SureNexus General Meeting in Athens
From October 23rd to 25th, 2024, partners from the SureNexus PRIMA project gathered at the National Technical University of Athens to...
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Oct 182 min read
WEFE NEXUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future
The WEFE NEXUS International Conference , themed “Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future,” will be held on 11-12 February...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 162 min read
WAMUNET Living Water Museum (UNESCO-IHP) in the Colombian Massif.
The UNESCO Chair oN Sustainability at UPC, led by Dr. Jordi Morató, will be responsible for the creation of the WAMUNET Living Water...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 11 min read
New Board of Directors for UNESCO Chair on Sustainability
A new Board of Directors was established in February 2024, comprising a distinguished group of experts renowned for their contributions...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 251 min read
Greenadapt Project - Visit to the leachate treatment wetlands demonstration plants
The team from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC visited the leachate treatment wetlands of the Greenadapt project at the Xiloga...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 47 min read
UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at IHP Council Week in Paris
The UNESCO Chair in Sustainability is participating in the 26th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of the Intergovernmental...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 218 min read
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC at the 10th World Water Forum
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated in and co-organized various events at the 10th World Water Forum in Bali,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 121 min read
Tourism, Territory, and Society Conference
On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the VIII Tourism, Territory, and Society Conference will take place at the Jardins de Cap Roig Auditorium in...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Apr 122 min read
Mobile Application of the Alliances Project for Climate and Health Emergency: Technological Innovation in Service of the Community.
ALIANZASapp mobile application aims to streamline and strengthen communication between territorial entities and participating communities...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Apr 122 min read
UNESCO Chair and EPM sign agreement to strengthen the Nutabe indigenous community in Antioquia
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC, in collaboration with the Public Enterprises of Medellín (EPM), has signed an agreement to...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 231 min read
"SURENEXUS" Project on the Management of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean Region
The SureNexus project made up of 15 partners from 7 Mediterranean countries (Spain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt),...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 232 min read
"SURENEXUS" European Project on the Management of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean Region
The Unesco Chair on Sustainability at the UPC Campus ESEIAAT Terrassa, coordinates the European project SureNexus, which seeks to ensure...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 14, 20231 min read
LIFE Greenadapt project - Visit to treatment wetlands pilot site in Galicia
The experts from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability (UPC) in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) visited (December 14th to 16th, 2023) the pilot...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 6, 20231 min read
SURENEXUS PRIMA project presentation in the Ecomondo Expo
SURENEXUS PRIMA project was presented in the Ecomondo Expo, in Rimini, Italy, from November 5 to 8, in a special session on WATER...
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Oct 23, 20233 min read
Meeting of the UNESCO PHI-LAC Working Group on Education and Water Cultures
A delegation from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated from October 23 to 25, 2023. During the meeting, it was agreed...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Workshop: Circular Economy, fashion or necessity?
This coming Tuesday, October 17, the Workshop on Circular Economy will be held virtually, organized by the Metropolitan Area of the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Aug 30, 20232 min read
Linking the UNESCO Chair with the Autonomous Indigenous Intercultural University (UAIIN)
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC met on 8/30/2023 with representatives and technicians from the Autonomous Indigenous...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 19, 20234 min read
SureNexus delegation visit to Tunisia Demosite
A delegation from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC and the INRA research institute from Morocco visited the Tunisia...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC) in Athens
The Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC) within the framework of the HydroUSA project was held in Athens, Greece 7-9 June...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 4, 20232 min read
Online Workshop Accelerating Transition in Urban Areas
On May 11, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, the Association for the Sustainability and...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 4, 20231 min read
Water and Culture on Islands
On May 4-6 2023 the Workshop Water and Culture on Islands, Looking at the Balearic Islands, the Mediterranean and Beyonds was held in...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 30, 20224 min read
Intercoonecta Course "Ancestral Hydrotechnologies as a Response to Climate Emergencies" Award
The steering committee of the course "Ancestral hydrotechnologies as a response to the climate, health and food emergency", which took...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 27, 20222 min read
Urban green infrastructures and public space in Latin America and the Caribbean
The book "Ecological Design: Strategies for the Vulnerable City. Urban green infrastructures and public space in Latin America and the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 14, 20222 min read
4th International Conference of the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET)
The international conference of the Global Network of Water Museums WAMU-NET was held from October 26 to 28, 2022 in Marrakech - Morocco,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Collaboration of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC with Grundfos
Within the framework of the PRIMA SureNexus project, the visit of 2 researchers from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC to the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Participation in the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Workshop
Jordi Morató, coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, participated in the development of the workshop, coordinated...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Cooperation agreement between Salvador de Bahía and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC
On November 17, 2022, Daniel Crespo Arteaga, rector of the UPC University, and the vice-mayor of Salvador de Bahía (Brazil), Ana Paula...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Visit of the SURENEXUS coordinating team to the Regional Agronomic Research Center (INRA)
The coordination of the SURENEXUS project, the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, carried out a field visit to the Menzeh...
