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Jan 24 min read
Happy New Year 2025!!
Thank you for sharing another year of research, training, knowledge transfer, struggles, shared solidarity, and advocacy! We wish you a...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 21, 20242 min read
Inauguration of the 'Virtual Water Museum of Terrassa'
On December 19, the city of Terrassa witnessed the inauguration of the Virtual Water Museum of Terrassa, a project resulting from the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 12, 20243 min read
UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at COP16 on Desertification in Riyadh
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated in COP16 on Desertification in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), from December 6 to 10, 2024,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 11, 20242 min read
New Deadline for the Call for Abstracts!! WEFE NEXUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future
The WEFE NEXUS International Conference , themed “Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future,” will be held on 11-12 February...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Presentation of the WAMUNET-UNESCO Water Museum on the Cauca Region at the COP16 Meeting
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC has participated in COP16 in Cali, Colombia, by coordinating the project for the Living Water...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 20, 20241 min read
Al Madinah Region Authority Signs MOU with UNESCO Chair at Smart City Expo
On November 6, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Al Madinah Region Development Authority and the UNESCO Chair on...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 28, 20242 min read
SureNexus General Meeting in Athens
From October 23rd to 25th, 2024, partners from the SureNexus PRIMA project gathered at the National Technical University of Athens to...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 16, 20242 min read
WAMUNET Living Water Museum (UNESCO-IHP) in the Colombian Massif.
The UNESCO Chair oN Sustainability at UPC, led by Dr. Jordi Morató, will be responsible for the creation of the WAMUNET Living Water...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 1, 20241 min read
New Board of Directors for UNESCO Chair on Sustainability
A new Board of Directors was established in February 2024, comprising a distinguished group of experts renowned for their contributions...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 8, 20246 min read
In Memoriam: Rosario Pastor, Charo
Last Friday our collaborator, friend, and beloved Rosario Pastor, Charo, left us. Rosario has been one of the most prominent figures at...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Greenadapt Project - Visit to the leachate treatment wetlands demonstration plants
The team from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC visited the leachate treatment wetlands of the Greenadapt project at the Xiloga...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 4, 20247 min read
UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at IHP Council Week in Paris
The UNESCO Chair in Sustainability is participating in the 26th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of the Intergovernmental...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 21, 20248 min read
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC at the 10th World Water Forum
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated in and co-organized various events at the 10th World Water Forum in Bali,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 12, 20241 min read
Tourism, Territory, and Society Conference
On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the VIII Tourism, Territory, and Society Conference will take place at the Jardins de Cap Roig Auditorium in...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Apr 23, 20241 min read
Master's Degree in Science and Technology of Sustainability
The next 15th of May 2024, there will be an informational session for the Sustainability Master's program, which will take place in...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Apr 12, 20242 min read
Mobile Application of the Alliances Project for Climate and Health Emergency: Technological Innovation in Service of the Community.
ALIANZASapp mobile application aims to streamline and strengthen communication between territorial entities and participating communities...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Apr 12, 20242 min read
UNESCO Chair and EPM sign agreement to strengthen the Nutabe indigenous community in Antioquia
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC, in collaboration with the Public Enterprises of Medellín (EPM), has signed an agreement to...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 23, 20241 min read
"SURENEXUS" Project on the Management of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean Region
The SureNexus project made up of 15 partners from 7 Mediterranean countries (Spain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt),...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 23, 20242 min read
"SURENEXUS" European Project on the Management of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean Region
The Unesco Chair on Sustainability at the UPC Campus ESEIAAT Terrassa, coordinates the European project SureNexus, which seeks to ensure...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 12, 20241 min read
INTIÑAM TRIVIA
Do you think you know everything about Ecuador? INTIÑAM TRIVIA is a question and answer game in Spanish, English and Kichwa, which...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Feb 12, 20241 min read
COSMOS Educational Museum
The National University of Education inaugurated the “UNEA Educational Cosmos Museum”, a space created with the main objective of...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 14, 20231 min read
LIFE Greenadapt project - Visit to treatment wetlands pilot site in Galicia
The experts from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability (UPC) in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) visited (December 14th to 16th, 2023) the pilot...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 6, 20231 min read
SURENEXUS PRIMA project presentation in the Ecomondo Expo
SURENEXUS PRIMA project was presented in the Ecomondo Expo, in Rimini, Italy, from November 5 to 8, in a special session on WATER...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 23, 20233 min read
Meeting of the UNESCO PHI-LAC Working Group on Education and Water Cultures
A delegation from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC participated from October 23 to 25, 2023. During the meeting, it was agreed...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Workshop: Circular Economy, fashion or necessity?
