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The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organizes a series of open lectures that are held on a regular basis at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNITAR also organizes high-level panels on key issues related to the United Nations, bringing together key stakeholders from the Private and Public Sector and major, key UN players., The Geneva Lecture Series (GLS), organized in partnership with the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), aims at bringing awareness of pressing global challenges to the concerned public and civil society in Geneva, with a foc...
10 June 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly undermined progress across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In fact, it remains difficult to get a complete picture of the damage wrought so far, and existing rough estimations are likely to be underestimates. However, the crisis has also served as a wake-up call for us to take action to create the world we want by 2030.
This was the central message from Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, at an online symposium on “COVID-19’s Impa...
By Pilar Lagos
Originally published on the PAGE website.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa, originally from Mongolia, studied at the University of Manchester, where he obtained a Master of Science in Environmental Economics in 2010. He gained his PhD in Agricultural Economics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany in 2016.
Dr. Ganzorig Gonchigsumlaa teaching Sustainable Development Goals in the Development Economics course among undergraduate students. / © Sainjargal Zorigtbaatar 2018
Since then, he has become a Senior Lecturer at the Mongolian…
In a call for action, leaders from around the globe gathered for a hybrid side event during the Action Days of the Summit of the Future, focusing on the transformative role of higher education in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event, held on September 21, 2024, marked the official launch of the Certificate Programme of the LEAP-FAST initiative—an ambitious global alliance aiming to position higher education institutions as vital agents of sustainable transformation. Higher Education Leaders participating in this initiative have earlier produced a Jo...
Tokyo, Geneva, Bonn, 09 October 2019 ― The United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to transition a UNU programme to UNITAR.
The Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme has been hosted at the UNU Vice-Rectorate in Europe in Bonn, Germany since 2016. SCYCLE conducts and shares comprehensive and practical research to help societies reduce environmental damage caused by the production, use, and disposal of waste including of electrical and electronic equipment.
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop) is a forum where world leaders come together to collectively act towards achieving the climate goals agreed under the Paris Agreement and Convention.
This year’s conference, which took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, brought together six high-level roundtable sessions on cross-cutting issues, including food security, water security, finance, energy security, vulnerable communities, and transition from fuels. A tweet from Ambassador Mohamed Nasr, Director General for Climate, Egyptian, expressed his views behind the urgency behi...
8 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The 2022 World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking, seeking to assess the innovativeness of universities for the future, will be presented on June 9, 2022, at 3:00 pm (CET)/10:00 pm (KST) in both Switzerland and South Korea. This ranking for innovative universities is designed to highlight and appreciate the efforts of universities to produce a future workforce aligning with the growing demands among entrepreneurs in contemporary society.
This ranking of innovative universities is organized by the Institute for Policy and...
When Dr. Amina, a public health professional in Brazil, heard about the WHO Academy’s new learning platform, she was eager to explore its offerings. Like many of her colleagues, she had struggled with fragmented online learning resources, outdated training materials, and the challenge of accessing high-quality courses relevant to her work. But in December 2024, that changed.Thanks to a successul collaboration between UNITAR’s Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building, The Defeat-NCD Partnership, and WHO, 140 essential health training courses were successfully m...
UN CC:Learn is a partnership of 36 multilateral organizations collaborating in the development and/or delivery of climate change related learning at the global, regional and country levels. It was built in response to calls for a coordinated approach to climate change learning across UN and other multilaterals. Having been initially developed to support policy makers and field practitioners working for multilaterals, over time it has broadened its reach to businesses, NGOs, Academic organizations and the general public. It is hosted by UNITAR and its online platform hosts c...
June 13, 2023, Shanghai, China – China’s rapid socio-economic development and the significant increase in resident income have led to surging demand for road travel. This growing need has emphasized the critical importance of safer roads and responsible road users, prompting more pressing efforts to enhance public awareness and provide relevant public education on the topic of road safety.
On June 13, the inaugural “Autosobriety Creative Challenge ”, hosted in collaboration with the China Communication Television Broadcasting Network, UNITAR’s affiliat...