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.

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Man and The Biosphere

Curaçao National Commission for UNESCO has been actively promoting the introduction and establishment of the Middle Curaçao Biosphere Reserve vision in the Country for the last 7 years.
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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

For more information about the university click on University of Curaçao

Climate Change

The project “Curaçao Climate Change Policy Assessment” submitted by the Curaçao Meteorological Department was approved and received seed funding from UNESCO, with the overall objective 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.
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