If your school is in South East Asia and has implemented activities to reduce energy consumption within the school, you are invited to participate in the 2016 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award. This will give you the opportunity to be recognised as a model of best practices in Energy Conservation and to promote ESD across South East Asia. Deadline for submission is 25 November 2016.

April 24, 2016 Kim Smith, Jamie Stamberger, and Kyoko Shiota RCE Greater Portland

When RCE Greater Portland formed its regional network in 2013, its coordinators wanted to know if there was an ideal governance structure that Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on ESD had discovered. With the current acknowledgement of 146 RCEs by the UNU-IAS around the world, there remains a paucity of research on whether a particular form of governance has been identified as most effective.

The IPBES task force and technical support unit on capacity-building are pleased to invite you to watch the recorded webinar in the pilot of the IPBES Webinar Series.

The webinar  "The IPBES Assessment Process" from 7 April 2016 is now online here. 

In this webinar, the IPBES task force and technical support unit partnered with Ivar Baste, IPBES Bureau member and co-chair of the IPBES task force on capacity-building.

“Low-Carbon Sustainable Lifestyles: scaling up and mainstreaming innovative approaches”

Submission deadline: Sunday 13th March 2016 11.59 pm Paris time

Early this year an online platform was launched by the United Nations to assist cities to become more sustainable. It aims to identify challenges that are having an impact on urban development across the world. The launch of the Smart Sustainable Cities online community comes ahead of the first World Smart City Forum to be held in Singapore in July.

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The Climate Change Challenge Badge is designed to help children and young people understand the vital role our climate plays in supporting life on Earth and how our daily lives impact the Earth’s climate.

Most of all the Challenge Badge will help you better understand why climate change matters and motivate you to take action and become positive drivers of change in your communities and within international arenas.

Find it online at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5216e.pdf

 The 10 Year Framework on Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production launched the 5th call for proposals on Sustainable Buildings and Construction. Governments and NGOs in developing countries and countries with economies in transition are invited to submit proposals. Up to USD 500,000 are available to support up to 3 project proposals.