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BBC Future Planet: How a sand battery could transform clean energy.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 4, 2022 | Sustainable Development News

On the BBC Future Planet web page, there is an interesting article on sand batteries published on November 4, 2022. The article is available here. A new way of storing renewable energy is providing clean heat through the long Nordic nights. Read the article to know...

Live event: 30th anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme-

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 3, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

You can follow the 30th Anniversary of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme in Paris, November 3 – 4, 2002 also live using this link.    

WMO: Temperatures in Europe increase more than twice global average.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 3, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

The World Meteorological Organization published on November 2, 2022, on their web page an article on how Temperatures in Europe increase more than twice global average.
QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023 published.

QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023 published.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 26, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

The latest QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2023 was published today October 26, 2022, and is the first QS ranking focused on social and environmental sustainability performance in higher education institutions. The University of Ljubljana ranked #501-550...

First Regional Meeting of the UNESCO science-related chairs and centres for SEE and the Mediterranean.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 26, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

The First Regional Meeting of the UNESCO science-related chairs and centres for SEE and the Mediterranean is taking place from 26 – 28  October 2022 at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice, Italy. Dr Mikoš is attending the event....
The ResiliEnhance platform for “Enhancing resilience to disasters for a sustainable development”.

The ResiliEnhance platform for “Enhancing resilience to disasters for a sustainable development”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 24, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

On October 24 to 25, 2022, a kickoff meeting of the newly proposed ResiliEnhance platform for enhancing resilience to disasters for a sustainable development is underway at the University of Udine, Italy. The host institution is the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral...
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