Year: 2021

The ESD Okayama Award rewards outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support organisations carrying out ESD activities and to promote ESD to local communities globally through showcasing their initiatives. The Award has been presented annually since 2015. This…

The One Planet Network’s Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (SBC) is involved in the SBEfin2022 Conference, ‘Emerging Concepts for Sustainable Built Environment’, to be held virtually from 23-25 November, 2022. SBC Coordinators Harri Hakaste (Ministry of the Environment, Finland), Prof. Usha Iyer-Raniga (RMIT University) and Jonathan Duwyn (UNEP) will…

5 December, 2021 (online), 15:00 – 19:00 (JST) The International Symposium on Ocean Education aims to bring together countries’ commitments on the role of ocean education for sustainable earth across countries to address climate change and other sustainability challenges through…

The UN University (UNU) has begun developing a new postgraduate degree specialisation on the Paris Agreement on climate change, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It will be the first of its…

(Written by Mariamme D. Jadloc, UP Diliman Information Office, edits by ProSPER.Net Secretariat) Are there lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can help us deal with global climate change? What is the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in building…

The Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) and the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC), Japan will be hosting a side event at the COP26 Japan Pavilion titled, “Strengthened Resilience to Climate Change in the Pacific – From Capacity Building to Climate Investment“. This event will be held…

Since its inception, ProSPER.Net member institutions have launched a wide variety of joint projects ranging from the creation of an online postgraduate programme in public policy and sustainable development practice to the integration of sustainable development in business school curricula….

The ProSPER.Net 15th General Assembly, hosted by UNU-IAS, was held on 13 October, 2021. Over 40 representatives from the network attended the online meeting. Following opening remarks from Prof. Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi, (Director, UNU-IAS) and a message from Mr. Takeo Sugii (Director, Office…

(Report submitted by Chulalongkorn University, edits by ProSPER.Net Secretariat) The SDGs conference took place virtually on 18 August 2021 (11.00–13.15), hosted by HuSE-Chulalongkorn University, Keio University, TERI School of Advanced Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universitas Gadjah Mada, University of the…

5 November, 2021, 13:30-15:00 (AEDT)  The path to a safe operating space within planetary boundaries is via circularity. “Going circular” requires a shift not only in mindsets and business models but will also need a high level of coordination across…