically in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.Read more
•2017 SDG Index and Dashboards launched
This annual report provides a scorecard for how countries are progressing in achieving the SDGs. In 2017, New Zealand ranked 20th, and Australia 26th out of 157 countries.Read more
•Youth opportunity: Global Schools Ambassadors Program
SDSN Youth is calling for passionate and motivated young people in Australia and New Zealand to help empower schools and teachers globally to educate children on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Applications close 31 July.Read more
