On 23rd November, 13:30-18:00, UNA Climate and Oceans – with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, and Imperial College, London – is hosting the free Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2024 at Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2BX to discuss the outcomes of COP29 and develop proposals for future action. Speakers include Professor Jim Skea, Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel […]

On 30th November, 12:30, UNA Warwick District is hosting, at Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, CV32 4RN, a free hybrid meeting on Trust deficit and rising militarisation challenge to UN disarmament efforts, with speaker Trine Rosengen Pejstrup, Danish Institute for International Studies, exploring how trust deficits between UN member states and declining confidence in the UN's capabilities critically impact […]

On 7th December, 14:00, at St Ann’s RC Church, Kingston Hill, KT2 7LX UNA Streatham and Clapham are holding a free meeting on Mountain Communities and their Livelihoods – as part of the UN General Assembly 5-year action plan for the Development of Mountain Regions – to explore the importance of these regions for global sustainability and the challenges facing those who […]

On 14th December, 14:00–17:00, at St Peter’s Community Centre, Bexhill, TN40 2HE, UNA Bexhill and Hastings are holding their free Christmas Social Seminar, with a talk and discussion accompanied by a tea and wine reception. To register and for more information, please contact the Chair.  

On 16th December, 16:00, at Eastbourne Town Hall, UNA Eastbourne, with the Bangladeshi community, will be marking Human Rights Day, with addresses from Eastbourne MP Josh Babarinde, Eastbourne Mayor Candy Vaughan, and Film Director Leena Gazi (who will introduce her film Rising Silence, embodying the struggle for peace and human rights around the world). The film will be followed by […]

On 18th December, 15:00-16:30 at the Conference Room Civic Centre, 1st floor, Enfield Civic Centre, Silver Street, London, EN1 3FH and online (password 249303), UNA Enfield and the Barnets is launching the EBUNA SDG Interim Research Report on Food Poverty in Enfield (see above). Through a combination of desk research and field research with local providers they have found interesting insights and […]

On 18th January, 12:35-13:45, Warwick UNA are holding a meeting online and at the Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RN, with feminist activist, psychologist and author, Dr Helen Liebling, speaking on Conflict, Resilience and Justice: Tackling Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Africa. Dr Liebling has worked extensively in Uganda, Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the […]

On 20th January, 19.00-21.00 UNA Medway will be holding a Blue Monday Party. This is to combat the January blues on the day psychologists identify as the most depressing day of the year. The aim is to turn this into a celebration of the amazing work the UN (and UNA-UK and its groups) have undertaken over the years. Please […]

On 25th January, 17:45, at the Park Hall, AL5 2LZ, UNA Harpenden is holding a Burns Supper to celebrate the life and poetry of Robert Burns. It will cost £25 per head. Please make your reservations here.

On 27th January, UNA Westminster is holding a free public meeting in the House of Lords on Can the UN ride the AI Wave or will it get Left Behind?. The meeting will be chaired by Lord Clement-Jones, Co-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI, with panellists Anjali Mazumder, Theme Lead on AI and Justice & Human Rights, Alan Turing Institute for Data Science […]