23–27 September 2024

Sustainable Development Impact Meetings

New York, USA

During the week of 23-27 September 2024, on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum will host the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings.

Drawing on the Forum’s dedicated communities of purpose, business leaders, policymakers, international and civil society organizations, innovators and social entrepreneurs will convene in person for a series of carefully curated impact-driven leaders’ dialogues.

Sea level rise: Everything you need to know

Energy and AI: the power couple that could usher in a net-zero world

What is parametric insurance and how is it building climate resilience?

How investing in connectivity and digital infrastructure can be a catalyst for inclusion and empowering people

How a retailers’ environment fund is restoring nature at scale through a small fee for plastic bags

Global leaders are transforming the conversation on women’s health. Here's how

It’s a triple COP year: What that means and why it matters for business leaders

World Mental Health Day: How leaders can prioritize well-being in the workplace

7 key messages from New York Climate Week 2024

Why private capital is indispensable to close the great development and climate financing divide

Seven of nine planetary boundaries breached, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week

The ‘Intelligent Age’ has arrived. This is how it can accelerate SDG progress

How industries are leveraging industrial intelligence to achieve more with less

India confirms first case of fast spreading mpox strain, and other top health stories

Chief economists on the global economic outlook and other economy stories to read this week

SDIM24 highlights: Connectivity and bridging gaps - plus some surprising stats

The ‘missed opportunity’ with AI's linguistic diversity gap

Building the future: Reducing carbon footprints across the entire infrastructure lifecycle

How to bridge the sustainability skills gap across global value chains

$2.6tn spent annually on subsidies that harm the environment, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week

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