Interview for #Faces4Change

A few months ago I was interviewed by UN Environment Cities and Lifestyles as part of their #Faces4Change Project, aimed at showcasing stories of young professionals integrating the #SDGs into their work and daily lifestyle. The result is an informal chat that you can now read here, in the campaign’s website, together with anecdotes from otherContinue reading “Interview for #Faces4Change”

Can the 2030 Agenda change the norm?

Today, the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation published my new piece on the role that the Sustainable Development Goals can play in changing the normative work of the United Nations to make it fit for the purpose of implementing the 2030 Agenda. I am honored to be featured by an organization which seeks to uphold theContinue reading “Can the 2030 Agenda change the norm?”

Youth, the SDGs and the Food Sustainability Index

On December 1, I was honored to be invited to take part in the 7th International Forum on Food and Nutrition, hosted by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BFCN) at Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy. There, I had the opportunity to join Peter Bakker (CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Hilal ElverContinue reading “Youth, the SDGs and the Food Sustainability Index”

Comments on Goal 9 of the UNSDSN draft report Indicators for SDGs

After the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network unveiled its Action Agenda for Sustainable Development in June 2013, suggesting ten operational priorities for the post-2015 development agenda and proposing 10 goals (the so-called Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs) with 30 associated targets to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , intensive work has been conducted by the 12 ThematicContinue reading “Comments on Goal 9 of the UNSDSN draft report Indicators for SDGs”