This coming Tuesday, October 17, the Workshop on Circular Economy will be held virtually, organized by the Metropolitan Area of the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Aug 30, 20232 min read
Linking the UNESCO Chair with the Autonomous Indigenous Intercultural University (UAIIN)
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC met on 8/30/2023 with representatives and technicians from the Autonomous Indigenous...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 19, 20234 min read
SureNexus delegation visit to Tunisia Demosite
A delegation from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC and the INRA research institute from Morocco visited the Tunisia...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 6, 20232 min read
Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC) in Athens
The Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC) within the framework of the HydroUSA project was held in Athens, Greece 7-9 June...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 4, 20232 min read
Online Workshop Accelerating Transition in Urban Areas
On May 11, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, the Association for the Sustainability and...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
May 4, 20231 min read
Water and Culture on Islands
On May 4-6 2023 the Workshop Water and Culture on Islands, Looking at the Balearic Islands, the Mediterranean and Beyonds was held in...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Mar 16, 20231 min read
X Congress on Legionella and Environmental Quality
The next 18 and 19 April 2023, at the Terrassa Municipal Auditorium, but also online, the tenth edition of the National Legionella and...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 30, 20223 min read
Main Conclusions - International Conference on Ancestral Hydrotechnologies
50 specialists from 21 countries and different fields of knowledge, met in Barcelona, from 16 to 17 February 2023, in the International...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 30, 20224 min read
Intercoonecta Course "Ancestral Hydrotechnologies as a Response to Climate Emergencies" Award
The steering committee of the course "Ancestral hydrotechnologies as a response to the climate, health and food emergency", which took...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 27, 20222 min read
Urban green infrastructures and public space in Latin America and the Caribbean
The book "Ecological Design: Strategies for the Vulnerable City. Urban green infrastructures and public space in Latin America and the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 14, 20222 min read
4th International Conference of the Global Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET)
The international conference of the Global Network of Water Museums WAMU-NET was held from October 26 to 28, 2022 in Marrakech - Morocco,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Dec 5, 20223 min read
UN-WATER Summit on Groundwater 2022 - Pre-Summit Side Events in Paris
Within the framework of the Pre-Summit of the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022, the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 23, 20221 min read
Collaboration of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC with Grundfos
Within the framework of the PRIMA SureNexus project, the visit of 2 researchers from the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC to the...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Participation in the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Workshop
Jordi Morató, coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, participated in the development of the workshop, coordinated...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Cooperation agreement between Salvador de Bahía and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC
On November 17, 2022, Daniel Crespo Arteaga, rector of the UPC University, and the vice-mayor of Salvador de Bahía (Brazil), Ana Paula...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Visit of the SURENEXUS coordinating team to the Regional Agronomic Research Center (INRA)
The coordination of the SURENEXUS project, the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at the UPC, carried out a field visit to the Menzeh...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Start of the Nature-Based Solutions Diploma
On October 8th, 2022, the Diploma NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF VULNERABILITY IN URBAN WATERSHEDS AND AS A RESPONSE TO THE...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Oct 2, 20221 min read
Circular cities and circular solutions in the built environment
Next October 6 at 12 noon, in online format, the session of the Circular Economy Cycle of Funseam and Fundación Repsol will be held,...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Governance and transition to a circular economy in Public Water Services
The UNESCO Chair on Sustanability - UPC at Technical University of Catalunya and SDU.Resilience at the University of Southern Denmark...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Human Rights, Biocultural Heritage and Resilience of Resistance
Professor Maria Alejandra Taborda, from the University of Córdoba from Colombia, joins the advisory board of the UNESCO Chair on...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Renewal of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UNESCO agrees to renew the Agreement established on 17 May 2018, for four years, until 17 May 2026. According to the UNESCO, "We are...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 24, 20223 min read
Life GreenAdapt. Adapting Landfill sites to the challenges of extreme weather and Climate Change
As global temperatures rise and the world sees more episodes of extreme weather, adaptation to climate change and a more efficient use of...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 24, 20222 min read
New UNESCOSOST Joint Office in Equador
With the recent renewal of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainability at UPC, all recently signed agreements for the creation of new UNESCOSOST...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jul 23, 20222 min read
Signing of the Agreement between the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano ITM and the UPC
On July 21, 2022, the agreement was signed between the UPC and the Metropolitan Technological Institute (ITM). The agreement is made...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 15, 20221 min read
Aliances for climate and sanitary emergency in the Aburrá Valley, Colombia
Progress Update concerning activities carried out within the framework of the project selected by the Programme for Cooperation on Global...
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TIC UNESCOSOST
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Resilient Cities in La Salle Summer School 2022
A 3 week course on "Resilient Cities: Re-thinking Urban Transformation for Climate Emergency in a Circular Economy Framework" will be...
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