A question we get asked a lot by researchers before they join our Global Academy is how their own research can possibly be relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Researchers look at the Global Goals (as they are sometimes called) and see that they relate to poverty, equality and improving the environment (both physical and social) to provide the conditions for all life to flourish.
The 2030 SDGs game is quite new to the UK, and The Global Academy is amongst only a tiny number of accredited game/workshop facilitators. We have now run several, either as open, public games, or as an element of a wider educational programme such as that we ran for set of Masters students at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.
Here at the Global Academy we are very much looking forward to our next community #2030SDGsGame in Oxford on 4th February.
So said one of the participants after playing the #2030SDGsGame. Those involved were Masters students of Energy Systems in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.
Here is a short video (3 minutes) which explains what the Global Academy is all about. The problem the initiative is addressing, how it’s going about it and where it’s going next.
Christiana Figueres visited Oxford recently to deliver a lecture in the beautiful old Sheldonian Theatre. She came at the invitation of the Oxford Martin School of the University of Oxford who are running a series of events around the topic of ‘Planetary Health’.
The Global Academy is working to support achievement by 2030 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (The Global Goals) by highlighting and showcasing academic work on the Goals that is making a real contribution.
Here at The Global Academy we found that some of the first researchers to join us are finding a bit of a problem. How do you know where your research fits within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) framework?
Right now, the World is working to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the ‘Global Goals’) by 2030. Back in 2015,193 countries signed up to commit to them. It is a huge undertaking.
