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09/10/2026

🏆 We’re thrilled to announce UNRISD’s Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) have been recognized in the 2026 ISAR Honours international category of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

SDPI is an open-source platform helping businesses and social and solidarity economy organizations assess sustainability across environmental, socioeconomic and governance impacts.

Its distinctive approach goes beyond measuring progress: it helps organizations assess whether their performance is sufficient in relation to relevant norms and thresholds.

With 1,339 registered users, SDPI is reaching a growing audience, while selected indicators are also being used in sustainability information on the Vienna Stock Exchange website.

This recognition alongside leading international initiatives such as EFRAG and IPSASB highlights SDPI’s growing contribution to the global sustainability reporting landscape.

Learn more https://tinyurl.com/5n6jdzrz

09/10/2026

Addressing the global crisis requires stronger evidence and collective action.

During the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda joined governments and partners in New York to highlight the multidimensional nature of inequality and its far-reaching effects on opportunities, political voice, social cohesion, trust in institutions and sustainable development.

She welcomed the proposed International Panel on Inequality (IPI) as an opportunity to strengthen the global evidence base and inform effective policy responses.

Why the IPI matters: An independent, science-based body could synthesize research, monitor trends, identify knowledge gaps and assess policy responses.

Why collaboration matters: Addressing inequalities within and between countries requires coordinated action and renewed multilateral cooperation.

UNRISD has supported the IPI initiative since its early stages, including by hosting its Founding Committee’s inaugural meeting in March 2026.

As Dr Sepúlveda emphasized, investment in knowledge, evidence and multilateral cooperation is essential to building more equitable, inclusive and sustainable societies.

Learn more https://tinyurl.com/nhdzuw85

08/10/2026

📢 Join us in Bangkok for “Delivering Beyond 2030: Financing the Next Era of Global Development.”

As the international community looks beyond the 2030 Agenda, the conversation must increasingly turn from ambition to delivery and address the structural blockages that impede implementation.

On 13 October, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and UNRISD bring together leading experts and practitioners for a high-level discussion on what comes next for sustainable development and the financial and institutional foundations needed to deliver it. Panelists include:

🟦 Sarah Cook, Professor in Economics University of Nottingham/Ningbo, China; former Director, UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)—Moderator
🟦 Amitabh Behar, Executive Director, Oxfam International
🟦 Jayati Ghosh, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
🟦 Pepukaye Bardouille, Director, Bridgetown Initiative and Special Adviser on Climate Resilience to the Barbados Prime Minister
🟦 Hod Anyigba, Executive Director of the Africa Labour Research and Education Institute (ALREI) and Chief Economist, ITUC Africa
🟦 Lutfey Siddiqi, Visiting Professor-in-Practice, London School of Economics; fmr. Special Envoy (cabinet ranked) Bangladesh interim government

Places are limited, early registration is encouraged.

📅 13 October
🕒 15:00–17:00 GMT+7
📍 Bangkok, Thailand

We look forward to an insightful exchange on how to build a more effective and equitable development framework .

→ Learn more https://tinyurl.com/7uwa9jd4

01/10/2026

🟠 Feminist foreign and development policies hold the promise of more democratic, rights-based and redistributive external action. Yet turning these ambitions into lasting institutional practice remains a challenge.

UNRISD's latest policy brief explores what is needed to make these commitments sustainable and resilient to backlash.

We take a closer look at as a heterogenous region that, in a multiplicity of contexts, can contribute new political content to international debates through agendas, regional commitments, civil society and practices. In our analysis we propose the following policy recommendations:

□ Clarify responsibilities.
□ Embed commitments in ordinary systems.
□ Ensure gender-responsive public financing.
□ Support feminist movements and protect civic space.
□ Test coherence across external action.
□ Build resilience to anti-gender backlash.

Governance alone cannot guarantee transformative change. Yet without effective governance, even the most ambitious feminist commitments are unlikely to achieve sustained results or withstand political reversal.

Read the policy brief https://tinyurl.com/33547d72

30/09/2026

On 17 September, at the Global Coalition for Social Justice Annual Forum, UNRISD urged members and partners to put inequality at the forefront of social justice debates.

During the Partner Spotlight session, UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda highlighted a central challenge: inequality is multidimensional—and tackling it requires integrated solutions.

“Inequality is not only about income. It is about unequal access to care, social protection, decent work, education, technology and political voice.”

The forum also provided an opportunity to share how UNRISD research is connecting evidence to action:

🔹 and : Exploring how investment in care can reduce gender inequality, strengthen social protection and support more equitable climate transitions.

