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This GYA group was established as an Incubator in January 2022 by GYA member Encieh Erfani. From January 2024, it continues as a GYA working group.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the UN in 2015. These 17 SDGs, consisting of 169 targets planned to achieve till 2030. Moreover, currently, the International Year of Basic Sciences is devoted to the UN SDGs.
This new Incubator group proposes to tap into the GYA’s cumulative potential as an interdisciplinary, global and young academy when it comes to working towards the achievement of the UN SDGs.
The GYA and its members are active in many SDG-related areas (see our page highlighting SDG work here), be it through its working groups, by participating in meetings on the implementation and monitoring of the SDGs, or by providing science-based policy advice to policy-makers and global science organisations.
However, interlinkages and connections with the SDGs might not always be apparent. The group therefore want to raise GYA members’ awareness of the SDGs and the work that is already happening on the SDGs in the GYA, through workshops, trainings, connecting to partners, etc.
For a list of group co-leads since the group was established in 2022, see here.
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GET INVOLVED – The group is still looking for new members!
Please send an email to Anna-Maria should you be interested.
Projects 2024/25
In November 2024, group co-leads Stella Tsani and Wilson Alavia Medina, together with group members and with members from several other GYA working groups, jointly published a statement on “Young researchers and scholars’ proposals for action for a sustainable present and future”. GYA Alumnus Renard Siew presented the statement during the “Climate Science: key take aways in 2024” event co-organized by the International Science Council (ISC) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) on 12 November 2024.
In October 2024, group co-lead Stella Tsani was part of a COP29 side event on “A farewell to fossil fuels? Perspectives and dialogues pre-COP29” in Baku, Azerbaijan. This was organized by Khazar University, the British Embassy in Baku, the University of Reading, Reading Youth Council, the Centre for EuroAsian Studies at the Henley Business School, and this GYA working group, and discussed prospects and achievements on fossil fuel phase-out in the light of developments in the international policy dialogue and actions, the position of hydrocarbon exporting countries, and the role of youth in catalysing the necessary transformations.
In October 2024, group member Peter Gan Kim Soon participated in the “Act on Climate: A Convening on Planetary Health and Just Transition”, held in Bogotá, Colombia, and organized by the Atlantic Institute and Dejusticia, a Colombia-based research and advocacy organization dedicated to the strengthening of the rule of law and the promotion of social justice and human rights in Colombia and the Global South. This event brought together a diverse group of researchers, activists, and policymakers dedicated to exploring the intricate relationship between climate change and equity. The discussions were framed around the urgent need for a just transition, and frameworks and approaches were developed that will provide a robust foundation for action and collaboration on effective climate action. Read Peter’s report here.
In September 2024, group co-leads Stella Tsani and Wilson Alavia Medina launched a collaboration with the Science Education for Youth group, consisting of a series of talks and training sessions aimed at raising awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and putting them into practice in higher education institutions in various countries. You can find more information here.
In September 2023, on the occasion of the SDG Summit during the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, group co-leads and co-leads from various GYA Activities Groups compiled an overview of current GYA activities relating to the UN SDGs.
