The second New Zealand Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit was held today at Auckland University. I gave a keynote address…
Rt Hon Helen Clark: “Multilteralism: Time for a Revamp?”. Annual Peter Fraser Lecture, Wellington, 12 August 2019.
This month I gave the annual lecture in the name of Rt Hon Peter Fraser, New Zealand Prime Minister 1940-1949,…
Rt Hon Helen Clark: Speech at Jeju Forum on “Rising to the Challenge of SDG 11: how can cities become more inclusive, resilient and sustainable?” Jeju, Republic of Korea. 31 May 2019
At the end of May, I visited #Jeju Island, Republic of #Korea, for the annual Jeju Forum where I was…
Rt Hon Helen Clark: Keynote Speech at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, on “Inspiring Action on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Universities as Key Partners and Actors”. 30 March 2019.
I was privileged to be asked to give a keynote address at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm at a major…
Rt Hon Helen Clark: Speech at Launch of The Helen Clark Foundation, Auckland 21 March 2019.
The Helen Clark Foundation is an independent public policy think tankbased in Auckland. Launched in 2019, the foundation issues research…
“Time for Strong Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals.” My article published in the Emirates Diplomatic Academy Reflection series, November 2018.
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed by world leaders meeting at the United Nations in New York…
“Time to Step Up Action on the Sustainable Development Goals to meet the 2030 Targets”: my speech at the Raffles Dialogue in Singapore, Tuesday 27 November 2018.
Last night in Singapore I spoke at the Raffles Dialogue on Human Security and Well-being. My focus was on the…
“Women, Equality, Power”: my lecture at Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK; 15 November 2018.
It was a pleasure to give the Annual Lecture at the Global Lecture Development Institute at the University of Manchester…
“The Urgent Need for Stepped Up Climate Action on Adaptation and Mitigation”. My speech at the Hanoi Forum, Vietnam, 9 November 2018
Not enough progress is being made towards meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of…
“The Importance of Evidence-Informed Policy Making for the SDGs”: my keynote address to the Conference of the International Network of Government Science Advice. Tokyo, Tuesday 6 November 2018
In an age of “fake news” and “alternative facts”, we see populist governments ignoring science and evidence as inconvenient truths.…
