Everyone, everywhere, taking action for healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
Healthy People • Healthy Communities • Healthy Planet
LOCAL ACTION • GLOBAL CARE
International Youth Day 2026 • 12 August • Bleiburg / Pliberk & UN HQ New York
Make the good life a shared practice.
GoodLifeForAll is a global youth campaign for healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet. It gives everyday action a way to be seen: a digital public infrastructure where contributions to the common good can be registered, verified and recognised, wherever you are.
Every person can contribute to creating a Good Life for All — and local action becomes global impact when it is visible, connected and measurable.
Who the campaign is for
IndividualsStart with one action
Schools & universitiesBring it into learning
Cities & municipalitiesMap local challenges
Youth organisationsConnect your network
Rotary clubsAct through service
Impact entrepreneursBuild on the tools
What happens next
September 2026
UN HQ New York
Exhibit and conference bringing the campaign and its tools to the UN community.
November 2026
COP31
Carrying youth-led local action into the global climate process.
From 2026
CoCreation Hub, California
A permanent home for building, testing and scaling GoodLifeForAll.
Every discipline. All youth matter. This is the UN to YOUth Pledge.
A hybrid event of the GloCha GoodLifeForAll CoCreation Lab 2026 •
Organised by IAAI GloCha, GloCha Global Challenges Foundation New York Inc.,
the Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in New York and the Rotary Climate Action Club • polzer@glocha.info
Empowering local action for global challenges through digital public infrastructure, knowledge, culture and creativity
8–15 August 2026 | Bleiburg / Pliberk, Austria
The GloCha GoodLifeForAll CoCreationLab 2026 is an international working lab where committed partners come together to co-create practical solutions, tools and programs for the upcoming GoodLifeForAll Campaign, an ambitious global youth mass mobilization campaign, aiming to get everyone, everywhere engaged in collaborative efforts for healthier people, stronger communities and a healthier planet.
This is not another conference.
It is a collaborative space where representatives of cities, universities, youth organizations, Rotary members, creatives, civic innovators, climate practitioners and funders work together to develop real partnerships, pilot projects and digital tools that can be implemented locally and scaled internationally in the context of programs and goals of the United Nations and European programs, like the EU Climate Pact.
Why Join?
Around the world, millions of people want to contribute to solving climate, health and community challenges.
What is often missing is a simple way to:
identify local challenges together
engage citizens and volunteers
document meaningful action
recognize contributions
connect communities with partners and funding
learn from each other across regions and countries
The GoodLifeForAll initiative is building this collaborative ecosystem.
What We Will Co-Create
During the CoCreationLab we will further develop and test the GloCha ecosystem, including:
GoodLifeForAll Campaign – a global movement inspiring, empowering, and connecting individual and collective action for healthy lifestyles, healthy communities and a healthy planet
Challenges Mapping Tool (CMT) – for citizen science, community engagement and local challenge mapping
Global Challenges Action ID – trusted participation and contributor recognition
Global Challenges Action Registry – documenting verified community action
DigitalArt4Climate – connecting creativity, education and climate engagement
Climate & Culture Walks – combining local heritage, citizen science and community dialogue
pilot concepts for cities, schools, universities and community organizations
The focus is practical collaboration, testing ideas and preparing pilots—not producing lengthy reports.
Who Should Participate?
We welcome organizations and individuals that want to actively contribute.
Cities & Municipalities
Develop new ways to engage citizens, support local sustainability initiatives and build evidence for climate and community action.
EU Climate Pact Ambassadors
Test participatory engagement methods that can strengthen local Climate Pact activities and inspire replication across Europe.
Universities & Schools
Explore how the Challenges Mapping Tool can be integrated into:
citizen science
sustainability education
service learning
AI and digital innovation
public health
geography and environmental studies
Students can contribute to real community projects while earning practical experience.
Rotary, Rotaract & Community Organizations
Co-create projects that strengthen local communities while connecting with international partners and the Rotary Climate Action ecosystem.
Artists & Creative Communities
Help transform sustainability into engaging experiences through storytelling, music, digital art, exhibitions and community events.
Technology & Civic Innovation Partners
Contribute expertise in Digital Public Infrastructure, AI, geospatial technologies, digital identity, open standards and responsible innovation.
Foundations & Funders
Help build scalable public-interest infrastructure that enables measurable community impact, partnership development and locally owned innovation.
