What topics will you cover? Gender inequality in relation to water: How and why do women and girls bear the brunt of water scarcity? Is water a human right? How has the human right to water been defined? What is the reality? Is water a commodity to be bought and sold for a profit? How has globalization affected access to water for the people? How do nations work together to forge bilateral or multi-lateral agreements promoting access to water?

The Environment and Development Division, Environment and Development Policy Section internship is for a period of two to six months depending on the needs of the division. The internship is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work five days per week (37.5 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the division or office to which they are assigned. Environment and Development Policy Section plays a leading role in facilitating the analysis…

This mini e-course aims to increase the involvement of climate experts from developing countries in the IPCC reports. The course enables first-time reviewers and early career climate experts to understand how the IPCC works and how to contribute to its draft reports by providing review comments on chapters. It is particularly important that reviewers from developing countries with much regional and local knowledge bring their expertise into the…

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Chief of Party, Biodiversity Conservation to be based in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Chief of Party (COP) provides overall vision and leadership for the USAID Vietnam Biodiversity Conservation Activity. The COP directs the project’s core team of staff and partners responsible for planning, coordination, design, and delivery of all project activities. The COP…

El cambio climático es un proceso de larga gestación con efectos graves de magnitud todavía incierta. Esta maestría dota a los egresados con las metodologías, técnicas y enfoques más avanzados para ofrecer soluciones pertinentes y viables al conjunto social pero, en especial, a los agentes económicos, sociales y políticos. El objetivo de la maestría es contribuir a la preparación de especialistas en el campo del desarrollo sustentable, capaces de…

El Desarrollo Sostenible es el paradigma de desarrollo que la región visualiza como el modelo a buscar. Es el gran reto que se plantea a la humanidad de entender y asumir un proceso de cambio y transición para alcanzar nuevas formas de producir, así mismo reconoce que el crecimiento debe ser inclusivo y al mismo tiempo ambientalmente racional para poder reducir la pobreza y generar prosperidad, tanto para quienes viven en el planeta en el…

Under the guidance of the Head, Indo-Burma Group (IBG), the HO will manage the personnel and finances of the Lao Programme to ensure effective and timely development, planning, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of an integrated and coherent programme. The HO will assist the Head IBG in developing new project concepts and proposals, and in monitoring performance in achieving programmatic and financial objectives. Programme and Project…

How do we achieve water security for everyone? Over the next 30 years it is estimated that 80% of the world’s population will live in areas with high levels of water scarcity. How do we manage this so that we can ensure global water security for both people and ecosystems? On this course, you’ll have an introduction to the challenges of water security and find out why human activity and environmental issues are putting increasing pressure on our…

Si en el mundo existe tanta agua dulce, 35 millones de km3 para ser exactos, ¿cómo es posible que hoy más de 750 millones de personas no tengan acceso al agua? Al mismo tiempo, el continente americano cuenta con el 31% de las reservas de agua dulce del mundo. ¿Es posible que los países que conforman América Latina puedan aprovechar esta situación y transformarla en una gran oportunidad? A partir de la identificación de los riesgos materializados…

En la actualidad existen diversas formas de consumo de energía que no han sido implementadas completamente en la región y que impactan distintos contextos como residencial, industrial, transporte, comercial y de servicios, por ejemplo, un alto porcentaje de la energía que consumimos en los hogares podría reducirse si cambiáramos las prácticas diarias de uso sin impactar fuertemente la calidad de vida. Este curso en línea enseña cómo se puede…

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. WFP's strategy in Djibouti is aligned with Djibouti Vision 2035 and…

Description Established in 1944, the WBG is one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for development solutions. In fiscal year 2018, the WBG committed $67 billion in loans, grants, equity investments and guarantees to its members and private businesses, of which $24 billion was concessional finance to its poorest members. It is governed by 188-member countries and delivers services out of 120 offices with nearly 15,000 staff…

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work, carried out at headquarters, regional and country office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network…

The main role of Natural Resource Management (NRM) Officer, in coordination with the project teams and partners, is to ensure efficient field implementation of the CHTWCA activities with focus on participatory management of forests including VCFs, RFs and PAs and their associated watersheds. The incumbent, under supervision of Chief Technical Specialist (CTS), Forest and Watershed Management and in close coordination with the concerned CHTWCA and…

This programme focuses on how land and natural resources are accessed, managed and how these aspects contribute to, or hinder the development of equitable and sustainable cities. The governance and management of land, water and natural resources are fundamental to how cities work and how human settlements develop. In this programme you will address complex land issues including settlement informality, displacement and gentrification. Graduates…

Learn about the best environmental technologies for a sustainable development and how they are managed in various settings around the world. This course gives you an opportunity to learn about global trends that influence our environment and the living conditions and how different management systems and approaches that are used around the world to manage the environment. This includes current environmental technologies built for the environment…

Applications for the 2020 DAAD In-Country / In-Region Scholarships is now open. The Scholarship aims at fostering strong, internationally oriented higher education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa with the capacity to contribute to sustainable development. To this end, scholarships are granted for development-related Master or doctoral studies for individuals who plan to pursue a career in teaching and/or research at a higher education institution…

The mission of the United Nations University (UNU) is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), established in December 2003, is part of the UNU system, a worldwide network of Research and Training Institutes. Its mission is to advance…

The focus of this Master Programme is to educate students by providing knowledge of the complex relationships between the atmosphere, hydrosphere (ocean), cryosphere (ice region) and solid earth (land). Gaining experience in the application of experimental methods relevant for environmental physics at an advanced level, numerical data analysis using supercomputers and data interpretation via sophisticated models are study objectives. This Master…

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, Freising-Weihenstephan and Dover, Singapore. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology. TUM's alumni include 17 Nobel laureates, 18 Leibniz Prize winners and 22 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow Members. In…