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UNITAR, CIFAL Merida and ITAérea Aeronautical Business School present the Master in Sustainable Air Transport Management (MATSM) that aims to equip participants with knowledge and training in air transport, management of airports, air navigation, aeronautical industry, and international air law. This programme promotes sustainable management in all sectors of air transport in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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UNITAR and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are pleased to announce the Symposium on “leveraging satellite applications for global challenges”. The event will take place in Geneva on 11 and 12 October 2011 hosted at World Meteorological Organization headquarters.
Building upon the 2005 UNITAR/OCHA Symposium which discussed the use of satellite applications in emergency response, the 2011 UNITAR/WMO Symposium seeks to further leverage satellite applications in the face of contemporary global challenges, from natural hazards to human security, at a time when much…
This November 5th, 2010 CIFAL Findhorn will host the 2010 Highlands International Biodiversity and Climate Change conference, part of the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity in Inverness, Scotland. It is the forum to find the latest information about how climate change is affecting the unique habitats and resources of the Highlands and Islands, and learn about innovative solutions to enhance biodiversity under the pressure of climate change.
From policymakers to crofters, foresters to tourist operators, fishermen to farmers, land managers to the news…
Geospatial information and satellite analysis have the potential to generate tangible benefits in a growing number of areas. UNFPA, The International Institute for Environment and Development (iied) and El Colegio de Mexico organized an expert meeting on Population Dynamics and Climate Change II - Building for Adaption in Mexico City in October 2010 in preparation for the UN Climate Change COP16 negotiations in Cancun in December.
The objective of the meeting was to build knowledge and discuss tools concerning the linkages between population dynamics and climate…
UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its e-Learning course on the Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation, due to start on 21st February, 2011. Following the success of this course last year, UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme is currently developing more online courses in French language which will focus on the following topics: United Nations Protocol, Multilateral Conferences and Diplomacy, Chairing International Meetings and Climate Change Diplomacy. Theses courses initially developed and implemented in English will be translated into…
16-18 July 2013, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso held its National SAICM Planning and Inception Workshop from 16 to 18 July 2013 with the participation of UNITAR and UNEP. The objectives of the workshop were to raise awareness about the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and to launch and plan the activities of the national project for the implementation of SAICM, entitled “Strengthening Capacities in Burkina Faso for National SAICM Implementation and Promotion of Synergies among the Stockholm, Basel, and Rotterdam Conventions”.…
UNITAR has issued the 2012 Guidance Document for “Preparing a National Profile to Assess Infrastructure and Capacity Needs for Chemicals Management”. This guidance document, initially issued in 1996 and now revised as a second edition, has been developed to assist countries in preparing National Profiles through a process which involves all interested parties at the country level.
A National Profile:
can become an official national reference document, providing a clear picture of the national legal, institutional, administrative, and technical infrastructure for…
29 August 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The Final Meeting of the Steering Committee of the GEF/UNEP/UNITAR Project “POPs Reporting, Monitoring and Information dissemination using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)” was held on 29-30 August 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was held back-to-back with an awareness-raising meeting on PRTRs for NGOs and working sessions with the partner countries of the project.
The meeting was attended by 45 participants representing high-level environmental authorities and technical officers of the partner…
The Austrian Development Agency has contributed EUR 300,000 to UNITAR’s Climate Change Programme, in support of the activities of a project that contributes to improve the ability of developing countries to address climate change, through developing adaptation measures and planning mitigation strategies.
The project entitled “Capacity Development for Adaptation to climate Change and GHG Mitigation” (C3D+) is an 8 million Euro project, that brings together Regional Centers of excellence located in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the Caribbean, to form a network that…
Last week Tropical Storm Ida caused weather instability and heavy rains throughout Central America. Nicaragua and El Salvador were the most affected countries with 130 deaths, unconfirmed number of missing people, and thousands homeless in Salvador and some 23,000 people affected and thousands evacuations in Nicaragua.
The United Nations dispatched an emergency coordination and assessment team to the region (UNDAC) and OCHA requested UNOSAT to activate its Rapid Mapping service to help evaluate the damage inflicted by the storm and coordinate relief on the ground. To…