Revitalizing Multilateralism for a Sustainable Future

I. Welcome to Revitalizing Multilateralism

• Introducing Our Common Agenda and the UN Summit of the Future
• Jeffrey Sachs. "Sustainable Development: The Future We Want."
• Jan-Gustav Strandenaes. "The Agenda that Changed the World."

II. The Five Chapters

Chapter 1: Financing

• Introduction
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 4: Beyond GDP
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 6: International Finance Architecture
• Jeffrey Sachs at COP28: "SDG Stimulus: Financing the Sustainability Transition across the world."
• Phoebe Koundouri. 2022. "Financing the sustainability transition and transformations."
• Glenn Yago & Sir Ronald Cohen. 2020. "The Impact Revolution: Development Practice to Build the Investment Pipeline for Sustainable Solutions."
• Anthony Annett. 2022. "The Vision of Cathonomics."

Chapter 2: Peace and Security

• Introduction
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 9: A New Agenda for Peace
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 7: For All Humanity – the Future of Outer Space Governance
• 2024 ECOSOC Partnership Forum: SDG Action Segment for Goal 16
• Jeffrey Sachs's Testimony at the UN Security Council Meeting - November 20, 2023
• John F. Kennedy's "A Strategy for Peace" 60 Years Later

Chapter 3: Digital Cooperation

• Introduction
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 5: Global Digital Compact
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 8: Information Integrity
• SDSN TReNDS Roundtable: Governing the Data Revolution
• Jeffrey Sachs. "Implementing the UNESCO OER Recommendation."
• UN Chief on the Digital Platforms Policy Brief

Chapter 4: Youth and Future Generations

• Introduction
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 1: To Think and Act for Future Generations
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 10: Transforming Education
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 3: Meaningful Youth Engagement in Policy and Decision-making Processes
• Patrick Paul Walsh. "Economics of Transforming Education and Professional Training for Sustainable Development."
• Jeffrey Sachs. Opening Remarks on Solutions Day, UN Transforming Education Summit.
• Ilan Enverga. "Meaningful Youth Engagement."

Chapter 5: Global Governance

• Introduction
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 2: Emergency Platform
• Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 11: UN 2.0
• Paula Caballero. "Redefining Development."
• Patrick Paul Walsh. "The Economics of Sustainable Development."

III. The Three Compacts

• Introduction
• Pact for the Future
• Declaration on Future Generations
• Global Digital Compact

IV. Enhancing multilateralism and thinking ahead

V. Post-SOTF: What’s next for multilateralism?

• What happened at the Summit of the Future?
• Pathways to Progress: Insights from SDSN’s Pre-Summit of the Future
• Looking ahead: The next year of multilateralism

PART 2: ADVANCING SOCIAL PROGRESS

I. Welcome to Part 2

• Introduction to Social Inclusion and the Second World Social Summit
• Cristina Duarte. "Globalization vs. Multilateralism."

The Three Pillars

II. Poverty Eradication

• Introduction
• Jeffrey Sachs and Hiba Ahmed. "Mapping Change: Geospatial Technologies for Advancing Education and Alleviating Poverty."
• Sema Jayachandran. "Gender Equality and Economic Development."

• Hirokazu Yoshikawa. "Achieving Equity in Child Development."

III. Decent Work and Employment

• Introduction
• Ahmadou Aly Mbaye. "Promotion of Productivity in the Informal Sector."
• BuildSkills Academy. "The Imperative of Education and Upskilling in Digital and Sustainability Skills."

IV. Social Integration

• Supriya Garikipati. "From Financial Inclusion to Empowerment: The Women Who Make It."

• Ashley Howard. "Reproductive Justice."
• David Donoghue. "Migrants and Refugees."

V. Conclusion to Part 2

• Liz Moyer Benferhat. "Inner Capacities for Sustainable Development."