18 September 2017
SDG Short Course II on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2017
UNU-GTP, KenGen and GDC will be hosting SDG Short Course II on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 9-29 November, at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
15 September 2017
Celebrating graduation from UNU-LRT six-month training programme
On 13 September, UNU-LRT celebrated the graduation of 14 fellows from the annual six-month training programme. The graduates come from eight countries in Africa and Asia: Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia, Niger, Uganda and Uzbekistan. With the graduating fellows of 2017, the total number of graduated fellows from the Land Restoration Training Programme has reached 101 fellows, 46 women and 55 men.
14 September 2017
More exciting lectures
Tomorrow, Friday September 15th our guest lecturer, Ray Hilborn, will conclude his series of lectures at the UNU-FTP with two very exiting talks. They will take place at the UNU-FTP headquarters, Skúlagötu 4, 1st floor in the afternoon from 13:00 until 15:30.
13 September 2017
Ray Hilborn lectures tomorrow
Tomorrow morning September 14th our guest lecturer this year, the world renowned marine biologist Ray Hilborn, will give his first two lectures in a series of four.
11 September 2017
Celebrating with former fellows
This year is the 20th anniversary of UNU-FTP. We mark this in various ways, for example by inviting 22 former fellows to take part in the World Seafood Congress (WSC) and the Fisheries Exhibition (Icefish) held in Iceland this week.
10 September 2017
Climate change and agriculture explored in the Wikigender University online article series
Wikigender University online article series by UNU-GEST fellows from the class of 2017 continues. Kevin Ogbajie from Nigeria writes about Supporting Rural Women’s Access to Agricultural Finance in Nigeria and Filipe Mate explores the impact of droughts on adolescent girls in Mozambique.