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The final text of COP28 largely left carbon credits and markets out of the picture, pushing off unanswered questions until COP29 next year.

On December 13th & 14th, 32 administrators from 16 public and private universities in Thailand visited the host institution of SDSN Malaysia and SDSN’s Kuala Lumpur Secretariat office, Sunway University. This visit is part of “A Sustainable City Experience: Study Tour of Sunway University” - a two-day study tour program co-organized by both SDSN Thailand and SDSN’s Kuala Lumpur Secretariat office.

It has been one year since the official launch of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Asia Headquarters (UN-SDSN Asia) in Sunway City Kuala Lumpur on 17 November 2022. It has been an exhilarating year of mobilization of like-minded partners across the Asia-Pacific, including universities, research institutions, NGOs, government agencies, and multilateral organizations, to accelerate progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement. Our flagship programs have become well-known in the seminar rooms of universities and the corridors of power in several Asian countries, and we look forward to expanding our work going forward.

In an effort to help advance creative funding solutions for university decarbonization, SDSN’s Climate & Energy team and Monash University co-hosted a two hour interactive workshop at COP28 bringing together universities, financiers, and philanthropists from around the world. The workshop, entitled “Achieving Net Zero on Campus: Unlocking Finance,” allowed participants to highlight and discuss exemplar university decarbonization pathways, identify obstacles of scaling, and begin to explore creative funding solutions for the university sector together.

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Beast Philanthropy announced a partnership that champions youth innovators and empowers the next generation of leaders working to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make the world a better place through social entrepreneurship.