Experts, policymakers and scholars at the 2026 International Sustainable Development Dialogue, organised by the Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, Osun State University, Osogbo, in partnership with Rosa-Luxembourg Stiftung, Germany, and the University of Warwick, UK, examined why many development initiatives have yielded limited results despite significant investments and policy interventions. They called for more inclusive, locally driven and collaborative approaches to sustainable development, anchored on stronger governance, indigenous knowledge and active citizen participation. Funmi Ogundare reports
Scholars, researchers, development and sustainability experts, policy makers, as well as traditional rulers from Nigeria and other parts of the world recently converged on the Osun State University, Osogbo, for the 2026 International Sustainable Development Dialogue, hosted by the university’s Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, in partnership with Rosa-Luxembourg Stiftung, Germany and the University of Warwick, UK.
The three-day conference, with the theme ‘The Problem with ‘Solutions’: SDGs and Global South Development Challenges’, was designed to examine alternative approaches to sustainable development and climate change adaptation, and to explore solutions better aligned with local realities in Africa and other developing regions.