A Six-Day Co-Creation Journey
Each day focuses on one step of building the campaign:
Orientation – understanding the vision
Tools – exploring GloCha technologies
Practice – testing solutions in the field
Outreach – International Youth Day campaign activities
Resources – partnerships and funding
Growth – scaling pilots and future collaboration
The programme combines workshops, field activities, partner meetings and collaborative design sessions.
Expected Outcomes
Participants will help create:
GoodLifeForAll campaign framework
pilot projects for cities and universities
improved Challenges Mapping tools
communication materials
partnership agreements
funding concepts
roadmap toward COP31, UN events and future international implementation.
Partnership Opportunities
We are currently looking for partners that can contribute through:
pilot projects
expertise
technology
research
educational programmes
cultural activities
sponsorship
funding
communication
volunteer engagement
Whether you represent a municipality, university, NGO, company, Rotary club or philanthropic organization, there are multiple ways to become part of the GoodLifeForAll ecosystem.
Event Information
Dates
8–14 August 2026
Location
Sport- und Jugendhotel Bleiburg / Pliberk Carinthia, Austria
Public highlights include:
12 August – International Youth Day GoodLifeForAll public event (with live and on-demand broadcast on UN WebTV)
14 August – Innovation Workshop at InspireLab, Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Klagenfurt.
Join the CoCreationLab
We are selecting a limited number of active contributors who want to help build the GoodLifeForAll movement.
If you are interested in participating, partnering or supporting the initiative, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Contact
Dr. Miroslav Polzer Executive Director, IAAI GloCha
Digital Public Infrastructurefor People-centred, Inclusive and Responsive Justice Systems
Thursday 4th of June 2026, 10-11 AM CEST
Conf. Room M5, Vienna International Centre, Austria & on zoom (link)
In partnership with
The Permanent Mission of France to the UN in Vienna
The Permanent Mission of Poland to the UN in Vienna
Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
Event rationale:
Crimes that affect the environment—such as illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging, illegal fishing, pollution crimes, and related organized and financial crimes—pose a growing threat to the rule of law, sustainable development, and human security. At the same time, new international commitments, including the BBNJ High Seas Treaty, require justice systems to become more transparent, inclusive, and responsive while strengthening prevention and enforcement capacities.
This ancillary event responds to these challenges by showcasing how Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) can support people-centered justice systems and enhance the prevention of environmental crime. DPI—understood as open, interoperable, and rights-based digital systems for identity, data, registries, and service delivery—offers practical tools to empower citizens and communities, improve evidence integrity, enable early warning, and strengthen cooperation among institutions and across borders.
By bringing together UN entities, Member States, technical agencies, and civil society innovators, the event will present concrete use cases of DPI applied to environmental crime prevention, environmental compliance, and treaty implementation. It will contribute to the Congress’s focus on prevention, trust in institutions, and the effective use of innovation to strengthen justice systems worldwide.
Nicolas Karges, from the Permanent Mission for France to the UN in Vienna, and Co-chair of the Members States’ Group of Friends on Crimes that Affect the Environment
Jacek Emmel, Permanent Mission of Poland to the UN in Vienna
Speakers:
Nicole Quijano-Evans, Deputy Head, UNODC – Crimes that Affect the Environment (CAE), “AI and Emerging Technologies for CAE Enforcement: Opportunities and Risks”
Miroslav Polzer, Executive director, IAAI GloCha, “Digital Public Infrastructure & Citizens Engagement in the Prevention of Crimes that Affect the Environment”
Remi Chandran, Senior Expert (Information Management and Global Environmental Governance), Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, (online), Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) to address Human Nature conflicts
Wenwen Lyu, University of Vienna – Environmental Politics Research Group, The BBNJ Clearing-House Mechanism and Its Innovative Potential for Inclusive and Just High Seas Governance
International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges IAAI GloCha www.glocha.info
In Partnership with
Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in NY
Permanent Mission of Dominica to the UN in NY
Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat, Republic of Uganda
Climate Chain Coalition
Rotary Climate Action Club / Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group
International Organization of Youth
Long Beach City College
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs – UNOOSA
Music for SDGs
About the Event
This side event will showcase the GloCha Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) solutions stack as an open, interoperable set of digital building blocks that enables people- and grassroots-challenges-focused multi-stakeholder coordination, action documentation, and incentivization for healthy, inclusive, climate-resilient cities and communities (SDGs 9 & 17, with applied use cases for SDGs 3, 11 and 13) with the goal for global community to know who is taking what kind of action for the common good, where, how, with what kind of resources and outcomes.
