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CBD-COP 13 RCE Side Event: Education through Multistakeholder Partnerships in implementing the Biodiversity Agenda
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - 13th Conference of Parties (COP13) will be held in Cancun 4-17 December, 2016. An RCE side event 'Education through Multistakeholder Partnerships in implementing the Biodiversity Agenda' is planned during the first week of COP. The event is jointly organized by UNU-IAS, the Global RCE network and the UNESCO GAP programme.
Community Engagement Beyond Campus Borders: RCE Greater Portland and UNU-IAS at AASHE
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Annual Conference and Expo was held in Baltimore, USA, 9-12 October. The theme of this year’s conference Beyond the Campus emphasized the service role higher education institutions play in their local/regional communities and in the global community in the production and dissemination of knowledge.
IPBES 2nd Capacity Building Forum sees Capacity Building Rolling Plan take shape
The 2nd IPBES Capacity Building Forum took place in New York on 23 September 2016.
During the technical session of the IPBES* Capacity Building forum in the morning, participants discussed the Capacity Building Rolling plan at length. Apart from the IPBES Chair, the Secretary and IPBES taskforce members and members from the technical support units, various UN organizations and other stakeholder groups attended the meeting.
UNEP holds Regional Symposium on the Integrated Approach for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
With the approval and start of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the government of Brazil, has recently held a Regional Symposium on the Integrated Approach for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.