Call for 10 YFP on Sustainable Buildings and Construction Projects

Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) launched the Fifth Call for Proposals of the 10YFP Trust Fund, which focuses on  Sustainable Buildings and Construction .  Governments and not-for-profit organizations in developing countries and countries with economies in transition…

Youth Survey on Target 4.7 of the SDGs

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…

HESI organises COP side event at UNESCO Headquarters

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…

Outcomes of AASHE Conference in Minneapolis, US

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…

YRS alumni nominated finalist in Victorian International Education Awards

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…