21 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender and Negotiation Techniques
Learn how to become a better negotiator while taking account of gendered dimensions. A short course in gender and negotiation techniques will be offered in Reykjavik from 29 February to 2 March 2016.
19 December 2015
Palestinian Ambassador visits UNU-GEST
Dr. Amal A. Jadou, Palestinian Ambassador and Assistant Minister on European Affairs, visited UNU-GEST on 18 December 2015. Ambassador Jadou met with UNU-GEST staff and received an introduction of the school, its mission and collaboration with Palestine.
18 December 2015
Season´s greetings
The year 2015 will soon come to an end and 2016 is about to commence. This was a productive year for UNU-LRT and we thank our collaborators for good cooperation in 2015 and wish you all a prosperous New Year 2016 and success in raising awareness of the importance of combating land degradation and restoring degraded land.
14 December 2015
MSc lecture by Tufwane Mwagomba
Tufwane Mwagomba, M.Sc. Fellow in Engineering at Reykjavík University will give a lecture on his MSc project on Thursday, 17th December 2015 at 10:00 in room V102 at Reykjavik University.
11 December 2015
Side event at the Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris
UNU-LRT participated in a side event at the Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, this week. The title of the side event was Desertification and Land Restoration – The Climate Connection. The side event focused on the challenges of land degradation, the goal of a land degradation-neutral world, the benefits of soil carbon sequestration and the importance of land restoration capacity building. UNU-LRT Director, Dr Hafdis Hanna Aegisdottir, gave a talk on the importance of training people to become change agents in order to combat land degradation, restore degraded land and mitigate and adapt to climate change. Ms Monique Barbut, the Executive Secretary of UNCCD, linked climate change and land degradation neutrality in her talk and emphasized the importance of land for us to be able to reach the goals of the other Rio conventions (CBD and FCCC) and for reaching the Global Goals.
9 December 2015
Short course in Reykjavik: Gender-responsive budgeting
A short course on gender-responsive budgeting will be offered at the University of Iceland campus from 15 to 18 February 2016. The course introduces core concepts and underpinning principles for gender-responsive work, practices, policy processes, instruments, tools and strategies.