Thematic introduction: High level Member states representatives will frame DPI-enabled cooperation for the common good in the context of UN system reform (PR of Bahamas) and global impact entrepreneurship markets (Representative of the Ministry of STI from Uganda).
Digital and Organizational Innovations & Pilot use cases: Team members of IAAI GloCha and Rotary will present the GloCha DPI stack and the Rotary Climate Action Club, including the Global Challenges Action ID / Impact Passport, Action Registry, and Challenges Mapping Tool,
Pilot use cases: (1) youth focused community-level climate action documentation, certification and incentivization with Rotary and partners in Uganda; (2) public health challenges mapping (citizen science) and volunteer action certification aligned with the Long Beach City College Public Health curriculum and LA28 volunteering programs; (3) #GoodLifeforAll global youth mobilization campaign for healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy planet.
Presentations by Partners of the GloCha Global Challenges Action Partnership
Interaction: The event will offer opportunities for Member states and other stakeholders to discuss the presented solutions and to explore engagement opportunities.
HE Amb. Stan O. Smith, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations in NY – ReimaginingGlobal Cooperation for Individual Wellbeing and for the Common Good with Digital Transformation and Partnerships
David Gonahasa, Team Lead Industry 4.0+, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Republic of Uganda – Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate Entrepreneurship Empowerment and Carbon Market Readiness
Demonstration of Tools – The Digital Public Infrastructure Stack of GloCha (the Global Challenges Action Empowerment Partnership):
Alberto Palombo, Rotary Club Brasilia International / Rotary Climate Action Club & ESRAG Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action group, (pre-recorded video) GloCha DPI Pilot 1 – Documentation, Certification and Incentivization of individual and community level climate action with GloCha DPI and Rotary‘s social infrastructure
Ruby Guillen (APHA, NASW-CA & GloCha-CA) & Frank Henry-Ala (Long Beach City College) (pre-recorded video) – GloCha DPI Pilot 2: “Public Health Challenges Mapping and Volunteer Action Certification in the context of the LBCC Public Health curriculum, aligned with LA28 Community Volunteering Programs”
Ali Mustafa & Lamar Zala Gran, IOY – GloCha DPI Pilot 3; #GoodLifeForAll Global Youth Mobilization for Healthy People, Healthy Communities and Healthy planet
Presentations by Partners of the GloCha Global Challenges Action Partnership:
Mack Okubo, Music4SDGs, Asia Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) & Nippon Life, Sustainable & Digital Finance expert
Lorant Czaran, UNOOSA, Harnessing the Potentials of Collective Geospatial Intelligence through Innovative Partnerships (pre-recorded video)
Alexey Shadrin, Climate Chain Coalition: Presentation of the COP31 Digital Innovation Pavilion
Susanna Choe, Bioregional Embassy & GloCha Foundation NY
Emilie Mc Glone, Peace Boat US, Youth Engagement Innovations and Ocean Citizen Science
Alexandre Caldas, Kiplomacy.Org & Member of GloCha Fdt NY Board of Advisors
Nadya Komendantova, IIASA, Cooperation & Transformative Governance Research Group
Eric Hansel, Scubaverse & HE Amb. Philbert Aaron, Permanent Representative of Dominica to the UN in NY
CODES Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (tbc)
Rotary@COP30 Committee
Bioregional Embassy
International Academy for Art and Cultural Studies (IAA)
COP30 Presidency – Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN in NY (tbc)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Republic of Uganda
GIZ
Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
Aim
This conference focuses on engaging citizens/youth, promoting digital innovation, and localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in times of increasing climate crisis and growing uncertainties. It brings together various stakeholders to explore creative solutions and governance innovations, connecting and empowering in a global ecosystem – with a particular focus on the systemic role of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) – local multi-stakeholder action for the global common good, which is essential for a sustainable future and a good life for all.
