Agenda in Focus: Sustainable Development Impact Summit | World Economic Forum

Delivering on the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris climate agreement will require accelerating public-private cooperation and deploying new technological solutions. The Sustainable Development Impact Summit aims to advance both by providing a multistakeholder platform for concerted action.

Read articles by participants and experts below. For more context, we have also included the blog posts we published during the 2017 Summit.

Highlights

Hydrogen Council

Forum Institutional

What next? 4 ways to build a sustainable future

Social Innovation

World-changers: meet the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2018

Forum Institutional

Sustainability is now mission critical for businesses. Here's why

Terri Toyota 24 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

We can save the Earth. Here's how

Sustainable Development

It's time to move: 5 ways we can upgrade our SDG navigation systems

Carolien de Bruin, Josephine Damstra, and Dave Prescott 25 Sep 2018

Industries in Depth

This is how smallholders can secure our food's future - and their own

Patrick Struebi 25 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

3 important lessons from 20 years of working with social entrepreneurs

Hilde Schwab 24 Sep 2018

Health and Healthcare Systems

Inaction on obesity is bad for sustainable development

Sir Trevor Hassell, Vanessa Candeias, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, and Johanna Ralston 21 Sep 2018

Energy Transition

Social organizations will play a key role in the energy transition. Here's why

Xavier Blot 24 Sep 2018

From clean energy to gender equality, these innovators are changing the world

Erica Viegas 21 Sep 2018

Want more climate action? Let’s show how good a planet-friendly life can be

Pia Heidenmark Cook 17 Sep 2018

Education and Skills

7 ways for businesses to capture the youth dividend

Henrietta H. Fore 21 Sep 2018

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Nature and Biodiversity

The deforestation risks lurking in the banking sector

Dr Celine Herweijer 21 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

The 6 market gaps the finance sector must address to help meet the SDGs

Lorenzo Bernasconi, Carolien de Bruin, and Josephine Damstra 20 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

5 ways to net a sustainable future for aquaculture

Rumaitha Al Busaidi 20 Sep 2018

Circular Economy

Why the circular economy must link up the whole supply chain

Daniel Schmid and Will Ritzrau 20 Sep 2018

5 ways to integrate Syrian refugees into the workforce

Andrew Baird and Mariel Davis 18 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

Batteries included: how better storage can transform renewable energy

Arsalan Ali Farooquee 18 Sep 2018

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

How the sanitation sector can clean up gender inequality

Jasmine Burton 18 Sep 2018

It’s time to put the climate at the top of corporate board agendas

Dominik Breitinger and Karina Litvack 18 Sep 2018

Health and Healthcare Systems

How private equity saves lives in the global health battle

Jennifer Wong 18 Sep 2018

Here’s how we get businesses to harmonize on climate change

Jeffrey McDermott 11 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

What you need to know about the Sustainable Development Impact Summit

Poppie Mphuthing and Alem Tedeneke 21 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

How to follow our 2018 #wefimpact meeting in New York

Jenny Soffel 06 Sep 2018

Sustainable Development

The UN has a 17-step plan to save the world

Simon Brandon 31 Aug 2017