David Connor (@thedavidconnor) 's Twitter Profile
David Connor

@thedavidconnor

Founder of @UN-recognised @2030hub making the #GlobalGoals local in cities. Not here much - Bluesky - thedavidconnor.bsky.social

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WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (@wrirosscities) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Announcing the 2025-2026 WRI Ross Center #PrizeforCities 🏆 🌆 CALLING ALL URBAN INNOVATORS: Submit initiatives for livable, accessible & green cities! Theme: "Catalyzing Healthy Cities" $250K Grand Prize + Four $25K finalist prizes Apply: go.wri.org/submit2pfc

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Are we ready? 2030hub has launched #ClimateImpactWeek to focus climate & nature conversations + build community locally for global action. 1 week where all stakeholders support each other for a common cause and future. #SDGs #climate #nature the2030hub.com/climate-impact…

David Ullrich (@davidullrich202) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature below the current level

Sea level will rise fast even if we limit global warming to 1.5°C

Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature below the current level
Horizon Magazine (@horizonmageu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#EUfunded researchers are harnessing the power of nature to create greener, healthier and more resilient urban spaces. 🌱 What can seven cities teach us about building better urban futures? ➡️ bit.ly/4kxRgxX #ResearchImpactEU #Science4EU

World Urban Forum (@wuf_unhabitat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Just launched! Two key publications from #WUF12 are now live: 📘 WUF12 Report → Our biggest Forum ever: 25K+ participants, 182 countries 🗣️ WUF12 Perspectives → AI-powered insights from 810+ hours of discussions on localization 🔗 Read more: loom.ly/FB8w1tY

📢 Just launched!
Two key publications from #WUF12 are now live:

📘 WUF12 Report → Our biggest Forum ever: 25K+ participants, 182 countries
🗣️ WUF12 Perspectives → AI-powered insights from 810+ hours of discussions on localization

🔗 Read more: loom.ly/FB8w1tY
UN Climate Change (@unfccc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The latest @‌WMO report warns that global temperatures will reach new extremes in the next five years. The good news: Our long term temperature goals can still be achieved. Ambitious climate action isn't optional. It's essential.

NEF (@nef) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Under Reform's anti-net zero policies, 60,000 jobs in wind and solar energy would be lost and the costs to the economy would reach about £92bn by 2030. Our analysis in this piece from Fiona Harvey in The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

EdenFiftyOne® (@edenfiftyone) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 Don’t miss your chance to transform whole-school #literacy! Collaboration Cohort 2 is open — join EdenFiftyOne’s growing network of leaders driving real change with a clear, skill-by-skill approach. 👉 Register by 27 June: edenfiftyone.com #gcses

📣 Don’t miss your chance to transform whole-school #literacy!

Collaboration Cohort 2 is open — join EdenFiftyOne’s growing network of leaders driving real change with a clear, skill-by-skill approach.

👉 Register by 27 June: edenfiftyone.com

#gcses
Mariana Mazzucato (@mazzucatom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last year artist Alvaro Barrington and I wrote about how Notting Hill Carnival creates £100 million in economic value through collective creativity and community enterprise. Now it faces urgent funding cuts that threaten its future. This is exactly what's wrong with our economic

Last year artist <a href="/alvarobarringto/">Alvaro Barrington</a> and I wrote about how Notting Hill Carnival creates £100 million in economic value through collective creativity and community enterprise. Now it faces urgent funding cuts that threaten its future. This is exactly what's wrong with our economic
Mariana Mazzucato (@mazzucatom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just attended the opening session of #FfD4. We need to move beyond the old story that fixing the business environment will make private finance flow. The real problem isn’t a financing gap to be filled with private capital – it’s the lack of direction, low additionality and

Just attended the opening session of #FfD4. We need to move beyond the old story that fixing the business environment will make private finance flow. The real problem isn’t a financing gap to be filled with private capital – it’s the lack of direction, low additionality and
Amina J Mohammed (@aminajmohammed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We need a shift — from international assistance to investment in sustainable development. Public and private, global and local — it’s all hands on deck to deliver impact on the #SDGs at scale. #FfD4 #FinancingOurFuture

We need a shift — from international assistance to investment in sustainable development.

Public and private, global and local — it’s all hands on deck to deliver impact on the #SDGs at scale.

#FfD4 #FinancingOurFuture
Mariana Mazzucato (@mazzucatom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Development is not a gap to be filled—it's a mission to be led, and it begins not with capital, but with purpose. Important discussion this week at #FfD4 with Ajay Banga Carlos Cuerpo, Amina J Mohammed and fellow panelists on transforming development finance beyond the outdated

Development is not a gap to be filled—it's a mission to be led, and it begins not with capital, but with purpose. Important discussion this week at #FfD4 with Ajay Banga <a href="/carlos_cuerpo/">Carlos Cuerpo</a>, <a href="/AminaJMohammed/">Amina J Mohammed</a> and fellow panelists on transforming development finance beyond the outdated
Mariana Mazzucato (@mazzucatom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Purpose-driven multilateralism remains our most effective vehicle for addressing shared challenges and creating the conditions for sustainable prosperity. Excellent discussion with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at #FfD4 about a renewed multilateralism to tackle our biggest

Purpose-driven multilateralism remains our most effective vehicle for addressing shared challenges and creating the conditions for sustainable prosperity.

Excellent discussion with Prime Minister <a href="/sanchezcastejon/">Pedro Sánchez</a> at #FfD4 about a renewed multilateralism to tackle our biggest
David Connor (@thedavidconnor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What an amazing time to be guiding SDG localisation, and a spectacular setting for the meeting. It was an honour to represent all the Local2030 Coalition Coalition Hubs both old and new.

Joint SDG Fund 🇺🇳 (@jointsdgfund) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇪🇸 Spain's Local2030 Coalition leads on localizing the #SDGs with innovative finance & multi-level action! The Bilbao Blueprint grew into a long-term investment in inclusive, sustainable development! Proof of concept 🇹🇿Zanzibar, 🇨🇴Colombia, 🇳🇵Nepal, 🇨🇻Cabo Verde #FFD4Sevilla

🇪🇸 Spain's <a href="/Local2030/">Local2030 Coalition</a> leads on localizing the #SDGs with innovative finance &amp; multi-level action! 

The Bilbao Blueprint grew into a long-term investment in inclusive, sustainable development! 

Proof of concept 🇹🇿Zanzibar, 🇨🇴Colombia, 🇳🇵Nepal, 🇨🇻Cabo Verde #FFD4Sevilla
UN-Habitat SDG Localization (@sdglocalization) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💡No SDG progress without local financing. So how do we get it done? Join global experts & changemakers on Monday for the 4th KSN International Workshop: “Financing the SDG Agenda: Best Practices and Applications at the Local Level” 🗓 7 July 2025 | 13:00–16:00 CEST | 💻 Online

💡No SDG progress without local financing. So how do we get it done?

Join global experts &amp; changemakers on Monday for the 4th KSN International Workshop: “Financing the SDG Agenda: Best Practices and Applications at the Local Level”

🗓 7 July 2025 | 13:00–16:00 CEST | 💻 Online
UN DESA (@undesa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The global economy is about $450 trillion. The gap to finance the #SDGs? $4.2 trillion. That's 1%. The problem is alignment, according to UN Development's ASG Marcos Athias Neto at #FFD4. Get the full story: news.un.org/en/story/2025/…