SDGS – CAN THE POWER OF NARRATIVES HELP?

If all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals were on course to be successfully met by 2030, the world would be in a much better place and face a much brighter future. (1) Do we need to be optimistic to get things done? (2) What sort of narratives can serve to enact positive change?

Led by:

With:

  • Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House & LSE IDEAS, UK
  • Michael Møller, Former Under-Secretary General, United Nations; Chair, GESDA Policy Forum, Switzerland
  • Roland Schatz, Founder & CEO, UNGSII Foundation, Switzerland
  • Prashant Sharma, Independent Consultant, Development Finance Institutions, Switzerland
  • Ellen Windemuth, CEO, WaterBear Network; Executive Producer, My Octopus Teacher, Netherlands