La Cátedra UNESCO de Ciclo de Vida y Cambio Climático ESCI-UPF participa en el informe sobre el progreso realizado en la implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible publicado por UN-Habitat.
The report presents the work of UN-Habitat, the United Nations (UN) programme working towards a better urban future, as a focal point and custodian of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” It also includes the efforts of the UN system, the international community, and the Member States in the implementation, follow up and review of the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Through the UNI network, UN-Habitat’s main mechanism for partnerships with the global academia and researchers, 37 partner universities have shared their contributions to inform the report, including the Chair. In the framework of a shared vision for a better and more sustainable future, represented by the New Urban Agenda, the Chair has highlighted the need for working on an agreed method on how to measure cities’ environmental impacts.
“If well-planned and well-managed, urbanization can be a powerful tool for sustainable development for both developing and developed countries,” according to the New Urban Agenda. To that end, the Chair has identified the life cycle assessment as a good candidate for being adapted to cities to assess their contributions to sustainable development.
UNI partners for cooperation
The UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF is an institutional partner of UNI, the partnership between UN-Habitat and universities worldwide. Introduced as a means of promoting cooperation with institutions of higher education and facilitating exchange and cooperation among universities globally, UNI promotes universities becoming closer partners of cities. It is also actively engaged in problem-solving, thus closing the gap between academia and practice and encouraging collaborative learning, and also promotes and facilitates the dissemination of educational and research products of its members.
UNI also involves scholars, researchers, and students in many different activities, within a collaborative framework that aspires to create the next generation of urban leaders, managers, researchers, and practitioners.
Between March 4th and March 11th, ESCI-UPF held the ECOtwins Summer School which aimed to enhance the capacities of the University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) in sustainable agriculture and environmental impacts.
Two weeks ago, the professor and researcher of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change Ilija Sazdovski was invited to hold a lecture at the European Parliament about the role of innovation in shaping university curricula within the sustainability domain.
Pere Fullana i Palmer és enginyer químic per l’IQS, enginyer industrial per la UAB i doctor en enginyeria industrial per l'URL. Actualment, és el director de la Càtedra UNESCO de Cicle de Vida i Canvi Climàtic a ESCI-UPF. Ha estat portaveu del sector acadèmic mundial a la clausura de la Cimera de Canvi Climàtic COP25.
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