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Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy

ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy “The future has called upon you, and you have answered that call”. The Secretary General of the PSOE

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Education·6 July 2026

Global push for AI governance amid warnings of ‘catastrophic harm’

Can artificial intelligence benefit all of humanity – safely, fairly and without causing “catastrophic harm”? That is the question at the heart of a major UN summit opening in Geneva on Monday.

UN News - Global perspective Human stories · 4 min read

Dwelling·28 July 2026

How Multilateral Cooperation Delivers for Food Security and Biodiversity

Nearly two decades of data show how the Multilateral System operates as a living mechanism supporting research, breeding, and global collaboration.

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 6 min read

Systems Change·5 June 2026

Featured Story: Global Progressive Mobilisation

ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Uniting the world's progressive forces for a more just, equal, and sustainable future. About the Event As the world faces critical turmoil, the Global Progressive Mobilisation (GPM) offers a ne

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Arts & Culture·29 December 2025

Voices for now for tomorrow

By sharing progressive ideas and long-term thinking the aim of the Olive Network is to connect populations with positive change makers, rising above division to the empathy and vision of charities, the arts, science and humanities.

ON Network · 1 min read

United Nations·27 December 2025

International Human Rights Day 2025

Statements and speeches Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS · 7 min read

Climate·10 January 2026

OECD Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published its periodic analysis of economic and environmental trends – and of policy actions to address the key challenges. This year’s report focuses on the…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read

Climate·29 November 2025

World Social Summit Commits to Follow-up Process to Ensure Implementation

The Second World Summit for Social Development adopted a political declaration through which world leaders reaffirm their commitment to building a more just, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world by addressing social challenges such…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

United Nations·5 November 2025

Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom

The vast Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) – filled with delegations, students, civil society groups and policymakers from around the world – reflected the scale of the moment.

UN News Global perspective Human stories · 3 min read

Climate·1 October 2025

From the Global Sumud Flotilla to the UN General Assembly: Where are the humanitarians?

Boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, on 26 September 2025.

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN · 10 min read

Dwelling·25 September 2025

UNGA 80 Side Event Explores Road to Intergovernmental Process Beyond GDP

The event brought together members of the High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP, appointed by the UN Secretary-General in May 2025, and other leading voices in the ‘Beyond GDP’ space.

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Climate·16 November 2025

Petricor - Un Nuevo Internacionalismo

Earth, hessian, oil painting, poetry, voices of reason, ambient sound, scent and Arcadian landscape featuring an imposing structure, abstracted, broken and forgotten, based on the Berlin TV Tower, a symbol of unification.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·21 July 2025

Assembling Grounds. Practices of Coexistence

The exhibition » Fellow Travellers: Art as a Tool to Change the World « acts as a catalyst for these questions: As a place for possibilities, it offers a platform for artistic projects that demonstrate the benefits of art for society in an…

ZKM KARLSRUHE · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·17 July 2025

Museion Academy – International Symposium: Culture as a Commons

These urgent questions lie at the heart of Culture as a Commons, a three-day international forum that brings together 12 selected cultural initiatives from the Netherlands and Italy. In the framework of this gathering at Museion, they will…

MUSEION ACADEMY · 1 min read

Humanitarian·16 July 2025

UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, will say the era of treating international law as optional must end. Photograph:

THE GUARDIAN · 4 min read

Economics·18 July 2025

Reorganizing Production to Serve Life, Not Profit

Analysis of Capitalism - Globalization - Socio-ecological Transformation - Democratic Socialism

ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG · 23 min read

Climate·14 July 2025

UN Secretary-General’s SDG Progress Report Shows Change is Possible

In preparation for the July 2025 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the UN Secretariat has released the Secretary-General’s annual report on SDG progress. Updating on progress ten years into the…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 3 min read

Uncategorized·12 May 2025

Pope Leo urges release of imprisoned journalists in first news conference

Pope Leo has just finished his news conference in Vatican City, during which he emphasised the importance of careful communication 'in favour of peace'.

BBC · 1 min read

Health·17 April 2025

Nations clinch pandemic treaty in sign that ‘multilateralism is alive and well’

Co-chair of the negotiations, French ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, and the WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cheer at the conclusion of negotiations for a pandemic treaty on 16 April 2025. (WHO)

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 5 min read

Climate·17 March 2025

The end of the UN? Not if the Charter gets a reboot

Heba Aly, coordinator of the UN Charter Reform Coalition, moderating a panel at Geneva’s human rights festival FIFDH on 8 March on the future of the UN, with Tim Slade, the director of the film The Veto on the challenges facing the…

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 8 min read

Climate·23 January 2025

In a Message of Hope, UN Secretary-General Outlines Priorities for 2025

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2025. He highlighted conflicts, inequalities, the climate crisis, and technology among the “ills” spreading from…

SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Charities·19 January 2025

Human Rights Watch - World Report 2025

ON ED: Please note, the Human Rights Watch World Report 2025 website uses image technology that we do not possess so please follow this link to their page

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH · 13 min read

Arts & Culture·7 January 2025

Soils - L'Internationale

Soil is a strong and resistant material. It is alive, it breathes, and it can recover. In this exhibition, soil is seen as both matter and metaphor. For some, soil is used as an artistic vehicle. For others, soil is a metaphor for the…

L'INTERNATIONALE · 1 min read

United Nations·10 December 2024

Human Rights Day 2024

Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path to the world we want, we can become more peaceful, equal and sustainable.

