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.
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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 Secretariat
Steering Group
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Catalin Marinescu
Head of Strategy and Planning Division, International Telecommunication Union
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Dirk Messner
President, German Environment Agency
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Golestan (Sally) Radwan
Chief Digital Officer, UNEP
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Micheline Ayoub
Executive Director, Sustainability in the Digital Age; Global Hub Director, Future Earth Canada
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Philip Thigo
Senior Adviser, Data, Innovation and Open Government, Office of the Deputy President of Kenya
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Reina Otsuka
Lead Digital Innovation for Nature Climate and Energy, UNDP
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Vanessa McBride
Science Director, ISC
Coordination Group
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Abhik Sen
Digital Public Infrastructure and Engagement Specialist, UNDP
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Christian Schmitt
International Relations, President's office, UBA
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Dirk Osiek
Research Associate, Socio-economic issues of digitalization, water management and marine conservation, German Environment Agency
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Freshia Wairimu
Digital Transformation Associate, UNDP
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Marcel Dorsch
Senior Expert Digital Change and Sustainability Transformation, German Environment Agency
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Megha Sud
Science Officer, ISC
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Nilushi Kumarasinghe
CODES Focal Point, Sustainability in the Digital Age & Future Earth
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Polina Koroleva
Associate Data Scientist, UNEP
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Poonam Maskeri
Research Assistant, Sustainability in the Digital Age & Future Earth
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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.
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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
2023
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
Second CODES Roundtable to generate feedback for the Action Plan
Feb
Online Consultations
Feedback process on the draft Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age
2021
Jun
CODES Conference
Review of the key recommendations of the flagship report and next steps to transform it into an action plan
May
Online Consultations
Feedback sessions for the first draft of the report
May
First CODES Roundtable
Feedback generation for the Action Plan
Mar
UN General Assembly
Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity