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

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

The PRIMA Foundation congratulated the consortium during the final evaluation meeting held on 30 January 2026. Coordinated by the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), SURENEXUS concludes after three and a half years with the AI WEFE Nexus Tool and five Mediterranean demonstration cases. The tool provides a traceable framework for assessing water, energy, food and ecosystem trade-offs and, for agricultural applications, integrates F

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

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 has contributed to two new articles in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ,...

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...

The Web Summit Qatar 2025, held in Doha from February 23 to 26, welcomed a record 25,747 attendees from 124 countries, solidifying its...

On February 13th, a team from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), including Pau Fonseca, Olga Lucia Sánchez, and Jordi...

The WEFE NEXUS International Conference , themed “Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future,” took place on 11-12 February...