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS · 1 min read

Climate·17 February 2025

The Future of Sustainability 2024/25: Reimagining the Way the World Works

The Future of Sustainability: Reimagining the Way the World Works is showcasing 30 examples of individuals and/or organisations that are fundamentally reimagining how we live and work – with game-changing potential to create a future in…

FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 2 min read

United Nations·31 October 2024

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the 16th BRICS Summit

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to participate in the 16th BRICS Summit. Collectively, your countries represent nearly half of the world’s population. And I salute your valuable commitment and support for international…

UNITED NATIONS · 4 min read

United Nations·7 September 2024

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

Frosty morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands. Photo:WMO Photostream/Anna Zuidema

UNITED NATIONS · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·25 August 2024

Voltaire and technology’s liberating power

Voltaire, the symbol of enlightenment philosophy based on reason, critical thinking and scientific inquiry, was also a fierce advocate for advancing science and technology. The French philosopher thought everyone should have access to…

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 2 min read

Climate·23 November 2025

Featured Story: The Mission of the Global Assembly

...that by 2030 has over 10m annual participants, is recognised in improving our ability to tackle global issues such as climate change, health and inequality, is recognised by over 50% of the global population and is mostly funded by…

GLOBAL ASSEMBLY · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·9 June 2024

International School for Peace

Entrance to Ecolint’s La Grande Boissière campus in Geneva, with original school sign, 5 June 2024. (Geneva Solutions/Paula Dupraz-Dobias)

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 6 min read

Arts & Culture·26 May 2024

Countries grapple with shaping AI governance amid heightened global tensions

17 May 2024, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: A person works at a computer with an illustrative image generated by artificial intelligence on the screen, showing code from various programming languages and a neural network diagram.…

GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 6 min read

Dwelling·12 May 2024

A new multilateral treaty takes root at WIPO to recognise traditional knowledge

View of WIPO's main building from the Place des Nations. Over 1,000 delegates will attend talks on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge from 13-24 May.(WIPO/Emmanuel Berrod)

ON Network · 5 min read

Education·29 April 2024

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

As the most representative international organization and the utmost expression of multilateralism, the United Nations is the main instrument to address multifaceted and complex global challenges through collective action.

ON Network · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·19 March 2024

International Nowruz Day - 21 March

PHOTO: © Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO)

ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·15 March 2024

Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter

Three and a half decades ago, when I invented the web, its trajectory was impossible to imagine. There was no roadmap to predict the course of its evolution, it was a captivating odyssey filled with unforeseen opportunities and challenges.…

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·26 January 2024

Third South Summit Calls for International Financial Architecture Reform

In the Third South Summit Outcome Document, leaders stress the need to strengthen the role of the UNGA and ECOSOC in dealing with the international financial architecture reform and urge MDBs to “meet the financing needs of all developing…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·3 December 2023

How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos?

‘Where there is conflict and disaster, the Quaker response is through a stance of non-partisanship,’ writes Alan Clayton. Photograph: Getty Images

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·21 July 2025

Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps'

The world's biggest carbon emitters will step up co-operation on methane and support global efforts to triple renewable energy by 2030.

ON Network · 3 min read

Charities·18 May 2023

Cross-border philanthropy reached $70 billion in 2020 despite pandemic - report

Total cross-border philanthropy amounted to $70 billion in 2020 showing high resilience in a year when humankind was badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The 11th edition of Global Philanthropy Tracker (GPT) released by Lilly Family School…

ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·14 May 2023

UN NEWS: Freedom of the press under attack worldwide

File photo of UN Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) holding a virtual press conference.

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·16 January 2023

OXFAM: Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together

The richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today. During the past…

ON Network · 8 min read

Dwelling·13 December 2022

Top-5 world’s most peaceful countries in 2022

There is no doubt that any sane person would like to live in a harmonious society and in a world where peace is everyone’s goal. A peaceful society is one with functional justice and minimal violence. Nations that manage to successfully…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate·11 December 2022

2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit

In a new era of global challenges – the pandemic, a deepening climate emergency, and many economic shocks – we must charter sustainable pathways for a just recovery across sectors and geographies.

