United Nations

Leave no one behind: Time for specifics on the sustainable development goals

Friday, Oct 18, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Closing the opportunity gap in the Sahel

Annette Dixon and Hafez Ghanem

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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Africa in focus

Africa in the news: UNGA, Zimbabwe, and Sudan updates

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, September 28, 2019

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Future Development

Getting specific to leave no one behind

Homi Kharas and John McArthur

Monday, September 23, 2019

Reports

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Climate Change

The Paris Agreement and its future

Todd Stern

October 2018

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Report

Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

September 2018

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Report

China’s long game on human rights at the United Nations

Ted Piccone

September 2018

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Report

Safeguarding the heavens: The United States and the future of norms of behavior in outer space

Frank A. Rose

June 2018

Blog Posts

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PlanetPolicy

Around the halls: Brookings experts on what to watch for at the UN Climate Action Summit

David G. Victor, Todd Stern, Sahil Ali, Jeffrey Ball, Rick Duke, Samantha Gross, Christina Kwauk, Nathan Hultman, Jenny Schuetz, and Rahul Tongia

Thursday, September 19, 2019

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PlanetPolicy

Success from the UN climate summit will hinge on new ways to build national action

Nathan Hultman

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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PlanetPolicy

The fight to contain climate change – Implementing Paris, mobilizing action

Todd Stern

September 16, 2019

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Up Front

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Climate Change

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Podcast Episode

What does a new UN report reveal about global hunger and obesity?

John McArthur

Thursday, July 18, 2019

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