Other Event Archive

• The economic impacts of large dams: a comparative analysis of the Nile and Colorado Rivers – 6th June 2022

  The Colorado River and the Nile River are both undergoing dramatic transformations. Throughout the last century and continuing today, major infrastructure developments have played a pivotal role in shaping the regional economies, livelihoods and environmental conditions of these two critical transbo...

• HESI+10 Webinar Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into higher education – 1st June 2022

  The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) is an open partnership between several United Nations entities and the higher education community launched in the run up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 in 2012).   Each year, HESI organizes a global forum a...

• HESI+10 webinars: Webinar 2 - Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into higher education – 31st May 2022

  For the implementation of the SDGs to have the greatest impact, they must be interwoven and mainstreamed into national policies, plans and strategies. This notion also applies to programmes, curricula, and strategies of Higher education institutions (HEIs), which act as hubs for innovation and criti...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Leased Assets – 26th May 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• Sustainability Science Days conference 2022: Systemic Transformations to Sustainable Futures – 18th May 2022 to 19th May 2022

  The Sustainability Science Days is an international, two-day conference organised jointly by Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and Aalto University on 18-19.5.2022.  This year the conference will focus on the theme of systemic transformations to sustainable futures in a global...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Waste-Related Emissions – 12th May 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• Adaptation limits and prospects for people & ecosystems: findings from the IPCC (WGII) report – 10th May 2022

  The IPCC WG1 has already established that human-induced global warming has reached over 1C and is continuing to rise, demonstrating that climate change is not only a threat in the future, but also right now. Now, the IPCC WG2 report extensively assesses the ‘widespread adverse impacts and rela...

• HESI+10 Global Forum:Webinar 1 - Transformation of higher education post COVID-19 – 27th April 2022

  Webinar 1 - Transformation of higher education post COVID-19, 27 April, 09 - 10.30 AM (EDT) The disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused to societies, including in the education sector, is unprecedented. The webinar will explore how the pandemic has transformed higher education’s a...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Transportation and Distribution – 27th April 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Investments – 13th April 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• Energy: Spending, Saving and Supporting Carbon Reduction – 12th April 2022

  With energy prices at a record high, and still going up, organisations are feeling the squeeze on budgets.  What should we do? Join us on 12th April 2022 14.00-15.00 to explore: The reasons behind the hike in energy pricing and what we can expect for the future Considerations and focus area...

• Race Equality Colloquium 2022 – 31st March 2022

  Racial discrimination in higher education continues to exist. With the sector’s focus on structural and institutional racism, we see growing tensions arising from differing cultural, ethnic and other identities, both on campus and in wider society.    By way of keynotes, panel sessions and w...

• Investing in Nature: Lessons from Greater Manchester (IGNITION project) – 29th March 2022 to 30th March 2022

  We are in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis. There is a huge gap in financing that must be addressed if we are to secure a safe and resilient future for our communities. Seeking to address this gap, the IGNITION project was set up with the mission to shed light on the value of nature-ba...

• Towards a more sustainable future: what can HE Leadership do to get there? – 29th March 2022

  2022 is a critical year for higher education and Agenda 2030, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are less than ten years away from the deadline set for Agenda 2030 and much remains to be done. With the world facing various crises bringing a multitude of challenges and oppor...

• Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Business Travel – 29th March 2022

  Part of the UN Global Compact Network UK interactive, nine-part ‘Reducing Scope 3 Emissions’ webinar series. To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of topical webinars exploring how companies can t...

• How Should Future Business Leaders Confront Climate Change?: An Interactive Seminar – 24th March 2022

  What is your business school teaching about climate change? What should it teach? How should it teach? Join this discussion about how to teach climate leadership in business schools. Learn about a comprehensive, systemic model for teaching climate leadership, a decade in the making, and discuss how ...

• "Getting to a fusion pilot plant: a perspective from the US" with Prof Steve Cowley – 23rd March 2022

  Fusion could, if developed, play a major role as a major "firm" addressable power source in the future decarbonised energy supply. However, considerable innovation is needed to bring it to market. The US National Academy has recently called for the US to adopt a strategy to produce fusion electri...

• AoC Annual Climate Change, Sustainability and Green Skills Conference: By The Sector, For The Sector – 23rd March 2022

  Students across the world are identifying the climate emergency as the main issue facing society today, urging immediate collaborative action at scale and pace. This year, AoC’s second Climate Change, Sustainability and Green Skills Conference will bring together key speakers from across the c...

• “What role for science in achieving Net Zero?â€� with Prof Paul Monks – 17th March 2022

  Under the Paris Agreement, 197 countries have agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 °C and make efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C. and on 13 November 2021, COP26 concluded in Glasgow with all countries agreeing the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep 1.5C alive and finalise the outstandi...

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action – 16th March 2022 to 17th March 2022

  This conference offers an opportunity to think deeply and creatively about what it means to be an inclusive institution, to explore models of inclusion that challenge traditional concepts of leadership and agency, and to share innovative practice around collaboration, co-ownership, allyship and soli...