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A new Flood Risk Management master thesis defended.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Sep 16, 2022 | Publications, Water-related News

In the framework of the international master study programme Flood Risk Management, recently another international student was defending successfully his MSc thesis: Filmon Ghilay Ghebremichael: The impact of climate induced change in flood characteristics on flood...

Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published.

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...

International Conference “Transforming knowledge for just and sustainable futures”, 3-4 November, 2022, Paris, France.

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,...

Paper on heat stress driven by climate change published in the journal “Communications Earth & Environmental”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Aug 29, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

An open-access article in the journal “Communications Earth & Environmental” discusses the probabilistic projections of increased heat stress driven by climate change by 2100: even if the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 2 °C is met,...

University of Ljubljana improved its position on the ARWU 2022 World University rankings.

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:...

Professor Tiwari from CSU, Fullerton gives a lecture on “Impact of seismic shaking in triggering instability at marginalized urban settlement” at UL FGG on August 31, 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Aug 24, 2022 | Water-related News

You are cordially invited, if in Slovenia on that day, to join us at the main building of UL FGG, Jamova c. 2, Ljubljana (Svečana Hall in 2nd Floor) at 1 pm on August 31, 2022 for a lecture entitled: “Impact of seismic shaking in triggering instability at...
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