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Oct 10, 20221 min read
Start of the Nature-Based Solutions Diploma
On October 8th, 2022, the Diploma NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF VULNERABILITY IN URBAN WATERSHEDS AND AS A RESPONSE TO THE...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 2, 20221 min read
Circular cities and circular solutions in the built environment
Next October 6 at 12 noon, in online format, the session of the Circular Economy Cycle of Funseam and Fundación Repsol will be held,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Governance and transition to a circular economy in Public Water Services
The UNESCO Chair on Sustanability - UPC at Technical University of Catalunya and SDU.Resilience at the University of Southern Denmark...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Human Rights, Biocultural Heritage and Resilience of Resistance
Professor Maria Alejandra Taborda, from the University of Córdoba from Colombia, joins the advisory board of the UNESCO Chair on...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Renewal of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UNESCO agrees to renew the Agreement established on 17 May 2018, for four years, until 17 May 2026. According to the UNESCO, "We are...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 24, 20223 min read
Life GreenAdapt. Adapting Landfill sites to the challenges of extreme weather and Climate Change
As global temperatures rise and the world sees more episodes of extreme weather, adaptation to climate change and a more efficient use of...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 23, 20222 min read
Signing of the Agreement between the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano ITM and the UPC
On July 21, 2022, the agreement was signed between the UPC and the Metropolitan Technological Institute (ITM). The agreement is made...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Aliances for climate and sanitary emergency in the Aburrá Valley, Colombia
Progress Update concerning activities carried out within the framework of the project selected by the Programme for Cooperation on Global...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jan 26, 20221 min read
Building Resilient Cities: Climate Change and Health Interlinkages
New publication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Download the 3rd COTEC Circular Economy Report
On Thursday, January 13, at 12:00 hours, the third edition of our report "The Circular Economy in Spain", coordinated by the UNESCO...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Approved a new project: SureNexus EU-PRIMA
The SURENEXUS proposal coordinated by the UNESCO Chair in Sustainability at the UPC, with 17 partners from 8 Mediterranean countries, has...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 16, 20211 min read
UNESCOSOST exhibition: Interrelation between agricultural producers in Terrassa and Puebla (Mexic)
The exhibition is presented from November 15 to 28 at the Escola Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial, Aeroespacial i Audiovisual de Terrassa...
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Nov 14, 20212 min read
Congress on Innovation and Projects for Sustainable Development
FLACAM and the FLACAM UNITWIN network / UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Development proposes this Pre-Congress and Virtual Congress and...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 18, 20213 min read
From low carbon buildings to sustainable cities
A new PhD thesis was completed by Guillermo Penagos last July 6th, 2021, entitled "From Low Carbon Buildings to Sustainable Cities....
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 18, 20215 min read
A shift in the waste sector: LIFE GREEN ADAPT increases the resilience of EU waste infrastructure
The European Union has awarded 3M€ to the LIFE GREEN ADAPT project to increase resilience to climate change of waste infrastructures by...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Mar 7, 20211 min read
Register now for the first Best Practices event on Ancestral Hydrotechnologies
You can now register for the first Best Practices event on Ancestral Hydrotechnologies for climate, health and food emergency -Case...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Mar 6, 20217 min read
Interview with Sergio Martos Rosillo from the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain
The expert spoke about ancestral systems for water management in Latin America and its benefits for global challenges such as the climate...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Women, Science and Technology Congress returns in virtual format
The objective of the meeting is asses the role of women in science during March 25 and 26. The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability is...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Exploring creatibity in Brasil with Transcriativa
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability makes an agreement with the TRANSCRIATIVA initiative in Brazil, to register creativity and social...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 10, 20201 min read
A Low-tech Plastic Recycle Experience for Social Transformation
UNESCO Chair on Sustainability and Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brasil), lead project that allow the transformation of plactic into...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 7, 20201 min read
UNESCOSOST and ODACC Internacional: an alliance for virtual environmental training
With the participation of 9 thousand people on the Odacc virtual platform, the presentation by Jordi Morató, director of the UNESCO Chair...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Mar 6, 20202 min read
UNESCOSOST alliances in Honduras
Urban planning, floating cities and good practices for the construction industry, were the topics that occupied the Chair's agenda during...
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