INSIDE SCOOP ON THIS YEAR'S SIDE EVENTS LINEUP COMPETING HONORS: There's a scramble to "honor" various big names this week with multiple events taking place across the city. In the financial district tonight, the Atlantic Council is commemorating assassinated former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will also be recognized at the 57th Appeal of Conscience Annual Awards Dinner Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.N. Secretary-General Guterres will be celebrated for their role on a deal allowing grain exports out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports by the American Academy of Achievement and the Global Hope Coalition. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Guterres for dinner tonight. ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET OF SIDE SUMMITS The Clinton Global Initiative is back at UNGA after shutting down in 2017, but the events landscape here has changed dramatically since then. The CGI has bagged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will be speaking to former U.S. President Bill Clinton about refugees at the Tuesday morning plenary session — a signal from CGI that they're coming back with a bang. Why this matters: CGI used to be the blockbuster side event rallying governments and corporations to solve global challenges. Today, the challenges have spiraled out of control and the event itself is forced to compete head-to-head with the three-day Concordia Summit, which will close out with two people who seem like a perfect CGI fit: former British PM Tony Blair, and Washington's first lady Jill Biden. Also competing on this landscape are the five-day Goals House (which headed back to Tavern on the Green in Central Park); a tech conference with 2,500 participants called Unfinished Live at The Shed from Wednesday to Friday; and NYC Climate Week, which features much of its programming at the Javits Center's green roof, from Wednesday to Thursday. The organizers of the Bloomberg Global Business Forum — which served as a proxy for CGI during its absence — have seen the writing on the wall in this very crowded space, and switched to a pared-back program on Wednesday only, showcasing Prince William's Earthshot Prize. The buzz and the bereavement: While the prince really is committed to climate action, his visit was also designed as a hedge against the publicity his brother Harry was expected to ignite around his forthcoming book, but the queen's death has put that on hold, changing the entire dynamic. The Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit takes place Thursday at the Javits Center in partnership with diplomacy champions from the Meridian Center. THE INSIDER VIEW Ryan sat down with some thought-leaders ahead of this year's UNGA, Here's what David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, had to say. "There are 345 million people in acute hunger. That is a symptom of a disordered, and undermanaged world. The challenge for UNGA is to point a route towards order," Miliband said. Given we're not going back to an era of empires or to a unipolar world, Miliband said: "The challenge is to carve space for global cooperation amid greater competition between states. That applies to the climate, to pandemics, to food security." He added: "It's not autocracy versus democracy, it's order versus impunity. The stakes are high." But "UNGA has become a plurilateral gabfest" and that isn't a solution to these challenges," he said. "Let's not lose sight of the legitimacy and authority and responsibility that attaches to nations. If the multilateral system doesn't work, everything else is compensating for that." At the same time, Miliband said "the imperative of solution-making can't be limited to governments. Because governments can fail, and in that case others need to step in." "At the moment we are getting towards a system failure. Time is not on our side for some of these problems." TOP UNGA SURVIVAL TIPS POLITICO recommends ... — Cushion inserts for your shoes ... — Sunscreen — it's hot out there! — Electrolyte sachets, for adding to any water you can get your hands on ... — An out-of-office reply: You aren't going to respond to everyone in real time ... — Hanging all your badges and passes on the same coat hook at end of the day. The most common recommendation we saw from tips sent by POLITICO readers was to download a meditation app on your phone for 5-minute breaks — when or if you can get them. Here's the best of the rest: Kereeta Whyte, Barbados' deputy U.N. ambassador, said to bring a phone charger and/or battery pack. Also nutrition bars. Strategist Lauren Dobson-Hughes suggests "those comfy Kate Middleton trainers that look fancy enough for meetings." Also masks. Richard Gowan, head of the Crisis Group's advocacy work at the U.N., recommended cynicism and a decent gin. Bidjan Nashat , CEO at Atlas Corps, said to switch to decaf to make sure you don't OD on caffeine after the 15th coffee meeting. Brianna Fitzpatrick from Caritas Internationalis prescribed Band-Aids for blisters and color-coded calendars for priority setting. BACKGROUND MUSIC Here's some suggested reading to get you in that UNGA mood: World Bank sees rising risk of global recession in 2023 Germany seizes Russia's share in three oil refineries America promises consequences for any "unconventional" Russian weapons China wants to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 What to expect in the general assembly hall AP's explainer on the U.N. General Assembly Ten Challenges for the U.N. in 2022-2023, by International Crisis Group QUOTABLE Former U.S. President Bill Clinton: The U.S. did not do enough to help the world's poor catch up. ONE FUN THING The ultimate UNGA quiz , from PassBlue Thanks to editor Emma Anderson, Ben Pauker and James Randerson. 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