In Focus
CIFAL Findhorn, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research affiliated training centre for Northern Europe, is a hub for capacity building and knowledge sharing between local authorities, national governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society.
CIFAL Findhorn training sessions progressively address policy development, social and technical issues related to climate change. The unique inter-disciplinary and collaborative approaches used by CIFAL encourage participants to forge strategic alliances with partner institutions, so helping them to implement sustainable energy action plans.
Edinburgh City Chambers, 29-30 September 2010
Making Way for Scotland’s Hydrogen Economy conference is a practical response to the imperative for action to address climate change. Building on the success of Scotland’s Hydrogen Future conference in 2009 the event will bring together a unique group of key stakeholders from government, industry and the wider public sector to explore ways to accelerate the commercialisation of emerging hydrogen technologies and support the technical, operational, social and economic transition to hydrogen energy. Read more
Inverness 5 November 2010
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. During the course of the year events are happening in every region of the world to raise awareness on the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth. The Highlands International Biodiversity and Climate Change conference will provide a platform to promote dialogue between government, agencies, academic institutions and voluntary bodies on the increasingly apparent linkages between climate change and biodiversity loss, with a view to designing innovative solutions to reduce the threats, and enable us to adapt to the challenges of climate change. Read more
19 - 25 September 2010
CIFAL Network will join the UNITAR delegation at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The United Nations has its own state-of-the-art Pavilion in the premier location of the Shanghai Expo Park, and UNITAR is organizing a series of exciting events and an eye-catching exhibition, showcasing variety of capacity development activities at UNITAR, which will include the activities of the CIFAL Network.
UN Pavilion website: http://www.unshanghaiexpo.org
Shanghai Expo: http://en.expo2010.cn
Training Programmes
An European Conference at Edinburgh City Chambers, 29-30 September 2010 presented by SHFCA, CIFAL Findhorn and UNITAR in partnership with... Read more...
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. During the course of the year events are happening in every... Read more...
Where
Seminars take place in one of the major Scottish cities or at the internationally known Findhorn Ecovillage. Awarded UN Habitat Best Practice designation, the Ecovillage has a reputation for being at the cutting edge of the sustainability global movement.
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Cifal Centres
CIFAL Findhorn is part of the Local Development Programme (LDP) of the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR). LDP delivers its programmes through a global network of 9 International Training Centres - CIFAL.
Mission
CIFAL Findhorn’s mission is to deliver innovative training programmes and to promote knowledge exchange on the sustainability agenda. By so doing, we aim to significantly improve the capacity of local authorities to develop and implement sustainable solutions for the challenges posed by climate change.
Headlines
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The Highlands is Making a Unique Contribution towards a Low Carbon Economy That was the verdict of an exclusive consultation seminar to formally input into the Scottish Government’s discussion paper Towards a Low Carbon Economy for Scotland. Jointly hosted by Highlands and...
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Signing up to Tackle Climate Change Members of the Highland Environment Forum have shown their commitment to tackle climate change by gathering together to sign up to the Joint Highland Climate Change Declaration and pledging to reduce...
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Hydrogen Future Debate at the Scottish Parliament On Tuesday 2 February the second in a series of six parliamentary debates across Europe was held at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Organised by CIFAL Findhorn, United Nations Institute of Training...
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