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    UNU-EHS and University of Bonn to offer new Master of Science degree in "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security"

    A new master’s degree programme in the Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security will be launched in autumn 2013, with the aim of providing postgraduate students with detailed knowledge, critical understanding, strategies and the tools required to take an interdisciplinary approach towards environmental risks and human security.

    The programme will start accepting applications on 15 May 2013. |Read more

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    Deutscher Entwicklungstag 2013 - UNU-EHS ist dabei

    Am 25. Mai 2013 wird bundesweit erstmals der Deutsche Entwicklungstag unter dem Motto „Dein Engagement. Unsere Zukunft.“ stattfinden.  Auch UNU-EHS ist am 25. Mai in Bonn dabei. Wir freuen uns darauf, unser Engagement und unsere Projekte unter dem Motto "Forschen mit statt für Afrika: Bildung schafft Entwicklung" vorzustellen. | Read more

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    GWSP conference special session: Tipping points of water-related ecosystem services in deltas under climate change

    UNU-EHS and LOICZ will be hosting a special session on 23 May 2013 from 15:30 – 17:00, entitled “Tipping points of water-related ecosystem services in Deltas under climate change”. The session is part of the 2013 Global Water System Project (GWSP)  conference, taking place in Bonn from 21 until 24 May 2013. |Read more

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    UNU-EHS at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

    From 19 to 23 May 2013 the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a biennial forum organized by UNISDR that brings together stakeholders committed to reducing disaster risk and building resilience. UNU-EHS will be hosting a book launch, high-level panel discussion and a side event on ecosystems and disaster risk reduction as well as a consultative event on climate risk management and loss and damage. |Read more
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    UNU-EHS presents key findings of WorldRiskIndex at high-level panel in New York

    On 25 April 2013, PD Dr. Joern Birkmann took part in the high-level panel "The impact of environmental degradation on disasters – Inputs for the Post 2015 debate” to present key findings of the WorldRiskIndex and to formulate recommendations for the ongoing negotiations with regard to a new framework for disaster risk reduction (post-Hyogo Framework process) and climate change adaptation (post Kyoto protocol). |Read more

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    MCII/GIZ expert workshop: Climate risk insurance and integrated climate risk management

    On 11-12 April 2013, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) bring together key experts on weather risk insurance, disaster risk reduction and adaptation for a workshop on “Developing a Strategic Concept for the Implementation of Climate Risk Insurance in an Integrated Climate Risk Management Approach”. MCII is hosted at UNU-EHS. | Read more

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    Provincial Disaster Management Centre of Western Cape hosts 6th UNU-EHS PhD Block Course in South Africa

    UNU-EHS´s sixth PhD Block course in South Africa, organized in close collaboration with the University of the Free State - Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (UFS-DiMTEC) took place from 28 January to 5 February 2013. For the first time, the course was held at the Provincial Disaster Management Centre of the Western Cape. |Read more

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    Addressing the plight of people displaced across borders in the context of natural disasters

    Professor Walter Kälin discusses The Nansen Initiative at UNU-EHS

    On 4 March 2013 UNU-EHS hosted a lecture by Professor Walter Kälin, Envoy of the Chairmanship of the Nansen Initiative. Esteemed scholars and experts were present from a number of relevant institutions, including the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn University, Osnabrück University, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). | Read more

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    Call for application: WASCAL regional Master's research program

    WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused programme designed to tackle climate change and enhance the resilience of human and environmental systems to climate change and increased variability. This is a call for qualified candidates to apply for the Master's research program in climate change and education for the 2013-2014 academic session. Application deadline: 31 May 2013. |Read more

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    Lecture: World Water Day on water cooperation

    We cordially invite you to the next Water Lecture on Thursday, 21 March 2013 on the topic of "World Water Day on Water Cooperation: Challenges and opportunities". A panel consisting of high-level experts from government and UN agencies will discuss various forms of water cooperation as well as potential challenges and opportunities of water cooperation at different levels and settings. The lecture takes place at 4 p.m. at ZEF (right conference room).

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