The mandate at this year’s UN General Assembly is ambitious: move from last year’s Pact for the Future to concrete implementation. The timing is critical. We are closer to the end than the beginning of the UN Sustainable Development Goals timeline, and public trust in large–scale multilateral action is waning.
Success in New York will require more than political will—it will require a cognitive shift. Securing our future can no longer be treated as a long–term aspiration. Implementation must be immediate and uncompromising. That demands clarity: knowing precisely what outcomes we seek, and where today’s realities diverge from them.
To help frame this moment, Diplomatic Courier’s annual special edition for the UN General Assembly meetings includes expert insights from our World in 2050 network of experts. These commentaries offer perspectives on how global leaders must recalibrate our thinking if we are to translate ambition into action across four thematic areas: education, technology, gender, and demographics.
Read a special introduction for this year’s edition by our publisher here.
Read the edition free on our digital bookshelf here.
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