Event Archive

2014

December

• World Aids Day

  01 December 2014

  World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and...

November

• Scotland National Community Energy Conference 2014

  26 - 27 November 2014

  The conference will focus on retaining and adding local value through community ownership of our own energy, the conference will be bringing together all the strands of the community energy and local energy economy agenda, from finance to regulation, and from planning to technologies.

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  25 November 2014

  Every year, 25 November and the ensuing 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence which follow (ending on 10 December, Human Rights Day) are commemorated around the world, providing individuals and groups a chance to mobilize and call attention to the urgent need to end violence against women and girls....

• Universal Children's Day

  20 November 2014

  By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children.

• CSID Seminar Series: Partnerships and Participation in Sustainable International Development

  19 November 2014, 12:30 - 13:45

  Our conclusive seminar of the International Development discusses global partnerships in International Development

• World Toilet Day

  19 November 2014

  World Toilet Day is a UN recognized event, observed annually on 19 November. This international day of action aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge.

• International Day for Tolerance

  16 November 2014, 23:32

  Tolerance does not mean indifference or a grudging acceptance of others. It is a way of life based on mutual understanding and respect for others, and on the belief that global diversity is to be embraced, not feared." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

• CSID Seminar Series: The role of environmental conflicts in perpetuating violent conflict

  05 November 2014, 12:30 - 13:45

  The role of environmental conflicts in initiating and perpetuating violent conflicts

October

• Sustainable Ethical Procurement- One World Week

  31 October 2014, 13:00 - 14:00

  Panel Discussion of ways in which insitutions can tackle issues surrounding procurement methods ensuring that sustainability and ethics can be at the heart of our buying habits. Is there a way in which we can ensure our goods and services can be sourced in an ethical and sustainable way? To do...

• CSID Seminar Series: Climate Compatible Development and Sustainable Energy for All.

  29 October 2014, 12:30 - 13:45

  Climate Compatible Development and Sustainable Energy for All. How might this work within the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capacities of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change?