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 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...

On February 10th, the SureNexus project team held a pivotal one-day meeting at the INRA Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. The SureNexus...

The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated in COP16 on Desertification in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), from December 6 to 10, 2024,...

On November 6, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Al Madinah Region Development Authority and the UNESCO Chair on...

From October 23rd to 25th, 2024, partners from the SureNexus PRIMA project gathered at the National Technical University of Athens to...

The team from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC visited the leachate treatment wetlands of the Greenadapt project at the Xiloga...