ON Network · 1 min read

Education·22 November 2022

Peaceful coexistence is not ‘utopia’ but reality, says UN official fostering intercultural dialogue

UNICEF/Kate Watson Pupils sing a song as part of a tolerance workshop at a school in Indonesia.

ON Network · 7 min read

Sustainability·21 September 2022

The 2022 Global People’s Assembly and a New Multilateralism

In his Our Common Agenda , the UN Secretary-General called on Member States to give “serious consideration” to the idea of an “annual civil society caucus in conjunction with the General Assembly’s high-level week.” Fortunately, such a…

ON Network · 4 min read

Peace·18 September 2022

Financing education, imperative for 'peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief

© UNICEF/Mark Naftalin: Survivors of a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan attend class at a UNICEF-supported community-based education centre in Gayan District, Paktika Province. 17 September 2022 Culture and Education Education systems around the world need “more, not less money” the UN chief to

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Dwelling·23 August 2022

Webb Space Telescope

We wonder. It’s our nature. How did we get here? Are we alone in the universe? How does the universe work?

ON Network · 1 min read

Economics·18 August 2022

Beyond GDP: changing how we measure progress is key to tackling a world in crisis

Robert F Kennedy on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. Alamy

ON Network · 22 min read

Arts & Culture·18 August 2022

The role of creative industries in developing countries | Experts’ Opinions

Marie-Ange Nouroumby , communication specialist in international development finance

ON Network · 8 min read

Education·31 July 2022

One Young World 2022 Summit

The annual One Young World Summit brings together 2,000+ of the brightest young leaders from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact both in-person and digitally. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·26 May 2022

Global Platform to Inform Shift from Reducing Risk to Building Resilience

“Nothing undermines development like a disaster,” notes Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Head of UNDRR, in her vision statement for the UN agency with the mandate to…

ON Network · 6 min read

Arts & Culture·4 September 2023

Featured Story: Progressive International - Introducing the Art of Internationalism

In support of shared struggles for equality, social and ecological justice, Art of Internationalism builds from a place-based understanding of the world: one grounded in situated histories, rooted in communities and lands and intimately…

ON Network · 13 min read

Systems Change·13 May 2022

School of System Change: System change for sustainability

System change for sustainability Why system change? Climate change, poverty, malnutrition, civic unrest: the world faces these complex challenges because our core systems are not working towards sustainable goals. Shifting these systems is

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Climate·12 May 2022

World Congress Urges Shared Responsibility Over Forests for Multiple SDGs

Delegates at the 15th meeting of the World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) called for immediate action to protect forests, forestry, and forest stakeholders as providers of nature-based solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, land…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·25 April 2022

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·11 April 2022

The Hope Forum

Recognizing the inspirational power that art can offer the global society, whether through great art experiences, agenda setting, or community mobilization, the time to create momentum for transformation is now. We depend on art as a…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·2 January 2022

UNITED NATIONS: Why 2022 will matter for climate action

As the world picks up speed in its race against climate change and moves forward from the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference, let’s look at ten key global events in 2022 that will shape critical conversations and influence public…

ON Network · 9 min read

Climate·12 November 2021

If global finance can step up to the net-zero challenge, governments surely can

‘Our enormous financial resources mean the world can now finance the transition to net zero.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

ON Network · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·9 November 2021

United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

“In these troubled times, the Alliance is a unique and inclusive platform for Member States, the private sector, youth, civil society and the media to exchange views and commit to dialogue and new partnerships. It is closely aligned with…

ON Network · 1 min read

United Nations·18 September 2021

Secretary-General Unveils Vision for Future-Oriented UN

The UN Secretary-General has issued a report on how to secure a breakthrough for humanity through a series of choices to avert a historical breakdown of societies, and instead realize a “greener, safer, better” future. The ‘Our Common…

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·26 July 2021

Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

A new partnership between UN-Habitat and a community of business leaders aims to support 1,000 cities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which could have a huge impact on the lives of over a billion people from developing,…

ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·28 January 2021

Reading the waves: who’s making sense of narrative change?

What’s the role of narratives and how do we update them once they’ve become obsolete? Anna Simpson discusses the process of shifting narratives in follow up to 2020, the agents and power dynamics implicated, and the role of futures as a…

ON Network · 8 min read

Education·15 November 2022

The imperative of a new multilateralism – enhanced by science

You don’t need me to tell you that we are living in a really troubled world.

