19 Apr. : International Symposium: Public Engagement for the Global Goals with a Special Focus on Sustainable Oceans

UNU-IAS, Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC) and Embassy of Sweden will jointly hold an International Symposium: Public Engagement for the Global Goals with a Special Focus on Sustainable Oceans with HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (Sustainable Development Goals Advocate).

GEOC 20th Anniversary Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals and Local Partnerships: GEOC and Future Partnerships

UNU-IAS, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and the Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC) will organize the GEOC 20th Anniversary Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals and Local Partnerships: GEOC and Future Partnerships on 12 October 2016.

International Day for Biological Diversity: Mainstreaming Biodiversity

On 21 May 2016, UNU-IAS, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC) will organize the public symposium Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Sustaining People and their Livelihoods with Mori, Sato, Kawa, Umi to celebrate the UN International Day for Biological Diversity(IDB).

Economics for People and the Planet — Saviour or Problem?

On 16 March 2016, a memorial symposium for Prof. Hirofumi Uzawa will be held at UNU headquarters in Tokyo. The symposium will commemorate Prof. Uzawa’s contributions to the field of economics, and will feature a keynote lecture by Nobel prize-winning economist Prof. Joseph Stiglitz.

International Day for Biological Diversity: Connecting and Supporting Forests, the Countryside, Rivers and the Sea

On 30 May 2015, UNU-IAS, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the Global Environmental Outreach Centre (GEOC) will organize the public symposium Connecting and Supporting Forests, the Countryside, Rivers and the Sea to celebrate the UN International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB).

Library Talk: Art, Culture and International Development

On 17 April 2015, the UNU Library is hosting the launch of the book Art, Culture and International Development: Humanizing Social Transformation by John Clammer (Routledge, 2015). This two-hour event will begin at 15:30. This new book is the first ever to systematically explore the relationship between the arts (visual, film, literature, performance and design) […]

Living Planet Report 2014: Latest Message from WWF International

On 21 January 2015, UNU-IAS will organize the seminar Living Planet Report 2014: Latest Message from WWF International, jointly with WWF Japan and the University of Tokyo’s Graduate Program in Sustainability Science – Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI).

First Volume of Public Relations Magazine for Environmental Policy “Japan Environment Quarterly” Published

The first volume of “Japan Environment Quarterly” was published by Ministry of the Environment Goverment of Japan on March 2013. To this volume, GEOC contributed a column titled “Building a Framework of Partnership for a Sustainable Society”. The magazine is available free online to read and download at http://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/jeq/index.html.

International Symposium on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction

The Ministry of the Environment of Japan and UNU-ISP will organize the international symposium “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction” in Tokyo on 12 November 2013, in advance of the 1st Asia Parks Congress taking place in Sendai, Japan on 13–17 November.

Symposium for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention “World Heritage for Peace and Sustainability”

This symposium aimed to share the context and principles of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in November 2012. It provided an opportunity to discuss future cooperation in the safeguarding of world cultural and natural heritage, and in the building of peace and sustainability, with reference to concrete cases in various parts of the world. The symposium featured a keynote speech by Koïchiro Matsuura, former Director-General of UNESCO, a series of presentations on international cooperation for nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties, and a panel discussion.

Location: United Nations University, Japan
Co-organizers: The University of Tsukuba, Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC)
Conference note: http://www.heritage.tsukuba.ac.jp/assets/files/pdf/WHC40eng.pdf