About us
The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability was founded in 2021, in response to the UN Secretary-General’s roadmap for digital cooperation.
The UN Secretary-General’s report, Our Common Agenda, calls for a new landscape of digital governance and collaboration through a Global Digital Compact. CODES serves to bring this landscape to life by setting priorities for a sustainable planet in the digital age in global fora and related communities of practice, and by cultivating action through the broader CODES network.
About Us
The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability was founded in 2021, in response to the UN Secretary-General’s roadmap for digital cooperation.
The UN Secretary-General’s report, Our Common Agenda, calls for a new landscape of digital governance and collaboration through a Global Digital Compact. Our work aims to inform the Compact’s emerging priorities.
The eight founding co-champions
In close collaboration with the Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology
The Secretariat
Steering Group
Catalin Marinescu
Head of Strategy and Planning Division, International Telecommunication Union
Damon Matthews
Interim Director of Future Earth Canada; Interim Executive Director of SDA
Dirk Messner
President, German Environment Agency
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Golestan (Sally) Radwan
Chief Digital Officer, UNEP
Philip Thigo
Senior Adviser, Data, Innovation and Open Government, Office of the Deputy President of Kenya
Reina Otsuka
Lead Digital Innovation for Nature Climate and Energy, UNDP
Vanessa McBride
Science Director, ISC
Coordination Group
Abhik Sen
Digital Public Infrastructure and Engagement Specialist, UNDP
Dirk Osiek
Research Associate, Socio-economic issues of digitalization, water management and marine conservation, German Environment Agency
Freshia Wairimu
Digital Transformation Associate, UNDP
Marcel Dorsch
Senior Expert Digital Change and Sustainability Transformation, German Environment Agency
Megha Sud
Science Officer, ISC
Michael Nxumalo
Director, Future Earth Africa Hub
Nilushi Kumarasinghe
CODES Focal Point, Sustainability in the Digital Age & Future Earth
Polina Koroleva
Associate Data Scientist, UNEP
Robin Zuercher
Programme Officer, International Telecommunication Union
Our Members
As a member-powered network, we are always seeking participation from contributors worldwide, from any sector Sign up to receive our updates and explore our action options, or apply directly to add your initiative to the official CODES network map.
CODES uses an inclusive co-design process to develop its key resources.
We are now in a collective action phase, working to galvanize global support and action to advance our nine impact initiatives, and help us achieve our three goals (Align, Mitigate, and Accelerate)
Explore our Initiatives
2025
Jun
Hamburg Sustainability Conference
Panel "AI for the Planet"
FEB
Launch of the Sustainable AI Coalition
The new Coalition contributes to the Impact Initiative II
2024
OCT
CODES HSC panel
Strengthening the CODES Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability
SEP
UN Summit of the Future
CODES Side Event on Digital Environmental Sustainability and AI for the Global Digital Compact
JUL
CODES messaging on the GDC
CODES community submitted input on the GDC
MAR
CODES at UNEA6
Side Event & Community Meeting
2023
DEC
CODES at COP28
CODES side events at the UNEP Digital Day and the Green Digital Action Track
MAY
New CODES Website Launched
New CODES website features events, blog posts and engagement channels
Apr
Submission to Global Digital Compact
The submission is based on the CODES Action Plan principles
2022
Jun
CODES Action Plan Launch at Stockholm+50
The Action Plan was developed using broad stakeholder engagement of over 1,000 people, who collaboratively developed our goals, principles, and priority initiatives.
May
Online Consultations
Feedback Processes, including Stockholm +50 National and Regional Dialogues
Mar
UNEA Side Event
CODES high-level side event at UN Environmental Assembly in Nairobi
Feb
Second CODES Roundtable &
Online Consulations
Online Consulations
Second CODES Roundtable and online consultations to generate feedback for the Action Plan
2021
Jun
CODES Conference
Review of the key recommendations of the flagship report and next steps to transform it into an action plan
May
First CODES Roundtable & Online Consultations
Feedback generation for the Action Plan
Mar
UN General Assembly
Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity
