• Tech and AI Forum: Reimagining Cooperation in a Digital Age

    Studio Gather 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, United States

    As breakthroughs in AI and emerging technologies unlock new opportunities, the global tech landscape is becoming increasingly fragmented. Global competition is intensifying, while cooperation is at risk. Trade tensions, regulatory divergence, and supply chain disruptions are threatening everything from access to semiconductors to the rollout of digital infrastructure — carrying implications for economic development, peace, […]

  • Proximity Now! Strengthen local infrastructure for a post-ODA World

    NYC and Online

    This year marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. Now that the UN has recognized that two/thirds of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals can only be achieved at the community level, it is vital for MCLD and all Localistas to focus on the priority actions to build a strong, resilient local ecosystem for development. To that […]

  • Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, yet survival rates vary dramatically —  exceeding 90% in high-income countries but falling as low as 40% in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. These stark disparities are often driven by persistent challenges in early detection, timely access to care, and systemic barriers that continue to put women’s health […]

  • Access for Every Child: Ensuring Multidisciplinary Care for Non-Communicable Diseases

    Penn Club of New York 30 West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were identified as a key global health priority during the 78th World Health Assembly. Mobilizing Ministries of Health, NGOs, and other non-state actors to drive this agenda forward is essential–but cannot be achieved without access to comprehensive, multidisciplinary care that includes primary prevention, treatment, nutrition, and mental health services. NCDs disproportionately affect […]

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  • Counterpoint: Live in New York City

    Studio Gather 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, United States

    Join Foreign Policy for a live taping of Counterpoint, a podcast where two leading experts debate one pressing question, at this year’s United Nations General Assembly. FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal will moderate a discussion with leading thinkers and policymakers on the issues of the day. Registration will open in September. Sign up to be the […]

  • Empowering nonprofits with digital transformation: Unlocking opportunities for all

    Impact Stage

    In a year when global leaders are grappling with the twin challenges of technological transformation and social inequality, this conversation will ask: What happens when the most powerful tools of our time are placed in the hands of those working every day to make the world more just, inclusive, and resilient?

  • Studio Gather and Online

    As climate change accelerates the frequency and severity of health crises—driving malnutrition, vector-borne disease, and heat-related illness—locally-led adaptation is emerging as an effective and cost-efficient tool for building resilience. Yet funding for these solutions remains fragmented, inconsistent, and largely out of reach for the communities best positioned to implement them. This high-level event will spotlight […]

  • Risk, Resilience, Results. The Power of Investing in Locally-led Climate and Health Solutions

    Studio Gather 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY, United States

    Climate change continues to intensify global health crises, driving increases in malnutrition, vector-borne diseases, and heat-related illnesses, which disproportionately affect the world’s most vulnerable communities. Amid these escalating risks, health adaptation efforts are increasingly recognized as one of the most effective investments in climate resilience. Across the globe, community-level solutions are already demonstrating their impact—showing how targeted, […]

  • Equity and integration: reshaping health systems through people-centred primary care

    In the context of the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, join us for a high-impact side event that brings together global health leaders, governments, program implementers, health care providers, representatives of affected communities and people with lived experience, civil society, donors, funding agencies and development partners. This gathering will explore how integrated primary health […]

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  • Equity and Integration: Reshaping Health Systems through People-Centred Primary Health Care

    Marriott Marquis Broadway Times Square 1535 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    In the lead-up to the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health, join global health leaders, governments, implementers, donors, civil society, and people with lived experience for a high-impact side event. Together, we’ll explore how integrated primary health care - anchored in equity and people-centred approaches - can strengthen health systems and advance […]

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