“Cooperation in Research and Education: Climate – Water – Environmental Risk”

Online

Your are invited to the International Water Colloquium initiated by TU Dresden, University Bonn and UNU-FLORES on the topic “Cooperation in Water Management – Tackling a Global Challenge”, which will be held online every Wednesday from 4 November - 16 December 2020, 2:50 pm – 4:20 pm (GMT +1, Dresden/Bonn, Germany).The next lecture will take […]

Revisiting Sustainability: Challenges for Science and Policy

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Sustainability and sustainable development will accompany us in the years to come, challenging us intellectually in dealing with the scientific basis as well as with implementation. Particularly, this involves addressing the criticisms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN Agenda 2030 adopted in 2015, ranging from its inspiration by “Western” paradigms, economic (GDP […]

Transform to Survive: A Sustainable Future for all?

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Click here to register. This event takes place in the program line "Sustainability - Looking beyond 2030". Photo by Mark Basarab Date: Sept 3, 2021 15:00-17:00 CESTOnline Event RegistrationWe are at a juncture and need to decide which path to take. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “The state of the planet is broken. Humanity is waging […]

Global Nerve Systems HOW WORLD WIDE DISASTERS ARE INTERCONNECTED

Bundeskunsthalle Helmut-Kohl-Allee 4, Bonn, Germany

Copyright: UNU-EHS What does the elephant migration in southern China have to do with the famine in Madagascar? How are the forest fires in Europe connected with the floods in Lagos? According to Zita Sebesvari, a climate researcher based in Bonn, due to climate change, catastrophes can trigger another – and that screws need to […]