The United Nations Environment Programme, through its Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), and the University of Massachusetts Boston, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new partnership oriented to develop, consolidate, and detail their cooperation in the field of the environment. Since 2011, UMass Boston, through the Center for Governance [...]

Are you a university student in the United States interested in renewable energy ? Are you willing to spend 12 days in Costa Rica this summer? Then the GREEN Educational Adventure Programs may be an opportunity for you. The Global Renewable Energy Education Network (GREEN) seeks to inspire motivated university students in the fields of renewable [...]

On 16-19 May 2011, the Third Nobel Laureate Symposium took place in Stockholm, Sweden, gathering some 40 of the world’s most renowned thinkers and experts on global sustainability, including more than twenty Nobel Laureates and several leading policy makers. The Symposium was organized jointly by the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, the Royal Swedish Academy of [...]

The latest issue of The Point – News from the University of Massachusetts Boston, features some recent activities by the Global Environmental Governance Project. An article entitled ”UMass Boston Professor Discusses Governance at U.N. Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi” describes the participation of GEG Project Director Maria Ivanova with team members in the 26th UNEP Governing Council [...]

A new Center for Governance and Sustainability will be launched on Monday, 28 March 2011, at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. Co-directed by Professors Craig Murphy and Maria Ivanova of the McCormack Graduate School Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance, the new center will be ”Linking analytical rigor and policy action in environmental, development and sustainability governance globally through [...]