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2024
"Pedro Conceição reflects on what gives him hope in our efforts to address climate change," National Academy of Science, Engineering, & Medicine, December 2024
"Pathways to Tackling Africa’s Debt Crisis through Improved Credit Ratings," UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Africa Ahunna Eziakonwa at the Brookings Institution, 24 October 2024
"Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World," Presentation and discussion of the 2024 Human Development Report, World Bank Group, 1 October 2024
"HDRO Director Pedro Conceição: The Evolution of Climate Thinking on a Global Scale," National Academy of Science, Engineering, & Medicine interview, 30 September 2024
"Diving into Development: A Conversation with UNDP’s Director of the Human Development Report," Better World Campaign, 9 September 2024
"Inequality and Climate Change," Human Development Report Director Pedro Conceição, former US EPA Administrator/White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy, and Howard University Law Professor Carlton Waterhouse at National Academy of Science, Engineering, & Medicine Climate Crossroads Summit, 17 July 2024. Covered on C-SPAN here.
"Aid Data, Impact, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Launch of the 2024 Aid Transparency Index," UNDP SDG Integration Director Laurel Patterson at the Brookings Institution, 16 July 2024
“Building Partnerships To save the World, on a Limited Budget,” UNDP Chief Creative Officer Boaz Paldi at the InterAction Forum, 26 June 2024
"Fostering inclusive and sustainable development," UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Assistant Administrator & Crisis Bureau Director Shoko Noda at the World Bank Justice & Rule of Law Global Forum, 25 June 2024
UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States, Abdallah Al Dardari, at the World Bank Fragility Forum, 27 February 2024
"2024 at UNDP: Goals, Challenges, and Priorities," Women's Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) virtual fireside chat with UNDP Bureau for Policy & Programme Support Deputy Director Francine Pickup, 24 January 2024
2023
“Reimagining Crisis Response: How to Save Lives and Livelihoods:” Fireside chat between UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and US Institute of Peace (USIP) President & CEO Lise Grande, at USIP
UNDP Administrator’s lecture on “breaking the cycle of debt crisis,” at Sciences Po, 23 February 2023
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner’s fireside chat with Johns Hopkins-SAIS Dean James Steinberg, previewing World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, 6 April 2023
Administrator’s World Bank Digital Media Zone interview, 12 April 2023
Brookings Institution launch of UNDP report on African credit ratings, with UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director Ahunna Eziakonwa, 14 April 2023
Washington Post Live, "Bridging the Digital Divide in Education, Finance, and Health Care," with UNDP Accelerator Labs, 28 April 2023
UNDP and Administrator Achim Steiner at the second Nobel Prize Summit, 24-26 May 2023 More on UNDP at the Nobel Prize Summit
"How to Reverse Latin America's Governance Crisis," US Institute of Peace video interview with UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director, Latin America & the Caribbean, Michelle Muschett, 27 July 2023
“Iraq's Immense Challenges,” US Institute of Peace (USIP) interview with Zena Ali Ahmad, 14 September 2023
"Relief, Recovery, and Restabilization: Addressing the Crisis in Yemen," Women's Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) virtual fireside chat with UNDP Resident Representative Zena Ali Ahmad, 1 September 2023
2022
“UNDP Administrator Joins World Bank-UK High-Level Panel on Pakistan Flooding”: Roundtable at October 2022 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
“The Challenges of Post-Pandemic Recovery: Exploring New Findings From the 2022 UNDP Arab Human Development Report”: Middle East Institute (MEI) panel with UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director Khalida Bouzar
“Mind the Gap: Bridging the Digital Divide”: Meridien International Center Global Summit with UNDP Head of Digital Policy & Global Partnerships Yolanda Jinxin Ma