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2 July 2020 - A record 53.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21 per cent in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020, released today.
The new report also predicts global e-waste - discarded products with a battery or plug - will reach 74 Mt by 2030, almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. This makes e-waste the world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream, fueled mainly by higher consumption rates of electric and electronic equipment, short life cycles, and few options for repair.
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Dr. Jane Goodall, the keynote speaker of the 4th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series that took place on 26 May at the Palais des Nations, urged the current generation to stop borrowing from the future generations and to change its ways before it is too late. Pointing to the sometimes pessimistic attitudes among youth, Dr. Goodall explained, “When I think about how we have harmed the planet since I was their age, I feel this desperation and shame. We have compromised their future. But it’s not true that there’s nothing that can be done about it”.
Jane Goodall commonly…
Funded by UNITAR’s Strategic Framework Fund (SFF), the “Overcoming Global Challenges through International Law” project aims to provide participants with new insights on highly topical legal issues, ranging from the rule of law, business and human rights, to climate change induced migration. In addition to raising participants’ awareness on such legal topics, each e-workshop also underlines the connection between the legal challenges and issues such as women empowerment and gender equality.
The first set of e-workshops were implemented in November 2020 and focused on the ...
24 January 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Center for Global Surgery (CGS), McGill University Health Care (MUHC), signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed within the context of the activities of the Global Surgery Platform at UNITAR, which was recently presented at a special event during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Center for Global Surgery is committed to preventing and improving outcomes from injury and surgical disease in resource limited settings...
Launch of the REDD+ Academy e-Course and Learning Journals
REDD+ Academy trains more than 500 from 49 countries in Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean – and it is now available from the comfort of your home!
25 November, Calabar, Nigeria - A year ago, the UN-REDD Programme launched the first REDD+ Academy in order to match the scale of the global climate change mitigation challenge and enable systematic, focused capacity development to deliver REDD+ on the ground. Since then the REDD+ Academy has reached over 500 people through three regional…
30 December 2024, New York, USA – On 26 November (Virtual) & 9-10 December 2024 the United Nations Institute for Training and Research New York Office, in partnership with Canada, Germany, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, successfully held the Women in International Security and Cyberspace Fellowship at the United Nations Headquarters and the Permanent Mission of Canada. This three-day event provided training and capacity-building opportunities tailored to strengthen technical skills and empower women delegates from developing countries in preparation for the Open-En...
At a time when natural disasters are becoming more numerous and frequent, UNOSAT aims to equip all countries with geographical information systems (GIS) to make informed decisions and reduce the risks associated with these natural disasters. To this end, UNOSAT has set up the project ‘Strengthening Capacities in the Use of Geospatial Information for Improved Resilience in Asia-Pacific and Africa’. The project focuses on developing the capacity to use GIS in government agencies across eight partner countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, Ugand...
02 August 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – The UNOSAT Team welcomed the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who visited UNOSAT in the framework of his first official visit to CERN which hosts the UNOSAT computing centre.
Mr. Tokayev of Kazakhstan has been Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Conference on Disarmament since 2 May 2011. A career diplomat, he served from 1992 as Deputy Minister and later as First Deputy Minister for…
26 October 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has successfully concluded the inaugural edition of the Certificate on Artificial Intelligence and Professional Skills, further establishing its leadership in providing advanced AI education for global professionals. This two-week intensive online programme brought together a diverse group of participants, all eager to build core competencies in AI and deepen their understanding of AI-driven solutions for diplomacy, strategic planning, communication, and negotiations.AI is...
22 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - What is the UN Climate Change process and how does it work? How does it relate to the Paris Agreement? How is the Paris Agreement implemented at the country level?
These questions may seem complicated, but the latest e-courses developed by UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and affiliated on UN CC:e-Learn will help you unpack these and many other questions related to the UN Climate Change process and the Paris Agreement.
The three online courses are free-of-charge, self-paced, and open to everyone. Participants who are involved in...