News

26 July 2016

Geothermal Diploma Course for Latin America to be held in El Salvador

UNU-GTP, LaGeo and the University of El Salvador (UES) will be conducting a Geothermal Diploma Course for Latin America in El Salvador from August 15 to December 20.
20 July 2016

Short course on Value Chain Approach in the Caribbean

A five day course on Value Chain Approach in Caribbean Fisheries is being delivered in Paramaribo in Suriname by the UNU-FTP and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) July 18-22 as part of collaboration between the two parties on developing fisheries among states in the Caribbean Community.
UNU-FTP fellows at IIFET 2016, Scotland
18 July 2016

Fellows attend IIFET 2016 conference in Aberdeen, Scotland

The UNU-FTP awarded grants to nine former fellows to attend the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) conference July 11-15, 2016 held in Aberdeen, Scotland. This year, the conference theme was "Challenging new frontiers in the global seafood sector: A northern enlightenment."
Vatnajökull, Iceland and Europe's largest glacier
14 July 2016

2016 UNU-GEST alumni blogsites published: Climate change and sustainability

UNU-GEST alumni Amelia Zawangoni, Harriet Atim, Nthamyo Mbeye and Wamundu Muzamil have completed and published blog entries focusing on the topic of climate change and sustainability as part of a field study related assessment.
Fishing boats in the harbour of Höfn í Hornafirði, south-east Iceland
13 July 2016

2016 UNU-GEST alumni blogsites published: Climate change – economic challenges

UNU-GEST alumni Madalitso Makondi, Kholofelo Thobejane and Roselyn Makhambera have completed and published articles focusing on the topic of economic challenges of climate change as part of a field study related assessment.
12 July 2016

2016 UNU-GEST alumni blogsites published: Climate Change – the North and the South

UNU-GEST alumni Stella Tereka, Miriam Akot, Diana Younis Mahmoud Al-Azzeh and Abel Nuwamanya have completed and published a comparative analysis on the topic of climate change and its manifestation in the North and South as part of a field study related assessment.