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Ghana Accelerates Agenda for Climate Change Learning in Schools
14 August, Accra, Ghana - The energy was high in the room as Mrs. Patricia Appiagye, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation crowned the gathering assembled to celebrate the inclusion of Climate Change and Green Economy into the National School Curricula. Young children in Ghana will be aware of climate change and green economy concepts as they go through school.
The 10-year Climate Change Learning Strategy, a fruit of an extensive and multi stakeholder effort, lays out 13…
UNITAR Afghanistan Fellowship Programme 2016 Cycle Finishes Strong in Hiroshima
18 May 2017, Hiroshima, Japan -- The UNITAR Afghanistan Fellowship Programme: Inspiring Transformation concluded with Workshop III, held over two weeks in Hiroshima from 17 to 29 April 2017. The Fellowship, which teaches project development, management, and leadership skills, honed Fellows' by-then extensive knowledge by focusing on team development, change management, conflict resolution, leading project implementation, and ethics and values in relation to social entrepreneurship, among other…
09 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – UNOSAT 3-week intensive training on geospatial information for disaster response will be offered also in 2012. The course is part of the Master Course on Disaster Management of the Universities of Copenhagen and Lund, worth 6 ECTS credits. UNOSAT and the University of Copenhagen have agreed to make the course available again in March 2012 after the success of the 2011 edition.
Professor Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen, in charge of the Master of Disaster Management at the University of Copenhagen, says:
“UNOSAT provide the students of…
Ideas that Matter with Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa
29 September 2018, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Hiroshima Office invited Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa as a guest speaker to discuss the current impact from 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident as a part of the Office’s 15th anniversary Ideas that Matter series. Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, MACP, is Professor Emeritus of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Chairman of the University of Tokyo, and was Chair of the Board of Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) and Chair of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation…
International Workshop on Framework Law on Waste Management
11 January 2016, Jeju, Republic of Korea – CIFAL Jeju, in collaboration with UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), convened officials from central, state and local governments from thirteen different countries in South America, Asia-Pacific and Africa for a three-day workshop on "Framework Law on Waste Management”. The workshop took place in Osaka, Japan from 16 to 18 December 2015.
Countries represented in the workshop included Bhutan, Cambodia, Ghana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mauritius,…
6 April 2021, Bangkok, Thailand – UNOSAT delivered an advanced training on the Operational Application of Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands using blended learning formats to ensure maximum engagement of participants despite the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. This training was offered as part of the capacity development activities of the CommonSensing* project that aims to improve climate resilience in the Pacific small island states.
The GIT4DRR course was designed to respond to the proje...
10 May 2022, New York, United States (Virtual) – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York office and Yale University third part of annual series, Looking Towards COP 27: Climate Extremes: The Housing Crisis, Food Shortages, and Energy Poverty, took place. The programme provided a unique discussion with experienced professionals on issues the climate is facing and actions to consider; to be able to reach and implement the set goals of the 2030 Agenda.
The session started by the welcoming remarks from Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Head of UNITAR New Yor...
15 December 2022, New York City, U.S.A. – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research New York Office lead the annual Orientation Course of the Economic and Social Council for 2022-2023. The day-long training was held in a hybrid format, with majority of attendees joining in person in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters and more attendees connecting through Webex. , Consisting of nine courses and lasting from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST, the orientation course addressed several topics such as the working methods and structure of the ECOSOC, the...
Launch of online course on Local Water Solutions
20 March 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - On the occasion of the World Water Day, UNITAR and its partners Gaia education and Strathclyde University are pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of the online course “Local Water Solutions for Global Challenges”.
Water is essential for life and for sustainable development, and well-managed water services contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and environmental sustainability. Increasing human population, the impacts of climate change and unsustainable growth…
UNOSAT Announces 5th Edition of its Master Training in GIS
9 December 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark – UNOSAT announced in Copenhagen that it will offer in 2015 the 5th edition of its master-level training course Geo-Information in Disaster Situations. The announcement came on the occasion of the annual lecture done by UNOSAT at the University of Copenhagen. Both the lecture and the course are part of the popular Master of Disaster Management Programme of the University.
UNOSAT will host the 5th edition of this celebrated course in Geneva from 13 to 30 April, 2015. The course…