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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A WAY TO REDUCE POVERTY? (UNESCO)

UNESCO CHAIR IN TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT 2012 International Conference TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A WAY TO REDUCE POVERTY? May 29-31, 2012 | EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: DEADLINE DECEMBER 15, 2011 <a href="http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev ” target=”_blank”>http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev <http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev> As a UNESCO … Continue reading

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“Groundwater Governance” GEF-Project (EMWIS / SEMIDE)

Read at : http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2011/07/launch-new-gef-project-groundwater-governance Launch of new GEF project on “Groundwater Governance” The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has initiated a new Project on … Continue reading

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UNESCO, Energy and Climate Change (Google / UNESCO Education)

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://unescoeducation.blogspot.com/2008/05/unesco-energy-and-climate-change.html UNESCO, Energy and Climate Change posted by John Daly Friday, May 23, 2008 On Monday, James Connaughton, the head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, spoke to the members of … Continue reading

Posted in Climate / climate change, energy/bioenergy/biofuels, Social dimensions, UNESCO

UNESCO : Catalogue of the IHP (Gisaf)

A nice message of Gunter NATTKAMPER (Austria) : GESELLSCHAFT FUER INTERDISZIPLINAERE SAHARA-FORSCHUNG – (GISAF)Berlin-Wien Read at : Oasen-Landwirtschaft http://gisaf.sil.at/oasen-altlinks.html IHP Publications -UNESCO Bibliographic catalogue of the International Hydrologic Programme publications, covering all commercial and non-commercial titles in the various IHP … Continue reading

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