5 December 2017
UNU-GEST at the African Women Energy Entrepreneurs Framework launch
UNU-GEST took part in launching the African Women Energy Entrepreneurs Framework (AWEEF) at the closing plenary session of the Science Policy Business Forum.
1 December 2017
UNU-GEST hosts Malawi alumni event in Lilongwe
UNU-GEST hosted an alumni event in Lilongwe last week that brought together nine of the seventeen former UNU-GEST fellows from Malawi. The alumni event sparked the formalisation of the UNU-GEST Malawi Alumni Association, which will be taken forward by former fellows in Malawi.
23 November 2017
Ocean science decade
The UN General Assembly recently used the NASDAQ billboard in Times Square to promote a UN Decade of Ocean Science 2021-2030. UN's Special Envoy for the Ocean believes this could be the start of a concerted action for the protection of the ocean.
21 November 2017
A new geothermal power plant opens in the Azores Islands
This power plant was built as a part of the Renewable Energy Programme Area under the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism supported by Orkustofnun. The Programme included the installation of a 3 MW geothermal power plant to increase the share of renewables in the Azores and three support initiatives to advanced and specialised training in geothermal energy. The Programme started in 2013 and will be completed in December 2017.
10 November 2017
UNU-GTP and Hebei Geo University sign an institutional agreement
On November 2nd, the representatives of UNU-GTP and Hebei Geo University (HGU) signed an institutional agreement on cooperation in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, China.
10 November 2017
Women's roles in Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda analyzed in the Wikigender University online article series
Wikigender University online article series by UNU-GEST fellows from the class of 2017 continues. Harriet Adong from Uganda writes about women's participation in Transitional Justice in Northern Uganda.