Author Archives: MUN Impact

Mr. Andrew Hudson is the Head of Water & Ocean Governance United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He initiated several signature UNDP water and ocean programmes including MDG GoAL-WaSH (Governance, Advocacy and Leadership for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), global scaling up of UNDP-Coca Cola Company Every Drop Matters Partnership, UNDP Shared Waters Partnership, GEF International WatersContinue reading “Mr Andrew Hudson: SDG 14 Oceans – Challenges, Opportunities and UNDP Response”

MUN debates are excellent at coming up with ideas and initiatives, but a lot of those ideas get left behind and never get implemented. However, two MUN delegates, Ella and Vivian break that norm by taking their passion for MUN beyond conferences and debate to their initiative, Project Aquascope. The project, which is based onContinue reading “Ella Sobhani and Vivian Wu – Project Aquascope – Environmental Sustainability, STEM and Youth Entrepreneurship”

Arya Kanade presented her workshop, Ladies First, to not only a female audience, but also male students and guests as a way to explain that feminism does not have one of its definitions as specific to females, and much more. Neha Varadharajan interviewed her: How did you find out about the Global Summit? -I foundContinue reading “An Interview with Arya Kanade”

During the third session on the first day of the Global Summit, Dr. Anthony Speca, an accomplished professor, teacher, and activist spoke to a group of MUN delegates about his work with the Arctic. Speca is an Adjunct Professor of Canadian studies at Trent University in Canada, as well as a teacher of PPE andContinue reading “Dr. Anthony Speca: Model Arctic Council and Sustainable Development”

On the first day of the Summit, Dr. Walter Simonsen gave a presentation during the fourth and final session, about his personal experiences with the MUN program and how it has impacted his professional life as a musician and educator. Simonsen grew up in Mission Viejo, California where he attended high school and became activeContinue reading “Dr. Walter Simonsen: How MUN Impacted my Life as an Educator and Musician”

Sophia Kianni is an 18-year-old climate and environmental activist. She is the founder and executive director of Climate Cardinals: an international nonprofit with over 4,000 members working to translate climate information into over 100 languages. She is also a part of many notable organizations and movements such as Extinction Rebellion. Kianni presented at the thirdContinue reading “Sophia Kianni: Inside the Youth Climate Movement”

Victoria Basma is the Policy Development Officer for the WISE campaign (Women into Science and Engineering), former education consultant and teacher. She currently works with entrepreneurs to create a positive impact within education systems and pushes towards building sustainable learning ecosystems for students.  During the second session of the Global Summit, Basma presented to aContinue reading “Victoria Basma: Leveraging Learning Ecosystems for Social Impact”