UN Bonn grows: Topping out ceremony at UN Campus

Published 2011-10-19

On 11 October 2011, builders andtheSecretariat of theUnitedNationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as future user celebrated thetopping outat one of thelargestconstruction sites inBonn. Professor Jakob Rhyner, United Nations University Vice Rector in Europe and Director of UNU-EHS, delivered a speech on behalf of the Heads of the United Nations Agencies in Bonn.

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UNU fosters growing partnership with University of the Free State in South Africa

Published 2012-02-03

From 20 to 21 October 2011, a delegation from the United Nations University Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) visited the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. The delegation, including Professor Jakob Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe/Director of UNU-EHS, discussed future collaborations between the two institutions and met with the national disaster management head and team of South Africa. In addition, a guest lecture on the topic of “Human Security in Africa” was delivered. |Read more

Adriana López, Colombia: Bridge theory and practice

Published 2011-09-15 | Updated 2011-09-23

Conversations: Beautiful Minds for a Sustainable Future

The 27-year-old architect and urbanist Adriana Patricia López Valencia is a 2010 winner of the International Green Talents Competition, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and supported by the United Nations University (UNU) Bonn. Adriana López received a bachelor´s degree in Architecture from Colombia´s Universidad del Valle and a master´s degree in Urbanism from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. In December 2011, Adriana will start a six-month research stay at UNU Bonn. |Read more

UNU Receives US EPA Grant to Track E-Waste Shipments

Published 2011-05-11 | Updated 2011-05-24

As part of a move aimed at stepping up international efforts to curb the improper disposal of e-waste, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP). The grant is aimed at helping authorities to track shipments of North American e-waste, including  end-of-life computers, TVs and cell phones, and to support African and Asian nations in coping with imports of these e-waste products. In conjunction with the grant, the EPA will collaborate with members of the UNU-led Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) initiative — which is based at the UNU-ISP Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) operating unit in Bonn, Germany. |Read more

UNU Presents Research, Education and Training Opportunities

Published 2010-11-30 | Updated 2011-01-21

UNU-ViE held a presentation on research, training and education opportunities offered by the United Nations University (UNU) at the workshop "Research and Funding Opportunities in Germany", which was held in Bremerhaven on 10 November 2010. The workshop was organized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the "Green Talents Forum". | Read more