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Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for allSDG 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girlsSDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for allSDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for allSDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsSDG 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable developmentSDG 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity lossSDG 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levelsABCDEFGHIJ (-)KLMNOPQRSTUVYZYear Filter 2024202320222021 NewsTowards the removal of sites in East Africa from the List of World Heritage in Danger21 April 2024 NewsUNESCO and Lukenya University planted 10,000 trees in Amboseli's Biosphere Reserve5 April 2024 NewsHigh-level meeting between WATSAN DPG and Kenyan Water Ministry15 March 2024 NewsUNESCO visits GRÓ Geothermal Training Programme (GTP) course for Africa30 January 2024 NewsOn November 16, a special Partnership's Hub session "Associations and Clubs for UNESCO as a driving force for a sustainable future" was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.12 December 2023 NewsSummary of some of main activities of UNESCO Almaty conducted in 20231 December 2023 NewsGathering of African Librarians charts bold path towards UN SDGs30 October 2023 NewsEmpowering Change: Highlights from the High-Level Regional Workshop on Gender Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction in Eastern Africa by UNESCO 11 September 2023 NewsUNESCO launches a new regional project on Cryosphere in Central Asia24 July 2023 NewsWomen-led research teams receive unique catalyst grants for climate action17 November 2022 NewsThird meeting on groundwater cooperation in the frame of Tashkent area Transboundary Aquifer held in Almaty2 November 2022 NewsUNESCO project on glacial outburst floods in Central Asia sums up its first year4 October 2022 NewsFrom commitments to action for nature: UNESCO at the UN Environment Assembly1 March 2022 NewsKenya launches five-year plan to control non-communicable diseases14 September 2021
NewsTowards the removal of sites in East Africa from the List of World Heritage in Danger21 April 2024
NewsOn November 16, a special Partnership's Hub session "Associations and Clubs for UNESCO as a driving force for a sustainable future" was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.12 December 2023
NewsEmpowering Change: Highlights from the High-Level Regional Workshop on Gender Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction in Eastern Africa by UNESCO 11 September 2023
NewsThird meeting on groundwater cooperation in the frame of Tashkent area Transboundary Aquifer held in Almaty2 November 2022