Strengthening the link between Biodiversity and Health

     Photo: BaCH Initiative The 1st meeting of the Interagency Liaison Group on Biodiversity and Health (organized by the CBD Secretariat and the WHO) in May 2017 aimed to strengthen collaboration and policy coherence at the intersection of human…

​Decolonising Sustainable Development

by Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Former IAU President (2012-2016) Photo: Rio Dulce by Daniel John Buchanan It has been three decades now since the Brundtland Report also known officially as World Commission on Environment and Development, entitled “Our Common Future” was launched…

UNU-IAS Continues to Forge Partnership with ASEAN on ESD

In an effort to continue engaging with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States in the area of Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), UNU-IAS participated in the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group…

UNESCO and TERI organise ESD Youth Leadership Training

UNESCO in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) successfully conducted the “Young ESD Leaders Capacity Building Training Workshop” from 15-16 February, 2017 in New Delhi. The programme was designed for young people aged 18-35 who are active leaders in sustainable development…

Building Educators Capacity in Sustainability – European Project results

RCE Severn recently completed a unique EU-funded collaboration project “University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD)” with 53 partners across Europe. UE4SD focused on professional development of academics to advance ESD in tertiary education and has mapped policy and best practices, published new…

Open Call to Host ProSPER.Net Events in 2018

The ProSPER.Net Secretariat announced the 2018 Call for Proposals to host below ProSPER.Net activities: Leadership Programme (LP) Young Researchers’ School (YRS) Board Meeting / General Assembly (BM/GA) Sustainability Forum The call for hosting events in 2018 is now closed. It…