[9 Apr 2019] The University of Gothenburg is on sixth place when Times Higher Education ranks the world's higher education institutions based on the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is ranked as number one based on goal number 4 Quality Education. In its ranking, the Times Higher Education look into more than 460 universities from the whole world, based on criteria from 11 of the 17 SDGs in Agenda 2030.
[5 Apr 2019] The "Global Chemicals Outlook II - From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", provides an important background for the discussion about a new international agenda for chemicals management to be implemented from 2021. The Global Chemicals Outlook II finds that the global goal to minimize adverse impacts of chemicals and waste will not be achieved by 2020. Solutions exist, but more ambitious worldwide action by all stakeholders is urgently required.
[4 Apr 2019] For the past few years, the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, has been educating doctoral students in how they can achieve greater penetration for their research outside of academia. Another 20-odd doctoral students have now completed the course.
The Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV, is Chalmers University of Technlology´s and the University of Gothenburg´s joint organisation to promote sustainable development within research, education and cooperation. Our core task is to facilitate cooperation, between and within Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, with an aim to generate and practically implement knowledge about sustainable development.
