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Trigger Change - Innovative Urban Land Restoration, a new global university course

Simone Sandholz

Moderator

date November 5, 2024 | 09:00 - 12:00
place
Multipurpose room 04
organization
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
country
Germany
language
English
Reference: 
TE 04-01

Summary

This training introduces a new global course which has been developed by the G20 Global Land Initiative/UNCCD, the U.N. University and University partners, notably Ain Shams University, Egypt. The transdisciplinary course: “Trigger change! Innovative urban land restoration” has been developed as a modular course for University students of urban planning or related programs at any University or non-profit training institution worldwide, promoting a systems approach to innovation in land restorat

Objectives

The training session has three main learning outcomes:
1. Learn about the course: “Trigger change! Innovative urban land restoration” and how participants can access the course material;
2. Learn new “serious learning games” related to systems-thinking and interconnectivity in urban land restoration and ecopreneurship
3. Network with professors and practitioners in the field of urban land restoration and start-ups.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Ms. Marwa Khalifa
Professor
Ain Shams University Faculty of Engineering
Ms. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux
Dr.
UNCCD / G20 Global Land Initiative