Year: 2016

23-24 June, 2016, Mumbai, India During the World Education Congress participants will discuss “Evolving Trends in Education”. The congress will examine modern as well as traditional knowledge systems. Read more

66th UNDPI/NGO Conference: Education for Global Citizenship:  Achieving the SDGs Together 30 May – 1 June, 2016, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea The topic for this year’s conference is Education for Global Citizenship. Conference participants will strive to define culturally appropriate international…

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability is now accepting applications for the September 2016 admission to its Master of Science in Sustainability programme, and it’s PhD in Sustainability Science programme. The application deadlines are 18…

“Low-Carbon Sustainable Lifestyles: scaling up and mainstreaming innovative approaches” Submission deadline: Sunday 13th March 2016 11.59 pm Paris time This call for proposals is aimed at contributing to the Sustainable Lifestyles and Education programme of the 10YFP co-led by the Ministry…

Early this year an online platform was launched by the United Nations to assist cities to become more sustainable. It aims to identify challenges that are having an impact on urban development across the world. The launch of the Smart…

On 6 November 2015 the United Nations University organized the symposium “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, as part of a series of events celebrating 40 years of UNU’s academic work. The symposium considered the adoption of the 2030…

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), established in 2012, is an independent intergovernmental body open to all member countries of the United Nations. The members are committed to building IPBES as the leading intergovernmental body for assessing the…

miniSASS is a simple tool which can be used by anyone to monitor the health of a river. By collecting a sample of macroinvertebrates (small animals) from the water, and depending on which groups are found, a measure of the general…