7th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org) Recorded UCD Side Event Title: Open Science and Digital Innovation in SDG Education, Research and Science Policy Interfaces.UN STI Forum 2022 – UCD Side Event: Open Science and Digital Innovation in SDG Education – … Continue Reading

Patrick Paul Walsh, University College Dublin, Ireland. UN Scientific and Technological Community Major Group statement at the ECOSOC Partnership Forum, Plenary Session, 2 February 2022     Statement at 1hr and 35 min mark. Economic and Social Council: Partnership Forum, 2022 session (with CART Services) | UN Web TV Plenary session 1,  9:30-10:50 AM EST. Patrick … Continue Reading

The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum was held on 2 February 2022. Theme: “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. UCD SIDE EVENT AT 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum: “Making global multi-stakeholder Partnerships work for the SDGs Patrick Paul Walsh ( Chair ),  University … Continue Reading

Download the UN SIDS Times Magazine 2021 – The Cowrie here The Cowrie Covid 2021_final__.pdf (un.org) Ailbhe Joyce and Kelli-Marie O’Callaghan, both studying for a UCD M.Sc. in Sustainable Development in partnership with UN SDSN publish articles in UN SIDS Times Magazine – The Cowrie. Ailbhe Joyce, “What happened to Pangea?” Kelli-Marie O’Callaghan, “Gender Empowerment: … Continue Reading

Walsh, P. P., & Whelan, C. (2021). The Move towards Multilateral Aid in Ireland’s Overseas Development Programme (2008–2019). Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32(1), 1–11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3318/isia.2021.32.18 Ireland’s international development programme plays a significant part in its foreign economic policy. In this review we examine the trends and evolving structure of Ireland’s overseas development aid from the financial crisis … Continue Reading

IAU Horizons, vol. 26, no. 2, 2021 We are pleased to announce the release of a new edition of IAU Horizons. The December issue of Horizons offers insights on IAU initiatives and it is discussing how the pandemic is impacting higher education across the different strategic priorities. Within this context, the In Focus section of this volume is dedicated … Continue Reading

The EPA has published our report on A Famework for Achieving the Environmental Sustainable Development Goals Link to the Report: EPA Research 397: https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/climate-change/research-397-framework-for-achieving-the-environmental-sustainable-development-goals.php Authors: Enda Murphy, Patrick Paul Walsh and Aparajita Banerjee View Project Highlights Why? Ireland is at a critical point in delivering on its United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) commitments. However, significant … Continue Reading

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals Thursday, 9 December 2021 Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oejJeGxiGM The UN 2030 Agenda presents 17 goals to transform our world across the environmental, economic prosperity, social inclusion, and governance pillars. It complements the Paris Agreement, noting that environmental sustainability cannot be achieved without progress across all SDG pillars. Distinctively, the SDGs were adopted … Continue Reading

by TASC (Think tank for action on social change) Conversations with Civil Society Leaders – International Aid Tickets, Wed 17 Nov 2021 at 11:00 | Eventbrite (Register here) Date and time Wed, 17 November 2021 11:00 – 12:30 GMT About this event The pandemic and climate crisis are exacerbating poverty in low income countries at … Continue Reading

Citation Murphy, Enda and Walsh, Patrick Paul ‘A Coded Taxonomy of the Statistical Indicators for Global Reporting of Targets within the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. – Dublin: Dublin Statistical Society, Vol. XLIX, 2019-20 Abstract In 2015, 193 UN member countries signed Resolution A/RES/70/1 2030 – ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable … Continue Reading