Year: 2015

10:00-11:30 COP21 Event, Paris, France What is needed to unlock the power of ESD to help address the global climate challenge? Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is key to the attainment of IUCN’s conservation mission and ecosystem protection goals. It recognises that people are…

UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in partnership with the UNESCO ESD section is conducting a survey to understand youth perspectives on SDGs, with special reference to Target 4.7 which looks at Education for…

The public seminar ‘From Rio to Paris: Higher Education for Climate Change Action’, on 14 October 2015, was recognized as the official side event of the XXI Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21). The meeting…

We are looking for an intern to join our Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) team for 3 to 6 months. He/she will be working on both flagship projects the Global RCE Network and ProSPER.Net, starting in December. Please spread the…

by Mario T. Tabucanon, UNU-IAS,  Aurea C. Tanaka, UNU-IAS (2008-2014) November 2015 Download PDF Key Messages Integrating the vision of sustainability in higher education means to challenge the status quo, to build a culture of change for reforming higher education institutions…

8th ASEAN+3 Leadership Programme on Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) and SWITCH-Asia Workshop on “ASEAN and SCP Governance in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” The 8th ASEAN+3 Leadership Programme (LP) on Sustainable Production and Consumption (SCP) was held back…

Report on outcomes of AASHE’s Annual Conference (25-28 October, 2015, Minneapolis, USA) by Philip Vaughter, Research Fellow UNU-IAS edited by Hanna Stahlberg, Communications Associate, UNU-IAS The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) held its annual conference at…

ProSPER.Net’s Young Researcher’s School alumni Jessica Pandohee has been nominated finalist in the Victorian International Education Awards – International Student of the Year Research Category. The award recognises exceptional accomplishments of international students through academic performance and their contribution to the wider Victorian…

This is a vacancy announcement for a Green Growth Indicator Consultant based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the period of November 2015 – May 2016. Kindly send applications to: chiden.balmes@gggi.org For more information on this position please click here.

The Global Development Network (GDN) is launching a new research program on Industrial Policy in developing countries as the chosen partner of the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice of the World Bank Group, with the financial support of the Competitive Industries…