Posts Tagged 'Goal 6 – Water and Sanitation'

WFEO organized a webinar on Climate Change on 5 December 2022, in which the speakers were representatives from many WFEO Standing Technical Committees actively involved in the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Moderator:

• Davide Stronati, Director of Sustainability, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority / Chair, WFEO Committee on Engineering and the Environment

Introduction:

• José Vieira, WFEO President

Panelists:

• Jean Eudes Moncomble, Chair, WFEO ...

The WFEO awarding ceremony was held on Tuesday 12 April 2022.

Opening:
Prof. Gong Ke, WFEO Immediate past President

Welcome address:
Dr. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences

Moderator:
Ania Lopez, chair of the Awards Committee and member of the WFEO Executive Council

Laureate of the WFEO Gree Women in Engineering Award:
Wai Yie Leong (Malaysia)

Laureate of ...

There is no doubt that the water cycle is an essential part of the climate, and any climate change has consequences for the water cycle and vice versa. The cross-cutting nature of water enables it to convey many of the impacts of climate change to society.

The different climate change scenarios foreseen affect all living ...

The Philippines Technological Council (PTC) together with the Philippines Department (Ministry) of Science and Technology and the Manila Water Foundation, a foundation fostering WASH (Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene) celebrated World Engineering Day on 4th March with a webinar and award ceremony for recognition of exemplary ...

WED2021 Introduction

The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by UNESCO at its 40th General Conference in 2019. It is celebrated worldwide on 4th March of each year since 2020. The day offers an opportunity to highlight engineers and engineering’s achievements in our modern world and improve public understanding of how engineering ...

The World Engineers Convention (WEC 2019) that took place in Melbourne between 20 and 22 November 2019 was one of the most successful events co-hosted by Engineers Australia and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations. It attracted over 3,000 participants from 47 countries around the world.

In celebration of that success, ...

Opening day of the hydrology training course at the 2IE school in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, February 2017.
 
As an international NGO with official partnership with UNESCO, WFEO is active in the NGO/UNESCO hydrology project, a program launched in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, at the Forum on Access to Water for All in Africa in 2014.

The project has ...