UNESCO
31 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 January 2012: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported on the threats posed by climate change to the cultural property of Kiribati.
UNESCO underscored the particular vulnerablility of Kiribati to the impacts of climate change, including coastal erosion, water salinisation and sea level rise. It further underlined that the outcome of the Durban UN Climate Change Conference “was disappointing” since parties agreed to talks on a new climate...
16 Jan 2012
As a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in Technologies for Development, the Cooperation and Development Center (CODEV) will host an international conference concerning Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? This conference will look at how science and technologies can support both sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in developing and emerging countries. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/...
16 Jan 2012
The second session of the plenary meeting to determine the modalities and institutional arrangements for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will take place in Panama from 16-21 April 2012. The plenary is convened by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and other organisations....
16 Jan 2012
This Technical Expert Group was established by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and is composed of natural and social scientists, coastal engineers and coastal zone managers. It is tasked with preparing a set of international guidelines on best practices related to the formulation of climate change. The Group is co-sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the World Meteorological...
16 Jan 2012
The session will be attended by delegations from 193 member States, as well as associate members, observers for non-member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). During this session, the General Conference will decide on the proposed programme and budget for the 2012-2013 biennium, which gives priority to sustainable development, the culture of peace and non-violence, with a special emphasis on: gender equality, Africa, youth, Education for All (EFA...
