A digital future for all ensures universal, affordable, and inclusive access to connectivity and technology, regardless of ability, ethnicity, or gender. This future provides meaningful, safe, and enriching online experiences for everyone.

It also leverages digital technologies for environmental sustainability and fosters prosperity through job creation and socio-economic growth. See your survey results: https://www.itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/survey/

Scientists have consistently warned about climate and biodiversity crises stemming from deforestation and fossil fuel use, developing nature-based solutions through careful research.

Despite the urgency, efforts persist to discredit peer-reviewed climate science. Dr. Simard shares her recent experience with backlash against her work, which informs climate solutions for Western North American forests.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEgQYRKOcvk

SDG Digital, a core component of the Summit of the Future Action Days' digital track, explores the vision for an inclusive and sustainable Digital Future for All. This initiative aims to shape a better digital world for everyone.

The event took place on September 21, 2024, in New York. To learn more about SDG Digital and its goals, visit: https://www.itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/.

A recent session explored the trends, risks, and opportunities shaping our present and future through the lens of digital technologies.

Held on September 21, 2024, in New York, the event featured Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of ITU, and Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP.

For more details, visit the official initiative page: https://www.itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/. The discussions emphasized a #DigitalFutureForAll and #GlobalGoals.

Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, spoke at the formal joint opening of SDG Digital – A Digital Future for All. This event, part of the digital track, took place on September 21, 2024, in New York.

For more details on this initiative, visit the official website: itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/

Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology, spoke at the formal joint opening of SDG Digital - A Digital Future for All. This event, part of the digital track, took place on September 21, 2024, in New York.

This initiative, promoting a digital future for all and aligning with global goals, aims to shape our common future. For more details, visit: itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/

ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin spoke at the formal joint opening of SDG Digital – A Digital Future for All. This key event, part of the digital track, was held on September 21, 2024, in New York.

For more information on SDG Digital, its global goals, and the vision for our common digital future, visit the official ITU website: https://www.itu.int/initiatives/sdgdigital2024/

Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, examines how the industrial food system creates race-based inequities.

He shares perspectives on addressing racism, thinking beyond capitalism, and building a more just, sustainable food system.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4kjZLuFBgA

Anthropologist Jeremy Narby observes a fascinating convergence: scientists are adopting shamanic language, and shamans, scientific. He emphasizes the critical role of words, arguing that our language reveals the boundaries of our worldview. This includes Western culture's long-held, but now challenged, belief that intelligence is exclusive to humans.

In this Bioneers episode, Senior Producer J.P. Harpignies discusses these insights with Narby, exploring how our linguistic choices shape and reflect our understanding of the world.

The 19th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-24), the premier global forum for telecommunication/ICT statistics, was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 23-24, 2024.

Under the theme “Metrics to action: Bridging data gaps for universal and meaningful connectivity,” the 2024 symposium gathered policymakers, business leaders, regulators, statisticians, and researchers. Attendees learned, shared insights, and helped shape the telecommunication/ICT statistics agenda.

Nina Simons, Co-Founder of Bioneers, discusses reclaiming the feminine to realign personal and societal values and practices.

She emphasizes that "listening with my heart" brings an empathic awareness, prompting action beyond intellectual understanding. This deep connection drives meaningful change.

For more insights, watch the full video here.

This episode of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Show explores the growing momentum of the circular economy in the US. Discover opportunities for the US to lead this transition, creating lasting environmental and economic benefits.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting the circular economy – a system designed to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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During New York Climate Week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Show explores the US's growing circular economy momentum. Discover opportunities for the US to lead this transition, creating lasting environmental and economic benefits.

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The Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership, and the Whittle Laboratory have released ‘Five Years to Chart a New Future for Aviation’. This groundbreaking report outlines an ambitious plan for leaders to implement structural changes to achieve net-zero aviation.

This is the second in CISL’s Business Leadership Campaign series, which calls for courageous leadership to drive market changes that reward sustainability and make unsustainable activities commercially unviable.

Read the full report here and visit the campaign hub here.

Canadian geneticist and author David Suzuki asserts that the economy is a subset of ecology, not the other way around. He powerfully demonstrates that our treatment of the environment directly affects us.

Drawing on both indigenous wisdom and modern science, Suzuki illustrates this profound interconnectedness and offers solutions for restoring the biosphere. Watch the full video: David Suzuki on Economy and Ecology

This video is designed to help WTSA-24 delegates engage effectively. It offers an overview of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly's purpose, structure, and the workflows supporting its discussions and decisions.

Delegates will also receive guidance on how to access and analyze key meeting documents before and during the Assembly.

Award-winning lawyer and climate justice organizer Colette Pichon Battle, from Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, argues for an expanded understanding of the Climate Justice movement. She contends that success in innovating a better future hinges on recognizing its deep connections to other human rights struggles.

Pichon Battle explains that issues such as gender and migrant justice are inextricably linked to human rights for clean air, clean water, sovereign land, and community control of justly sourced sustainable energy. These interconnected fights are essential for achieving genuine climate justice.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4AWoO47oPU

Building on the Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact, this session addresses youth concerns in the digital age. It will highlight the lack of meaningful youth participation in AI and digital governance, emphasizing the need for equitable access to digital tools for all young people.

The session will also explore how youth are already using their creativity, energy, and innovative perspectives to drive positive social change through digital technologies.

'A Digital Future For All' aims to secure stakeholder commitments. These commitments will harness innovation, science, and data to foster a more inclusive, safe, and sustainable future.

Initial sessions will demonstrate how digital technologies and transformative solutions can establish the foundation for a sustainable, inclusive, and responsible future.

"A Digital Future For All" will gather forward-looking commitments from stakeholders. The initiative aims to harness innovation, science, and data to foster a more inclusive, safe, and sustainable society.

Initial sessions will demonstrate how digital technologies and transformative solutions can lay the groundwork for a truly sustainable, inclusive, and responsible future.