Over two weeks in July 2026, a cluster of UN convenings put the Sustainable Development Goals, data, and AI at the centre. It ran across three cities: a Geneva “digital week” (the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, the WSIS Forum, and the AI for Good Summit), the High-Level Political Forum in New York (where the annual SDG Report is launched), and UNESCO's science conference in Paris. Coverage of each event follows.
UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance
The inaugural UN intergovernmental dialogue on how the world should govern artificial intelligence.
Read coverage → 6–10 July · GenevaWSIS Forum 2026
The UN's flagship forum on digital cooperation for development, in its first year after the WSIS+20 review.
Read coverage → 7–10 July · GenevaAI for Good Global Summit
ITU's flagship summit on applying AI to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read coverage → 7–16 July · New YorkHigh-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
The UN's central stage for reviewing SDG progress, with in-depth goal reviews and 36 country reports.
Read coverage → 15–17 July · ParisIDSSD Global Conference
UNESCO's global conference on science for sustainable development, two years into the Science Decade.
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