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Date and Time: 17 December 2020, 5PM - 6:30PM EAT

Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1674035451984809231

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The Technical Summary of the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) distills the science and data in the main report and synthesizes the information to make it more accessible to students and scientists, making it more useful both for teaching and learning at the university level.

The objective of the webinar is the presentation of the key findings and a discussion on how these can be integrated in courses at the university level. Panelists will include university professors who have participated in the GEO process and use GEO as teaching tool, to discuss their experience and provide advice and lesson learned for university students and lecturers.

The session is expected to:

  • Inform and educate the various stakeholders (scientists, academics, education experts, university lecturers and students) on the main findings of GEO-6
  • Show how GEO-6 and its findings can be incorporated into teaching plans and approach
  • Raise awareness on the GEO process

Background

GEO-6, United Nations Environment Programme’s flagship integrated environmental assessment was published in March 2019, during the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly. The report stresses that the scale of the environmental challenges we face requires true transformational change in how we produce and consume energy and food as well as how we manage waste, rather than simply incremental policies and business as usual.  Among the long list of ongoing damage to life and health from air pollution, water pollution and land degradation, the report warned that zoonotic diseases are already 60 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases and that pandemics could occur.

Speakers:

  • Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam
  • Prof. Paul Ekins, University College London
  • Prof. Asma Abhussain – Bahrain University, Bahrain
  • Prof. Cai Mantang– Peking University, China
  • Prof. Sarah Green – Michigan Technological University, USA
  • Pierre Boileau, UNEP
Food Production
Did you know?
Each year one third of global food production is lost or wasted.

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