11.15 – 13.00 Digital Public Infrastructurefor Global Challenges Action Empowerment and Global Governance Innovation
Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva, Coordinator for scientific and technological affairs and bilateral relations, Department of Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil COP30 Presidency – Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate: COP30 Presidency perspectives & DPI4PP Challenge (video message)
Alexandre Caldas, President and Chairman of Kiplomacy (International Leader for Humanity, Peace and Development) – Building the enabling ecosystem for all of society engagement in global challenges action
Douglas Ragan, UN Habitat Youth Programme (video message)
Miroslav Polzer, Susanna Choe– GloCha DPI: Empowering Local Action for Global Challenges through Digital Public Infrastructure & DPI4ACE (Digital Public Infrastructure for Action for Climate Empowerment) initiative
Hossein Hassani, IAAI GloCha & IIASA and Mirjana Dominovic, EU INTERREG Central Europe Programme Secretariat, Technology Enabled Citizens Engagement – The JETforCE (Just Energy Transition for Central Europe) Challenges Mapping Tool
Victoire Mandonnaud, CEO and Founder @ On My Way: real-time SDG mobilization – Startup perspectives on DPI needs and potentials
Diana Barrero Zalles, Global Blockchain Business Council, Unlocking Global Challenges Action with Emerging Technologies: Web3 DPI Use cases
Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, Chief Information Officer at United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund – DPI Good Practice Case: Digital Identities
Björn Sören Gigler, GIZ – Twin Transition Hubs, DPI for NDCs and Carbon Markets Capacity Building (video message)
Alberto Palombo, Rotary@COP30 Committee – Unlocking the potentials of 1.2 Million Rotary members & 30 000 local hubs for locally led climate action with the help of DPI (virtual)
John Havens, IEEE Planet Positive initiative – Smart Standards for Smart Sustainable Communities
Susanna Choe, Bioregional Embassy
Sydney Griffith, Kinship Earth & Planetary Party Protocol
Eric Hansel, Scubaverse & Lóránt Czárán, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) – Digital Public Infrastructure for Ocean Action Empowerment
Padmini Murthy, Health Innovation Exchange, Professor Emeritus Public Health New York Medical College, DPI for innovative financing of shared public infrastructure for climate and health resilience
16.30 – 17.00 Youth Perspectives on Digital Public Infrastructure (session led by IOY)
Long Beach City College – Using GloCha DPI for the LBCC Public Health Innovation Lab’s Global Change (Students) Ambassadors programme
COP30 Entertainment and Culture Pavilion
Moran Sol Broza, Be.Together
Exhibition & Reception :
9 to 19 September 2025 , UN Conference Building, 1st floor, Curved Wall space
The title of the exhibit is “Mastering Global Challenges with Local Action – Emerging Technologies, Innovation & Youth Empowerment for Our Common Future”.
The exhibit highlights innovative, citizen-centered solutions that empower youth and local communities to take meaningful action on global challenges, especially climate change and sustainable development. It showcases the GloCha (Global Challenges) Partnership’s pioneering work in building Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Global Challenges Action Empowerment.
Furthermore, there will be held a reception on 18 September 2025, 6-8 PM
Youth Power for our Common Future:Unlocking Community Level Action for Climate & SDGs through Digital Innovation & Art
Date: Tuesday, 12th of August 2025
Time: 10 AM EDT / 4 PM CEST – 12 PM EDT / 6 PM CEST
Locations: the hybrid event will be held
in person at ◾UN HQ NY (Conference Room E) ◾UN Office in Nairobi (UN Habitat led UN system wide celebration of IYD 2025) ◾IAAI GloCha office in Klagenfurt and ◾Rotary@COP30 Committee office in Brasilia
International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges IAAI
GloCha Global Challenges Foundation New York Inc.
Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in NY
UN Habitat Youth Programme
International Organization of Youth IOY (former IYC)
Rotary@COP30 Committee
Major Group for Children and Youth
Thematic blocks:
Localization, Mobilization and Empowerment of Action Potentials of Youth: UN Habitat programs and GloCha Global Challenges Action Empowerment & Emerging Technologies Partnership
The COP30 Global Mutirão: Mass Mobilization for Climate Action and the Power of Youth
GloCha & Rotary COP30 Digital Innovation Pavilion: A space for youth empowerment
Outline of a youth focused COP30 legacy initiative: Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate Action Empowerment
This hybrid event will be a coordinated, globally- linked celebration showcasing youth-led, community- based climate and SDG action, enabled and amplified by Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and anchored in the run-up to COP30.
🔗 Conceptual Anchors
Local Youth Action = Global Impact: Showcasing that empowered youth at the community level are essential agents of change for climate and SDGs.
As a global community we need to know who is doing what, where, how and with what kind of resources and impact, so that global goals implementation can be coordinated and incentivized more effectively. Digital tools – especially Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) – are the key to success.
