Forest Whitaker Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/forest-whitaker/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:07:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 SDG Advocates Forest Whitaker, Shakira to be honoured at World Economic Forum /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/01/press-release-sdg-advocates-forest-whitaker-and-shakira-to-be-honored-at-world-economic-forum-in-davos/ Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:06:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23900 The Crystal Award celebrates the achievements of leading artists who have worked to improve the world in cross-cultural understanding, peacemaking, social inclusion, the environment, health, education or food security.

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]]> Forest Whitaker: This is what real leadership means to me /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/01/forest-whitaker-this-is-what-real-leadership-means-to-me/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:22:57 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23826 "Leadership is not about epic decisions," Forest Whitaker writes. "It is about choices we make in our daily lives.'

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]]> Mobilizing citizens of the world to achieve the 2030 Agenda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/mobilizing-citizens-of-the-world-to-achieve-the-2030-agenda/ Thu, 05 May 2016 16:10:18 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17237 The post Mobilizing citizens of the world to achieve the 2030 Agenda appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Forest Whitaker participates in High-Level Thematic Debate on sustainable development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/04/forest-whitaker-participates-in-high-level-thematic-debate-on-sustainable-development/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:18:53 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19534 Whitaker spoke to delegates and world leaders about the holistic, interconnected nature of the 17 SDGs and told them that none of the goals could be accomplished if the others were not also achieved.

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]]> Civil society must be ‘equal partners’ in implementing ĢƵ sustainability agenda, Ban tells parliamentarians /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/08/civil-society-must-be-equal-partners-in-implementing-un-sustainability-agenda-ban-tells-parliamentarians/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:11:27 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=8171 With speakers of parliament meeting at United Nations Headquarters at a moment when the world is gripped by multiple crises – displacement has soared to all-time highs and the threat of climate change grows by the day – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the legislators to help drive forward the new ĢƵ sustainable development agenda and ensure that civil society are equal partners in “building the future we want.”

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