Natural Sciences
Creating knowledge and understanding through science equips us to find solutions to today’s acute economic, social and environmental challenges and to achieving sustainable development and greener societies. As no one country can achieve sustainable development alone, international scientific cooperation contributes, not only to scientific knowledge but also to building peace.
Man and The Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Establishing a scientific basis for enhancing the relationship between people and their environments.
UNESCO Chairs
Launched in 1992, the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, which involves over 850 institutions in 117 countries, promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work. The programme supports the establishment of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in key priority areas related to UNESCO’s fields of competence – i.e. in education, the natural and social sciences, culture and communication.
Curaçao has 2 UNESCO Chairs in the areas of:
- UNESCO Chair Sustainable Development of Caribbean Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) 2010, The University of Curaçao Dr. Moises da Costa Gomez
- UNESCO Chair in Water Technology (2016), The University of Curaçao Dr Moises da Costa Gomez
Curaçao Climate Change Policy Assessment
Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. Over 30 UNESCO programmes in the sciences, education, culture and communication contribute to creating knowledge, educating and communicating about climate change, and to understanding the ethical implications for present and future generations.
In 2018 the Participation Programme project submitted by the Meteorological Department Curaçao named “Curaçao Climate Change Policy Assessment”, was approved and received seed funding from the organization to execute the project during 2018 and 2019.
The overall objective of the UNESCO project is to enhance the resilience of Curaçao for the adverse impacts of natural hazards and the losses of biodiversity due to climate change by further strengthening the collaboration between the government agencies, the private sector and the NGOs to develop guide lines for the development of the national strategic adaptation plan. This project can be allocated under the national Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Program, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Disaster Risk Reduction program and the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Program on the mapping of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) contribution to the implementation of the 2030 agenda.
Publications
Meteorological Department Curaçao, UNESCO, UNESCO Curaçao