Eighteen African states, the UN, representatives from the private sector, and other groups have agreed on a set of priority actions to better manage electronic waste, or e-waste, in Africa. The Pan African Forum on E-waste, held at the Nairobi headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on March 16th, 2012, was the first [...]
As a side-event at the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development Rio + 20, Yale University, Fundação Getulio Vargas, and the University of Massachusetts Boston will be hosting the Global Climate Coalition Student Workshop. This event will take place on June 19th, 2012, and will offer teams of university students from around the world the opportunity to [...]
The Planet Under Pressure Conference, taking place in London from March 26th-29th, 2012, just announced live streaming services for its plenary sessions and for two live episodes of “The Daily Planet” on each day of the conference. The conference will bring together academics, international organizations, senior policy makers, technology experts, non-state actors, and representatives of the [...]
The Center for Governance and Sustainability is proud to announce that Uttam Shrestha, Research Associate at the Center and PhD candidate in biology at UMass Boston, has been awarded the National Geographic Conservation Trust Grant for his doctoral thesis on caterpillar fungus in the Himalayas. Mr. Shrestha’s thesis is entitled, “Mountains, Mushrooms, and People: Chasing [...]
On March 23rd, President Barack Obama nominated Jim Yong Kim to become the next President of the World Bank. Kim is currently the President of Dartmouth College, and his nomination comes as somewhat of a surprise to the international community. A physician by training, Kim is a leading figure in global health and development circles. [...]
The German Development Institute (DIE) is hiring a Researcher for their Environmental Policy and Management of Nature Resource Department in order to fill a vacancy from now until December 31st, 2013. The annual salary is €49,000 (depending on qualifications), and the job would begin immediately. DIE is a leading think tank for development policy and [...]
