The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Mission 4.7, SDGsToday and the Global Schools Program are thrilled to announce the launch of UN at Your Doorstep, a series of online live dialogues between today’s global leaders and tomorrow’s changemakers on how to tackle the 21st century’s complex sustainable development challenges.

Designed for high school assemblies, extra-curricular activities, Model UN clubs, community NGOs, and traditional classrooms, these dialogues offer a rare opportunity for young people to engage directly with world leaders and UN officials and focus on how young people can take action on the SDGs in their schools, homes and communities.

The first virtual live dialogue took place on 23 October, focusing on Youth Empowerment — because this initiative is designed for young people and, simply put, none of today’s global challenges can be solved without youth leading the way. It featured Felipe Paullier, United Nation Assistant Secretary General for Youth Affairs, and Richa Gupta, Young Leader for the SDGs and Co-founder and CEO of Labhya, an India-based educational non-profit that partners with governments to impact the emotional well-being of 2.4 million vulnerable children across 22,000 public schools.

Inspired by the 8 big questions of the Ages of Globalization course, the dialogue focused on:

How youth have contributed to driving global-scale change for more peaceful, inclusive and sustainable societies in recent history; and
What concrete actions youth can take to contribute to driving global-scale change to end poverty, save the environment, and to living peacefully and cooperatively.

Ahead of the session, young people submitted and upvoted questions to Felipe and Richa to answer during the live session. The event was moderated by Young Reporters for the Environment from different countries.

The UN at Your Doorstep live dialogues are part of the Ages of Globalization, a new worldwide course that integrates world history, science, geography, and technology into an immersive educational adventure to prepare learners to tackle today’s complex sustainable development challenges.

The Ages of Globalization and the UN at Your Doorstep contribute towards SDG 4.7 and UNESCO’s ESDfor2030 Roadmap and is supported by UNESCO, the Sustainable Tourism Global Center, Hearst Foundations, the SDG Academy, Globe from Home, Compass Education and the Foundation for Environmental Education’s Young Reporters for the Environment.

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