International Mountain Day
FAO leads the efforts for the International Mountain Day. Discover all the materials they have prepared and use them freely to help amplify the message about the need to care for our mountains and their glaciers.
FAO leads the efforts for the International Mountain Day. Discover all the materials they have prepared and use them freely to help amplify the message about the need to care for our mountains and their glaciers.
Preparatory zoom: For a few days around every New Year, thousands of people across Britain and Ireland head outdoors to see what’s in bloom; from Daisies in city parks to Gorse on windswept hillsides.
International Migrants Day gives us a special opportunity to shine a spotlight on the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants around the world. It’s also a day for us to highlight the increasingly complex environment in which migration occurs. Conflicts, climate-related disasters and economic pressures continue to drive millions of people from their homes in […]
International Human Solidarity Day is: a day to celebrate our unity in diversity; a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements; a day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity; a day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals […]
World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
Priority Landscapes and Species: Cryptic Wood White (CWW) at Craigavon Lakes, Craigavon Date/Time: Tuesday 13th January 2026, 10am – 1pm Meet at: Eastway, Craigavon BT66 6SA (parking on hard-shoulder) Working with Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council to manage an area of Craigavon Lakes well-known for its CWW population where encroaching scrub is a […]
The Irish Council of Churches and the Irish Inter Church Meeting, along with church leaders invite you to their conference on Saturday 17 January 2026 in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry. Keynote speakers: Dr Jim McAdam, agricultural and environmental research in NI Government sector and Queen’s University Belfast, Dr Gail Heffner, author ‘reconciliation in a […]
Discover how cutting-edge robotics is transforming the way we study the plant world. This webinar will explore how robotic technologies are being applied in botanical recording and fieldwork, from surveying habitats with precision to collecting physical samples of plants and trees in challenging environments.
This lecture – Sacred Worldviews and Climate Security in Africa: Case Studies from Mozambique and Zimbabwe – given by Dr Joram Tarusarira, University of Groningen. is organised by the Religious Studies Research Forum at Queen’s University Belfast, which forum exists to bring together academics at Queen’s and elsewhere with an interest in theology and religious […]
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. International Day of Education 2026: The power of youth in co-creating education
The International Day of Clean Energy on 26 January was declared by the General Assembly (resolution A/77/327) as a call to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet. 26 January is also the founding date of the International Renewable Energy […]