🔹 : Examining the structural drivers behind the growing backlash against gender equality and women’s rights.

🔹 for equality and inclusion: Investigating how AI governance can either reproduce existing inequalities or help build more equitable and inclusive societies.

Across these areas, one message stands out: inequality cannot be addressed through isolated interventions.

Social protection, care, decent work, climate justice and digital governance need to be considered together—and progress depends on strong alliances across governments, workers, civil society, researchers and international organizations.

For UNRISD, this means continuing to bring evidence on the structural and multidimensional nature of into global debates—and working with partners to turn knowledge into transformative policies and lasting social progress.

Learn more https://tinyurl.com/fxvb2tsa

24/09/2026

🪨 Rethinking the critical minerals question

As the world races to phase out fossil fuels, critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and copper have become the new must-have resource. But UNRISD's latest issue brief argues the energy transition, as it's currently unfolding, risks repeating the same extractivist pattern it was meant to escape—just with different minerals.

Some key findings:
🔹 Renewable capacity is largely being added on top of fossil fuel use, not replacing it
🔹 The global South holds most reserves of critical minerals, but global North companies capture most of the value
🔹 Governance frameworks like the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act focus on securing supply—not on human rights, environmental protection, or community consent

The brief calls for organizing the transition around care, sufficiency and justice—asking not just how much extraction is needed, but for what and for whom.

📖 Read the full issue brief: https://tinyurl.com/3wvryxhm

22/09/2026

Earlier this month, UNRISD had the privilege of taking part in the Citizens’ Festival of German Federal President Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Bürgerfest des Bundespräsidenten), alongside colleagues from across the UN Bonn family and beyond. Hosted by the Federal President, the festival took place in the park of Villa Hammerschmidt and the former Federal Chancellery in Bonn.

The festival offered a valuable opportunity to engage directly with citizens and showcase UNRISD’s work, highlighting the role of research and evidence in shaping more inclusive, equitable and sustainable societies. It also provided a space to connect with colleagues and partners and exchange around shared efforts to advance sustainable development, civic engagement and international cooperation.

Our participation was particularly meaningful in the context of UNRISD’s long-standing partnership with the German Government and our presence in Bonn, which provides an important platform for strengthening engagement with the UN system, partners and the wider sustainable development community.

We are grateful to the German Government, including the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)), for its continued support to UNRISD and our work in Bonn.

18/09/2026

📢 UNRISD at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
📆 21–25 September 2026
📍 New York, United States of America

At this session of the UN General Assembly, key to restore trust in the multilateral system, UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda joins policymakers, UN representatives, scholars and researchers at a leaders' event on the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) as well as in high-level conversations revolving around UN reform and fair resource governance.

Programme
🔹 Remaking the UN
📆 21 September
📍 Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York
Organized by Ford Foundation and Project Syndicate

🔹 Unlocking Equitable Economies and Societies Through Resource Governance
📆 21 September
📍 Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York
Organized by Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

🔹 Addressing the Global Inequality Crisis
📆 23 September
📍 Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Convened by the Government of Brazil, Government of Norway, Government of Spain, Government of South Africa, along , along with Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz.

🔗 Find out more about our events: www.unrisd.org/events

07/09/2026

Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) BASICS

“Decarbonisation”

What does it actually mean? 🌱

Today we break down .

It’s about transforming how we live, work and use energy to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions.

But it’s not only about energy. Decarbonisation also means changing how we manage and control land and natural resources.

It requires changing human–nature relations across sectors—from how energy is generated and used to how land and natural resources are managed.

In short, decarbonisation means transforming our economies and societies, and creates an opportunity to restore our relationship with nature. 🌍

Stay tuned for more in

04/09/2026

🌱 A just transition connects more than climate and energy. Can you connect the dots?

of the Puzzle Journal is here — and we’ve reached our final challenge: just transition.

A transition to a greener future isn’t just about reducing emissions. It’s also about workers, jobs, communities, social protection, nature and the economy—and how they connect.

🧩 Your fourth challenge: connect the dots.

Can you connect the possible pairs that make a just transition possible? 👀

Swipe through to play, then discover why every connection matters.

Shifting the paradigm: From reducing emissions... to transforming societies.

4 themes. 4 challenges. 4 weeks of discovery.

Find the Answers. Shift Paradigms.

Which connection did you make first? Tell us in the comments. 👇

Learn more about UNRISD work: https://tinyurl.com/buc4pppu

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