by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 16, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News
The WorldRiskReport 2022 as a pdf document is avaialble here. Its focus was on digitalisation. The report includes the WorldRiskIndex which calculates disaster risk from extreme natural events and negative climate change impacts for 193 countries and thus 99 percent...
by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 15, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News
The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by the impacts of climate-related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data available for 2019 and from 2000 to 2019 was...
by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 2, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News
UNESCO invites to an international conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme. The Conference entitled “Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures” will be held on 3-4 November 2002 in UNESCO HQ in Paris,...
by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Aug 24, 2022 | Higher Education News, Water-related News
The University of Ljubljana ranks #401-500 on the latest ARWU 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities. The UNESCO WR DRR Chair contributed to the University of Ljubljana’s position in the 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in Civil Engineering:...
by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Aug 2, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News
We at UNESCO WRDRR Chair have received an official Invitation to be actively involved in the First Regional meeting of the UNESCO science-related chairs and centers for South East Europe and the Mediterranean. The Concept Note for this meeting is available here.
by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Jul 29, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News
UNESCO is convening a 30th anniversary celebration of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme at its headquarters in Paris from 3-4 November 2022. This anniversary conference will celebrate the accomplishments over the last three decades and advance authentic...
