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UNESCO Training Pushes for Wide-Ranging Education Data
August 09, 2017
As part of its efforts to obtain global data on the progress of improving education systems in line with the UN "sustainable development" agenda, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a workshop in Mexico City in May to train authorities on statistical techniques needed to procure education data.
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UNESCO Trains Policymakers on "Inclusive Education"
August 09, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a meeting in Peru in May training education policymakers on ensuring "inclusive schools" in their countries in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Agency Seeks Gender-Based Approach to Disasters
August 09, 2017
UN Women has launched a new program, called "Gender Inequality of Risk," through which it will seek a gender-mainstreaming approach to responses to large-scale disasters, including those brought on by global warming.
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Development Banks Partner on "Climate Resilience"
August 09, 2017
In May, the European Investment Bank signed a $110 million financing agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank to fund efforts toward "climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience projects" in the Caribbean.
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UN Promotes "Adaptation Plans" on Climate, SDGs
August 09, 2017
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently held a Technical Expert Meeting on Adaptation in Bonn, Germany, at which government and other participants discussed how to integrate the UN's broad agendas on global warming, "sustainable development," and disaster risk reduction into a single social and environmental policy framework.
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