DPI as Enabler: Highlight how digital identity, action registries, impact documentation tools, and Web3 wallets can make local youth actions visible, fundable, & impactful globally.
The COP30 presidency is calling everyone everywhere to take action with the Global Mutirão. This is a unique global governance innovation which will thrive with the power of youth.
Road to COP30: Positioning the event within the lead-up to COP30, The COP30 Global Mutirão: Mass Mobilization for Climate Action campaign and the Global Challenges Action Day campaign.
🎯 Key Objectives
Celebrate, expand and elevate youth-led local initiatives.
Introduce DPI tools for SDG/climate youth action.
Engage global philanthropy, service organizations, universities and public sector leaders.
Build momentum for youth engagement at COP30 in Brazil.
Create visibility and start conversation on feasibility of the proposed COP30 Legacy Initiative DPI for Climate Action Empowerment.
Draft Agenda
Opening Segment
IOY – (UN HQ New York) 4 minutes & GloCha (Klagenfurt) 2 minutes & UN-Habitat: Doug Ragan & Sabrina (Nairobi) 2+1 minutes & Rotary (Brazil) 2 minutes Intro – Hi and preview of what will be presented during the event
MGCY – 3 minutes
Partner from UN DESA Youth Programme – 3 minutes
COP30 Presidency Youth Champion Message and Keynote Presentations
Marcele Oliveira, Youth Champion of the Presidency of the UN Climate Conference 2025 – COP30: Global Mutirão – Call for Action (pre-recorded Videomessage)
Amb. Stan Smith, Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in NY – Diplomatic keynote, UN80, Global Challenges Action Day initiative et al. (10 minutes)
Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva, Coordinator for scientific and technological affairs and bilateral relations, Department of Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil – COP30 Presidency’s Theory of Change and the Systemic Role of Digital Public Infrastructure, Innovation and Youth (8-10 minutes)
Audience engagement – Slido (1 word, several entries possible): 4 minutes x2
“My #YouthPower/#PeoplePower for Our Common Future”
“What Roads (Digital Public Infrastructure) are Needed to bring my contribution to the Global Table?”
International Youth Day 2025 Celebration – Impressions from UN Office Nairobi
Video Report of the IYD2025 Celebration Event at UN Office Nairobi – prepared by Sabrina
Presentation of Event Partners and their Youth Empowerment & Digital Innovation Programs
The Global Challenges Action Empowerment Partnership GloCha –
Miroslav Polzer, Klagenfurt – GloCha Digital Public Infrastructure for Global Challenges Action Empowerment for the Management of Global Mutirao Self Determined Contributions
Long Beach City College – Long Beach City College Public Health Innovation Lab and Global Change Ambassadors’ program partnership with GloCha in the context of environmental health, ecology and humanitarian issues Ruby Guillen intro 3 min., Frank Henry-Ala, LBCC Public Health Assistant Professor, 5 min)
“Call for Partners” Global Mutirão Artwork (& Music) Crowdsourcing Call: #Together #DigitalArt4Climate for the COP30 Digital Innovation Pavilion & Venice Climate Week 2026 – Sol Moran Broza
Discussion and Interventions from additional on-site participants at UN HQ NY
Rio+20 Global Youth Music Contest in Support of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Documentation – presented on International Youth Day 2012 (link), (video)
IAAI Press Conference at the UN Bonn Climate Conference SB62: GloCha X Global Mutirão: Engaging Everyone in Building a Climate Safe Future, 24 Jun. 2025 (video on UNFCCC homepage)
“Resource Mobilization Innovation and Emerging Technologies for Whole of Society Global Challenges Action”
Organizers:
IAAI GloCha
Mission of The Bahamas
UN Environment Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch
Climate Chain Coalition
et al.
About the Event
This event addresses the systemic need for securing on a massive scale financial and other resources for the knowledge based and technology enabled multi-stakeholder provision of (global) public goods. The GloCha Global Challenges Action Innovation Partnership is leading with the Climate Chain Coalition (UNFCCC accredited network of organizations harnessing the potentials of blockchain technology and other emerging technologies for climate action), in cooperation with the UN Geospatial network, private sector partners, official technical assistance providers like GIZ and research partners like IRCAI Ljubljana/Slovenia) and IIASA (Laxenburg/Austria) the formation of an ecosystem for innovative, cities and citizens/youth focused resource mobilization for global challenges action empowerment (SDG 9), which aims to complement the efforts of the UN system in mobilizing the means for global goals implementation (SDG 17).
