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UNECE Launches Green Economy Seminar Series With Discussion of Green Homes

Posted April 19, 2012 - 08:36

UNECE The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) discussed residential energy efficiency at the first seminar in a series launched to promote actions towards a regional green economy. The Green Economy seminars will provide a forum for discussing the integration of social and environmental considerations in the lead-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20).

Mega-cities by the sea (sustainable cities)

Posted April 17, 2012 - 06:39

The latest episode of World Ocean Radio entitled "167: Thinking Like an Island" is now available. You will find this five-minute broadcast online at the World Ocean Observatory site. You may also subscribe to the weekly podcast on ITunes or find us on PRX.org and Audioport.org.

UNESCO Chair in CBR-GACER News

Posted April 17, 2012 - 06:32

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health celebrates 15 years of social justice and community based participatory research ♦ Higher education must join up internationalisation and development, by Ranjika Bhandari ♦ End of 'Slave Trade' in Education ♦ CCPH 15th Anniversary Conference

UNITAR/UN CC:Learn Joins Working Group on Greening Technical and Vocational Education

Posted April 16, 2012 - 06:28

The UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)/UN CC:Learn has joined the working group on “Greening TVET and Skills Development” of the Inter-agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET).

The working group was established in recognition of the need to coordinate action and enhance knowledge exchange among UN agencies, to advance learning for green jobs.