United Nations representatives and industry stakeholders highlighted actions and solutions in support of an inclusive and sustainable sector.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada as new Co-Chairs of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group.

The United Nations Office for Partnerships (UN Partnerships) joins forces with one of the top fashion schools in the world, Polimoda, through the Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network (CFLN) to curate master classes taught by leading industry experts, who actively use their platforms to further the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the fashion industry.

In November 2020, the United Nations released the UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery in collaboration with 38 research funding agencies around the world and led by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Today new data published in Wellcome Open Research show that between April 2020 and July 2021 more than US$ 800 million has been invested in nearly 4,000 research projects that align with the UN Roadmap.

The 2021 SDG Media Summit emphasized the role that media plays in promoting action on climate change, ending the pandemic, and achieving the SDGs by 2030.

Six years after 193 Member States agreed to achieve the Global Goals, world leaders gathered virtually and in person in New York at the UN General Assembly.