This, resource mobilization and emerging technologies focused GloCha side event to the UN STI Forum 2025 complements the GloCha Partnership presentation, which was held in the context of the UN Partnership Forum in February 2025, where the Global Challenges Action Day initiative has been presented with the vision to build the biggest movement for people and planet in human history, everyone joining forces for the local and global common good. The side event serves also as an invitation to UN Member states and other relevant stakeholders to join the GloCha workshop “Localization of Climate Action, Emerging Technologies and Resource Mobilization Innovation” which will be held in the context of the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Conference SB62, 17 & 18 of June 2025 at the premises of GIZ in Bonn with the aim to form a Green Climate Fund project consortium for emerging technology enabled locally led climate action empowerment.
The world needs a big vision with a reasonable implementation plan.
Agenda
Welcome
Susanna ChoeGloCha Fdt. NY & Bioregional Embassy (moderator)
H.E. Amb. Stan Smith, Permanent Mission of The Bahamas to the UN in NY
Thematic Introduction
Miroslav Polzer IAAI GloCha (virtual) & Susanna ChoeGloCha Fdt. NY & Bioregional Embassy, Presentation of the Global Challenges Action Innovation Partnership and its Blueprint for Super Large Scale Resource Mobilization for Global Challenges Actionand Emerging Tech/AI Capacity Building and Invitation to the GloCha GCF Projects Development Workshopin Bonn, held in the context of the UNFCCC SB62 Conference
Sören Gigler, GIZ, Official Development AssistanceInnovation for Digital Public Infrastructure Development, Data Economy Capacity Building and Data Governance (virtual)
Geospatial info / One Map, Data Scienceand AI as Enabler of Climate entrepreneurship and Bioregional Finance Innovation
Nadejda Komendantova, IIASA, Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group – Digital Innovations for Participatory Decision Support Systems (virtual)
A group of visionaries, social innovators, creators, youth, impact entrepreneurs, philanthropists and digital solution providers, spearheaded by IAAI GloCha, Climate Chain Coalition, Council of Global Change, bioregional economy networks, the Knowledge Innovation Summit and Revolution Love, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Bahamas to the UN in NY are bringing several programs to the UN HQ NY in the context of the UN Partnership Forum 2025, outlining pathways and concrete actions towards whole of society mobilization for the implementation of global goals, based on localized challenges and action and sustainable use of emerging technologies.
Key initiatives of the partnership:
Global Challenges Action Day (GCAD), https://gcaday.org (work in progress)
Events and Exhibit in the contest of the UN Partnership Forum 2025:
February 4th, 10 AM – 1 PM, Global Challenges Action Day (GCAD) Design Workshop, UN HQ NY, B1, Conference room A with virtual participation option via zoom (draft agenda)
The purpose of this session is to bring interdisciplinary experts together to discuss how we can address global challenges through local action to effectively achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We will present use cases of emerging technologies, exchange insights during a roundtable discussion to frame challenges and workshop the creation of a UN Resolution for localization of the SDGs informed by scientific data and bio-cultural context for place based implementation of solutions at scale.
The impetus of this gathering is to incentivize cooperation across multiple levels of governance, determine key stakeholder groups and identify critical interventions needed to foster planetary regeneration and local resilience through systemic innovations in a rapidly changing world. During times of confusion and crisis, it is imperative to direct our focus and energy on implementing creative solutions towards a shared vision of a flourishing and peaceful future for all life.
Envisaged Outcomes:
Laying the foundation for a Global Challenges Action Day UN GA Resolution
Creating a shared roadmap, priority research list and collective goals
Aligning on plans to develop an inter-regional framework, governance protocols and implementation plan
Identify stakeholder groups / subcommittees for MoUs (Pacts for the Future)
platform with unique identification and mapping (thematic and geographic) of challenges, stakeholders, action, resources and impact / deliverables
Pilot MoUs will be presented at the GloCha conference on 4th February 2025 (the day before the UN ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2025)
Agenda:
10:00-10:30: Welcome: Miroslav Polzer & Susanna Choe
Opening Ceremony: Chief Dwaine Perry & Lena Cole
Miroslav Polzer, GloCha – Systemic Innovation for All of Society Engagement in Global Challenges Action
Ambassador Stan Smith, Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to the United Nations
