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Multi-parameter probe for water quality monitoring in the Lake Chad Basin

UNESCO is proud to improve knowledge of the hydrology of the Lake Chad Basin which is an important source of freshwater with great potential in terms of biodiversity that supports over 45 million people

Equipments to strengthen the capacities of BIOPALT's implementing partners

On 2 July 2020 UNESCO officially handed over equipments to the Directions of the Ministry of Environment Water and Fisheries of Chad and to the Department of Biology of the University of NDjamena in the context of the BIOPALT Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad project The ceremony took place in the UNESCO antenna in NDjamena in the presence of Mr Adoum Abdelkerim Bahar Secretary General of the Chadian National Commission to UNESCO

Interview with Alberto Piatti, Eni’s Head of Sustainable Development

Partner of the Biennale of Luanda Eni is an energy company which concretely supports a just energy transition with the objective of preserving our planet and promoting an efficient and sustainable access to energy for all

February 23, 2022

Surviving where life is no longer possible

February 24, 2022

Sebastião Salgado: The Amazon laid bare

February 25, 2022

Angela Camargo: exploring animal-plant interactions in Latin America

UNESCO signs agreement with Ghana for new International Centre of Excellence in Engineering, Innovation, Manufacturing and Technology Transfer

On 7 April UNESCO formally endorsed the establishment under its auspices of the International Centre of Excellence in Engineering Innovation Manufacturing and Technology Transfer in Ghana The tripartite agreement was signed by UNESCO DirectorGeneral Audrey Azoulay Her Excellency Ms Anna Bossman Ambassador of Ghana to UNESCO and Prof Ellis OwusuDabo ProVice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUST

Women and Girls in Ukraine

The right to science is key for stronger scientific cooperation to address COVID-19 and future pandemics

Scientists and scientific knowledge have been widely praised for helping to combat the COVID19 pandemic and its consequences not only by discovering vaccines in record time but also by helping to keep our societies and the economy functioning At the same time we have also witnessed increasing rejection of science and scientific outcomes and growing objections to and restrictions on scientists work In its Brief on the Right to Science and COVID19 UNESCO draws attention to the importance of the human right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits alias the right to science enunciated in Article 271 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the context of the COVID19 pandemic

World Engineering Day reaches a public of 56 million

Six talented women climate scientists from developing countries awarded the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award

Helping elevate the careers of over 50 women researchers the longstanding partnership between the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World OWSD and the Elsevier Foundation has recognized prizewinning science from more than 20 countries in the Global South since 2013

February 11, 2022

2022 Calls for applications of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Programmes

Women scientists at doctoral andor postdoctoral level around the world are invited to submit their application for one of the national and regional LOréalUNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Programmes

February 14, 2022

Groundwater challenges and opportunities: the Water Hack at EXPO Dubai

A Water Hackathon was organized for young students on World Water Day at EXPO Dubai by the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme and the Italian Ministry of Education