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How BBC Future Planet count carbon footprint.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 9, 2022 | Sustainable Development News

An interesting article “Why and how does Future Planet count carbon” was published by BBC online. For each story published on the web, BBC counts CO2 transport emissions from travel it took to report a story and the digital emission from a story –...

Workshop on soil erosion for the EU 27-29 June 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 9, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

We received a call for presentations for a workshop on soil erosion, organized by the EUSO Soil Erosion Working Group (WG) to be held online on 27-29 June 2022. The workshop scope is: “Exploring the role of soil erosion in relation to land degradation, climate...
Dr. Mikoš appointed to the Council of the Škocjan Caves Public Service Agency, Slovenia.

Dr. Mikoš appointed to the Council of the Škocjan Caves Public Service Agency, Slovenia.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 8, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

Dr. Mikoš was in February 2022 appointed by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for a period of 4 years as a representative of the Slovenian UNESCO Office to the Council of the Škocjan Caves Public Service Agency. The Škocjan Caves are under UNESCO protection...
Biannual newsletter Bridges: Issue 1 2021 (January – June) published.

Biannual newsletter Bridges: Issue 1 2021 (January – June) published.

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

UNESCO Venice Office Biyearly e-Newsletter Bridges: Issue n° 1 January-June 2021 is available online at this link.

Joint Declaration on the Water-Energy Nexus in the Energy Efficiency Directive (2022).

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

As a follow-up to the MEP Water Group on the Energy Efficiency directive and several actions held since May 2021, the European Alliance to Save Energy and Water Europe are releasing a joint declaration to unleash the potential for the water-energy nexus in the energy...

World Engineering Day Hackhaton 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 2, 2022 | Higher Education News, Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

World Engineering Day (WED) for Sustainable Development is celebrated on the 4th of March every year as a UNESCO international day promoting the profile of engineers and engineering. WED is an opportunity to engage with governments, organizations, universities,...

Global Award Winners of the DigiEduHack 2021 – vote before 18 March 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 2, 2022 | Higher Education News

DigiEduHack took place on 9-10 November 2021. The event gathered 2473 participants who took part in 53 challenges and co-created 228 solutions, of which 49 were crowned challenge-winners. The DigiEduHack steering group chose 12 finalists among the 50 challenge...

Webinar “Higher Education Conversations: governance and financing” on 10 March 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Mar 2, 2022 | Higher Education News

UNESCO Higher Education Section is inviting all to the 5th in the series of UNESCO’s Higher Education Conversations, focusing on governance and financing. This conversation will be held on Thursday, 10 March from 14:00 to 15:00 (CET) on Zoom. It aims to bring together...

Water JPI Newsletter February 2022 published online.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Feb 27, 2022 | Water-related News

The February 2022 Newsletter of the Joint Programming Initiative on “Water challenges for a changing world” can be read online here.

Water Europe Member’s Newsletter #95 February 2022 published online.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Feb 27, 2022 | Water-related News

The February 2022 Monthly Member’s Newsletter from Water Europe can be read online here.
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