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KTH at the Right Here Right Now Global Climate Summit

– The post-2030 agenda for the SDGs, and its alignment with climate goals and human rights

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At this year’s Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, the KTH Climate Action Centre will host a panel discussion on how the Sustainable Development Goals can be reframed for a post-2030 world—centering on human rights and planetary health. Those interested to join are welcome to do so directly via YouTube, or as a part of a watch party at the KTH Climate Action Centre!

Time: Thu 2025-06-05 12.45 - 13.15

Location: Register for watch party at KTH Climate Action Centre, Teknikringen 43 (join from 12.00 with lunch)

Video link: Global streaming link

Language: English

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As 2030 approaches, it is clear that most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will remain unmet. Yet the global challenges they seek to address—climate change, inequality, poverty, and environmental degradation—have only intensified.

During this year’s Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, the KTH Climate Action Centre will lead a 30-minute panel discussion on reframing the SDGs for a post-2030 world that is centred in human rights and planetary health. This will be KTH’s first contribution as a new official content partner for the summit.

The discussion will build on a commentary in Nature by Fuso-Nerini et al., titled ”Beyond 2030: Reimagining the Sustainable Development Goals for People and Planet.” Recognising that today’s risks and crises are deeply interconnected, the authors suggest extending the SDGs to 2050 and emphasise the need for a holistic, global approach to the connected challenges.

The KTH Climate Action Centre is proud to contribute to this critical conversation. The SDGs offer a clear and widely accepted framework for advancing global sustainability, and it is essential to discuss how to sustain and strengthen this global focus in the post-2030 landscape - while aliging with key climate and human rights agreements.

The summit is co-hosted by Oxford University and UN Human Rights. The event will be streamed at universities worldwide as part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance.

How to watch

For those interested there will be watch party at the KTH Climate Action Centre featuring the following sessions:

12.00–12.45: Human rights, climate finance and the road to 1.3 trillion - UN Human Rights and the International Universities Climate Alliance

12.45–13.15: Beyond 2030: Reimagining the Sustainable Development Goals for People and Planet - The KTH Royal Institute of Technology

13.15–14.00: The Tribunal (a film) - Introduction by Director Dr Malcolm Rogge, University of Exeter

14.00–16.00: Beyond borders: Human rights in a changing climate with the University of Oxford - Plenary Session, University of Oxford

Global streaming link

Right Here, Right Now - Global Plenary 2025  (Watch on YouTube)

Panelists for ‘Beyond 2030’

Åsa Persson

Åsa Persson is Research Director and Deputy Director at SEI, and Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. She is a social scientist and expert on climate and sustainable development governance, focusing on the interaction between global and national policy and governance, including the implementation of the SDGs. Åsa is a member of several UN expert panels, has advised major international organisations and worked as a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, is Associate Professor in environmental change.

Francesco Fuso-Nerini

Francesco Fuso-Nerini is Associate Professor and Director of the KTH Climate Action Centre at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, as well as an honorary research fellow at the Environmental Change Institute in Oxford. With a rich background in addressing multifaceted sustainable development challenges, his work spans the impacts of future climate change, energy choices, and artificial intelligence on achieving climate and sustainable development goals. Francesco's previous experience includes roles at UCL in the UK, the International Energy Agency, Melbourne University in Australia, the Pará University in Brazil, and the Colorado School of Mines in the US, among others.

Astrid Puentes Riaño

Astrid Puentes Riaño is the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. An environmental lawyer with over 20 years of experience in human rights, climate change, and their intersection, with a focus on climate justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She teaches at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico and co-directed AIDA for nearly two decades. Astrid has supported Indigenous communities across Latin America and collaborated with the UN and international NGOs. She holds LL.M. degrees from the University of Florida and the University of the Basque Country.

Jim Hall

Jim Hall is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford and a leading expert in risk analysis and management for water resource systems, flood and coastal risk management, infrastructure systems, and adaptation to climate change. He advises the UK Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, co-founded Oxford’s Agile Initiative, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has developed models for the UK’s infrastructure planning and applied his systems methods globally.

Read more

Read the commentary ”Extending the Sustainable Development Goals to 2050 — a road map” in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01754-6

Read more about the Right Now Global Climate Summit at www.ox.ac.uk

RHRN Global Climate Alliance: www.righthererightnow.global

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