26 November 2015
Seminar on soils, climate change and the Global Goals for sustainable development
To celebrate the International Year of Soils 2015, UNU-LRT has throughout this year organised short public meetings on issues related to soils, in partnership with the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland and the UN Association in Iceland. In those meetings topics such as soils & food, soils & education, soils & economy, and soils & cities have been covered. This week a seminar was held to mark the International Year of Soils where the importance of soils was discussed expansively and in connection to the new Global Goals for sustainable development. In the meeting the importance of soils and ecosystem restoration to reach the Global Goals and to fight climate change (goal #13) was emphasized. A panel of people from different arenas of society shared their thoughts on how they believe individuals as well as communities, nations and corporations could contribute to solving the pressing global issues related to soils and land health, which have a direct link to climate change.
25 November 2015
Short Course X on Exploration for Geothermal Resources in Kenya
Short Course X on Exploration for Geothermal Resources in currently on-going at Lake Naivasha, Kenya.
22 November 2015
Women and Policing in South Africa: A 21st Century Perspective
A lecture by Professor Shanta Balgobind Singh who is an Associate Professor within the programme of Criminology and Forensic Studies, School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
7 November 2015
Delegation of Indian business women visits Iceland
UNU-GEST was introduced at a meeting with a delegation of 42 women from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organisation (FICCI-FLO)
3 November 2015
UNU-FTP and UNU-GEST present research on Gender Analysis at Social Science Conference
Joint research efforts of UNU-Gender Equality Studies Training Programme (GEST), UNU- Fisheries Training Programme (FTP) and Matís were presented at the Þjóðarspegillinn Conference in Social Sciences held at the University of Iceland on October 30th.
2 November 2015
UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís joint research presented at the University of Iceland
Joint research efforts of UNU-GEST, UNU-FTP and Matís were presented at the Þjóðarspegillinn Conference in Social Sciences held at the University of Iceland on October 30th