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Agency official at UNOPS says injustice — including climate risks — keeps them awake
Summary
An agency official affiliated with UNOPS told an interviewer that systemic injustice, from climate impacts to intergenerational poverty and conflict, is their chief concern and central to sustainable development and climate action.
An agency official at UNOPS said that what keeps them awake at night is "injustice," pointing to climate-related harms, persistent poverty and conflicts as intertwined threats that hinder sustainable development.
"What keeps me awake at night, is injustice," the official said, adding that it includes "the climate injustice of the impact that we are creating today" as well as unequal opportunity across and within countries. The official warned that children born poor often remain poor across generations.
The remarks framed injustice as a crosscutting problem that matters at every level of governance: "It doesn't matter if it is UN or at the national level or local level," the official said, noting their experience in national politics, international work and academia. They described the issues as central to "sustainable development and climate action."
The official emphasized urgency about solutions: "what keeps me awake at night, is how to overcome that," and said they remain "highly motivated and excited about the can do job." The speaker singled out the UN family's approach, distinguishing UNOPS while saying the broader United Nations is "an amazing organization."
No formal policy proposals, votes or actions were recorded in the transcript. The exchange consisted of a single-question prompt and a sustained response outlining the speaker's priorities and motivations.
The interview did not record the speaker's name or official title; attribution above uses the speaker's self-stated affiliation, UNOPS.