ON Network · 4 min read

Sustainability·6 September 2020

United Nations: International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 7 September

Photo:WMO Photostream/Anna Zuidema - Frosty morning in Pingjum Friesland, The Netherlands. © Anna Zuidema/ WMO 2020 Calendar — 75 selected entries

ON Network · 3 min read

Systems Change·18 August 2020

We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction

Amiens Cathedral, France: built across several lifetimes during the 13th century. Photograph: Alamy We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction Sonia Sodha Sun 16 Aug 2020 08.15 BST Last modifie

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Economics·20 April 2020

By invitation: Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values

In recent years, the market economy has become the market society. The virus could reverse that trend

ON Network · 5 min read

Arts & Culture·15 November 2022

Amid our fear, we’re rediscovering utopian hopes of a connected world

Sun 29 Mar 2020 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Mar 2020 09.59 BST

ON Network · 5 min read

New Internationalism·8 January 2020

Walking to planetary citizenship | Lorenzo Romito | TEDxRoma

Lorenzo Romito explores planetary citizenship in this TEDxRoma talk.

TEDx Talks · 16 min read

Humanitarian·22 July 2023

If we’re serious about changing the world, we need a better kind of economics to do it

Rubbish pickers at the municipal site in Maputo, Mozambique. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

ON Network · 7 min read

Arts & Culture·13 August 2019

Arts and Society: A universal impact of the arts and cultures in societies beyond borders

A universal impact of the arts and cultures in societies beyond borders

ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·19 May 2019

Tomorrow is the Question

“Tomorrow is the Question”, installation photo. Photo: Anders Sune Berg

ON Network · 4 min read

Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy

Stories in this directory

Global push for AI governance amid warnings of ‘catastrophic harm’

How Multilateral Cooperation Delivers for Food Security and Biodiversity

Featured Story: Global Progressive Mobilisation

Voices for now for tomorrow

International Human Rights Day 2025

OECD Report Calls for More Synergistic Responses to Triple Planetary Crisis

World Social Summit Commits to Follow-up Process to Ensure Implementation

Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom

From the Global Sumud Flotilla to the UN General Assembly: Where are the humanitarians?

UNGA 80 Side Event Explores Road to Intergovernmental Process Beyond GDP

Petricor - Un Nuevo Internacionalismo

Assembling Grounds. Practices of Coexistence

Museion Academy – International Symposium: Culture as a Commons

UN’s Albanese hails 30-nation meeting aimed at ending Israeli occupation of Palestine

Reorganizing Production to Serve Life, Not Profit

UN Secretary-General’s SDG Progress Report Shows Change is Possible

Pope Leo urges release of imprisoned journalists in first news conference

Nations clinch pandemic treaty in sign that ‘multilateralism is alive and well’

The end of the UN? Not if the Charter gets a reboot

In a Message of Hope, UN Secretary-General Outlines Priorities for 2025

Human Rights Watch - World Report 2025

Soils - L&#x27;Internationale

Human Rights Day 2024

The Future of Sustainability 2024/25: Reimagining the Way the World Works

UN Secretary-General&#x27;s remarks to the 16th BRICS Summit

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

Voltaire and technology’s liberating power

Featured Story: The Mission of the Global Assembly

International School for Peace

Countries grapple with shaping AI governance amid heightened global tensions

A new multilateral treaty takes root at WIPO to recognise traditional knowledge

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Nowruz Day - 21 March

Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter

Third South Summit Calls for International Financial Architecture Reform

How do we bring about peace in a world of war and chaos?

Climate change: US and China take &#x27;small but important steps&#x27;

Cross-border philanthropy reached $70 billion in 2020 despite pandemic - report

UN NEWS: Freedom of the press under attack worldwide

OXFAM: Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together

Top-5 world’s most peaceful countries in 2022

2022 Effective Development Co-operation Summit

Peaceful coexistence is not ‘utopia’ but reality, says UN official fostering intercultural dialogue

The 2022 Global People’s Assembly and a New Multilateralism

Financing education, imperative for 'peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief

Webb Space Telescope

Beyond GDP: changing how we measure progress is key to tackling a world in crisis

The role of creative industries in developing countries | Experts’ Opinions

One Young World 2022 Summit

Global Platform to Inform Shift from Reducing Risk to Building Resilience

Featured Story: Progressive International - Introducing the Art of Internationalism

School of System Change: System change for sustainability

World Congress Urges Shared Responsibility Over Forests for Multiple SDGs

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April

The Hope Forum

UNITED NATIONS: Why 2022 will matter for climate action

If global finance can step up to the net-zero challenge, governments surely can

United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

Secretary-General Unveils Vision for Future-Oriented UN

Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

Reading the waves: who’s making sense of narrative change?

The imperative of a new multilateralism – enhanced by science

United Nations: International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 7 September

We’ve got to start thinking beyond our own lifespans if we’re going to avoid extinction

By invitation: Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values

Amid our fear, we’re rediscovering utopian hopes of a connected world

Walking to planetary citizenship | Lorenzo Romito | TEDxRoma

If we’re serious about changing the world, we need a better kind of economics to do it

Arts and Society: A universal impact of the arts and cultures in societies beyond borders

Tomorrow is the Question

Soils - L'Internationale

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the 16th BRICS Summit

Climate change: US and China take 'small but important steps'