The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a comprehensive framework for addressing global challenges and achieving sustainable development. This course is designed to provide economic developers with a deep understanding of the SDGs and their direct relevance to their work.

Hawaiʻi Technology Academy is the largest charter school in Hawaiʻi. The fifth grade educators are weaving in global goals within their curriculum, starting off with research, then speeches, and projects. CIFAL Honolulu hosted a webinar to educate the students about the goals and inspire them with their projects!

The event will take place on Monday, March 18 (times TBC).

This workshop is the first session of the Spring 2024 Columbia Law School training series.

Within the complex array of global risks identified so far, a notable pattern emerges: the vicious cycle of crisis, conflict, climate change, unemployment, and gaps in decent work . This interconnectedness reveals that violent conflict, climate-related risks, and disasters are intertwined with unemployment and lack of decent work opportunities.

Humankind is indisputably entering a new digital era. The impact of rapid technological and scientific advances on our lives is so great that World Economic Forum’s founder Klaus Schwab termed this process as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. We are the witnesses of the transcendence through new frontiers.

The International Civil Servant Training Programme is 6 weeks of length, comprises a total workload of 40-45 hours and is open for a maximum of 50 participants. It allows participants to study about aspects at the intersection of diplomacy and technology, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and science diplomacy.

The subject of international law brings a lot of concepts to mind, from war and settlement of disputes between States, protection of the environment, responsibilities and obligations, to human rights protection between citizens, refugees of different States and corporations.

International organizations are playing an increasingly important role in the international legal order. They are active in virtually all fields of human activity, they regularly conclude international treaties and continuously interact with other actors of international law. Nowadays, they wield growing normative powers.

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are the predominant legal method for addressing transboundary environmental problems. Adopted by States, MEAs are standard-settings instruments for effective global environmental protection.