The Organization has extended the validity of the agreement with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya until 30 June 2030. The renewal opens a new four-year cycle for the UNESCOSOST programme and its network of joint offices, and follows a 2022–2025 period that closes with 4,228 people trained from 36 countries, 14 research projects and a consolidated network of sixteen offices. An agreement in force until 30 June 2030 UNESCO has informed the Universitat Politècnica de Cat

Supervised by Professor Jordi Morató Farreras at the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability of the UPC, the research proposes an adaptive framework combining artificial intelligence, digital twins, and participatory processes to assess circularity in socio-ecological and technical systems. On July 17, Brent Villanueva Escobedo defended his doctoral thesis, Design and Application of an AI-Enabled Adaptive Framework for Assessing Circularity in Socio-Ecological and Technical Systems (S

The SIRENA consortium met in Athens on 1–3 July 2026 to launch a three-year PRIMA project focused on nature-based water resilience. The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability and Inlab group at UPC leads the development of the AI WEFE Nexus scenario-modelling tool and co-leads the participatory NbS selection widget, while four bilateral meetings opened new lines of technical and scientific cooperation. The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UP

A delegation from the Municipality of Popayán and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC presented an innovative proposal at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to integrate urban heritage, water, resilience and territory, and to explore its potential as a replicable model for other historic cities. On 19 May 2026, a delegation led by the Mayor of Popayán, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and the Director of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC),

José Luis Martín Bordes, collaborator of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and responsible for Partnerships for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services, participated in the Global Workshop on the Use of New Technologies and Innovations for Monitoring, Assessment and Data-sharing in Transboundary Basins, held in Geneva on 5–6 May 2026. The workshop was organized under the framework of the United Nations Water Convention, ser

Dr Jordi Morató, Director of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), participated in the International Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Environmental and Economic Landscape, held in Sousse, Tunisia, from 9 to 11 April 2026. The workshop, chaired by Prof. Ali Gharsallah from the Microwave & Electronics Research Laboratory (MERLAB) of the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, brought

WAMU-NET (UNESCO-IHP) confirms the incorporation of the Cauca Museum as a full member of the Network of Water Museums. This recognition consolidates the Living Water and Biodiversity Museum of the Colombian Massif as a leading reference in water heritage, education, and territorial action, and strengthens its connection to UNESCO-IHP’s international agenda. WAMU-NET (the Global Network of Water Museums, linked to UNESCO-IHP) has officially confirmed the incorporation of the L

The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated as an invited speaker in the regional workshop “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWRM) for GCC Countries” , convened by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) in Kuwait on 16–17 December 2025 . The agenda covered AI fundamentals and applied themes including AI in desalination and wastewater treatment, machine learning for demand forecasting, predictive maintenance for

The event “Wastewater as a Solution”, a flagship event of GWWI, was organized during UNEA-7 (December 10th, 2025) as part of the activities led by the Source-to-Sea Pollution Unit. The event highlighted wastewater as both a resource and a solution, demonstrating how it can transform challenges into opportunities, and showcased practical and scalable examples from ongoing programmes, initiatives, and projects that illustrate innovative approaches to sustainable wastewater mana

Dr. Jordi Morató and Mg. Olga Lucía Sánchez represented the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) Regional Consultation in Vienna (10 December 2025), supporting regional cooperation, science-based decision-making, and open hydrological data for resilient water governance Across the region, many countries are facing growing challenges in maintaining strong linkages between hydrological science and practical water management

The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC contributed to the XIX World Water Congress in Marrakech (1–5 December 2025) through active engagement in the official Natural–Economy–Water (NEW) Nexus dialogue, and by co-organising a dedicated side event on AI for WEFE Nexus assessment that connected scientific innovation with practical pathways for policy and implementation, strengthening the science–policy–practice interface for more resilient and integrated water governance. T

The LIFE GREEN ADAPT project continues to make significant progress toward developing and demonstrating innovative, climate-resilient waste management solutions, with recent milestones including its final project meeting and Innovation Workshop in Galicia, Spain, showcasing key technological results, stakeholder engagement activities, and plans for post-project continuation. For a full read of the 4th Newsletter in Resources please click here

Organized within the framework of the agreement between the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability (UPC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and with the collaboration of Aarhus University in Denmark, the LIFE GreenAdapt project ( https://lifegreenadapt.com/ ), and the SureNexus Project ( https://surenexus.eu ), this online course (in Spanish) is designed for Latin America and is 100% action-oriented. Its dual focus is: i) the recovery of resources—water, energy, nut

The INRA and UNESCOSOST teams, within the SureNexus project, convened a multi-stakeholder meeting in Rabat–Kenitra (Morocco) on 23 July...

The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability (UPC) participated in the 7th IWA International Conference on Ecotechnologies for Wastewater...

In the framework of the 50th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and 60 years of UNESCO Water Sciences, the...

On May 27, 2025, the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC hosted an exclusive event at Casa Batlló in Barcelona, organized within the...

With the participation of Prof. Dr. Hani Sewilam, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation , in the opening session, the WEFE Nexus in...

On April 9th, 2025, at the prestigious Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC 2025) , Dr. Jordi Morató — Director of the UNESCO Chair on...

Our new article in Blue Papers – Water & Heritage for Sustainable Development (2025) shows how ancestral hydrotechnologies can...