Offered by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, this training will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 8 - 12 October 2018 and will discuss current challenges in security policy design and implementation, taking into account environmental dimensions of security, including climate change impacts. For more information on the course and how to apply, click here.

To celebrate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October, UNU-ISA and UNISDR are organizing a symposium which aims to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the context of reducing the economic loss of disasters. For more information, click here.

The Ecosystem Services Partnership is organizing three conferences in October 2018 focusing on the application of the concept of ecosystem services in science, policy and practice for conservation, restoration and sustainable development issues in Asia (India, 9-12 October), Europe (Spain, 14-19 October), and Latin America (Brazil, 22-25 October). For more information on these conferences, click here.