As the dust settles on an exciting United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), I finally have an opportunity to reflect on all that went down, and what it means for the post-2015 development process moving forward.

In short: some successes, some missed opportunities, and a whole lot more left to decide. Last week, I took part in a panel sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center Environment Change and Security program on “Three Great Ideas That Weren’t on the UNGA Agenda.” If you missed that discussion, here’s my take on the top five most important conversations taking place around sexual and reproductive rights, climate change, and what comes next:

1. Can’t we all just get along (and in the same room)? Andrew Revkin hit the nail on the head with his article titled, “On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between UN Sessions on Population and Global Warming.” While an estimated 400,000 people from around the world gathered along Central Park on Sunday morning in the largest climate march in history, (including hundreds of nurses calling for action to prevent the health impacts of climate they are already seeing every day), there was little cross-sectoral discussion happening within the UN building itself. A special session on the anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development took place on Monday and the Climate Summit took place on Tuesday – in the same room, but with different staff, speeches, and agendas that reflected little to no integrated thinking on women’s health and climate change. This is a shame, because we know – and even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledges – that access to family planning is a key climate resilience strategy.

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