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The road to 2030

The past two years have brought devastating setbacks for global development goals including poverty reduction, gender equality, and climate action. GZERO Media will gather an expert panel of leaders from politics, the private sector, and international organizations to discuss how to get back on a path to greater peace and prosperity.

Join us on Thursday, December 15th at 11 am ET / 8 am PT / 5 pm CEST for a Global Stage livestream discussion, presented by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft. The conversation will be moderated by Julia Chatterley of CNN International, with Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; Dr. Omnia El Omrani, Youth Envoy for COP27 and SDG Champion; Melissa Fleming, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications; Hindou Ibrahim, Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change; Khadija Mayman, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative; and Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair of Microsoft.

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Podcast: How we avoid irreversible damage & "total disaster": The UN chief's warning for a world experiencing multiple crises

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Listen: The UN's blueprint for making the world a better place is on life support. The pandemic wiped out years of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and right now there's no way they'll be met by 2030. On the GZERO World podcast, Ian speaks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the United Nations headquarters just ahead of this year’s General Assembly. Their one-on-one conversation ranges from rescuing the SDGs, the war in Ukraine to global food insecurity, climate change, and authoritarianism on the rise; but Guterres sees signs of hope amid these converging crises. Guterres is known for bluntly stating the dangers we’re facing—and the need for immediate action.

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From crisis to opportunity: How 4 global threats can change the world for the better

From crisis to opportunity: How 4 global threats can change the world for the better

“You must be busy these days.” I get that a lot. I’ve been focused on geopolitical risk for over two decades, and there always seems to be a crisis ongoing that people want to hear more about. And they seem to believe that today was crazier than yesterday.

But my company was created in 1998, as a bloodbath in the former Yugoslavia reached crescendo, a financial crisis engulfed Southeast Asia, and Boris Yeltsin’s Russia defaulted on its debt.

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Announcing a new livestream series, “The UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis”

GZERO Media, in partnership with Microsoft and Eurasia Group, is proud to announce a series of livestream panels, featuring global experts discussing the most pressing issues facing the 75th United Nations General Assembly.

The 2020 UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis

  • Net Zero: Climate Ambition and Action: Wednesday, September 16th, 12:30p ET/9:30a PT/5:30p BST
    • Julia Pyper, Host and Producer, Political Climate podcast (moderator)
    • Gerald Butts, Vice Chairman & Senior Advisor, Eurasia Group
    • Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft
    • Rachel Kyte, Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University
    • Mark Carney, Finance Adviser to the UK Prime Minister for COP 26 and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

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