This year’s NI Environment Week will take place from Monday 21 October to Monday 28 October and will have a focus on landscapes and the value that they provide for people, nature and heritage. Environmental organisations, NIEL members, partner organisations and councils are invited to register events across Northern Ireland.
FaithInvest next live-taught, online FCI course starts in October Four-week online course; 1.5 hours per session starts 29 October! Faithful Finance: An introduction to aligning investments with faith values The third session of our online, live-taught training course will take place in autumn 2024, beginning 29 October. Designed for organisations wanting to deepen their faith-consisting […]
Join climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe for a half hour fireside chat discussion about the natural connection between climate change and biodiversity.
Though humanity has always counted its war casualties in terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and livelihoods, the environment has often remained the unpublicized victim of war. Water wells have been polluted, crops torched, forests cut down, soils poisoned, and animals killed to gain military advantage. Furthermore, the United Nations Environment […]
A one-day BTO conference with bird-related talks, birdwatching and socialising at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre. Come along to hear about bird research, monitoring and conservation work happening in Northern Ireland and beyond. Booking is essential to secure your spot
The climate crisis is a defining challenge of our time, threatening to irreversibly transform the planet we call home. Climate disasters are already here with 2024 set to become the hottest year on record with global temperatures soaring above pre-industrial levels in the late 1800s, bringing intense heatwaves, extreme rainfall, droughts, melting of ice, sea-level […]
Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami for the Next Generation On December 26, 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a devastating tsunami that tragically claimed the lives of around 230,000 people and affected 14 countries. This event marked the first major global disaster of the 21st century and remains one of the […]
Invitation from Trócaire* to the ‘Mobilise for Justice and Change’ workshop on zoom. *Trócaire is the Irish language word for “compassion”
The annual observance of the International Week of Science and Peace is making an important contribution to the promotion of peace. The Week encourages greater academic exchanges on a subject of universal importance while also generating greater awareness of the relationship of science and peace among the general public. Based on observances of Science and […]
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) will convene in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This event will include the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29), the 19th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 19), and the sixth meeting […]
Re Festival brings together experts and champions in sustainability to collaborate and share knowledge. Aligned with COP29 and the Belfast 2024 Year of Culture, the festival’s three key themes are People, Place and Planet.
Brink!, the Climate+ Co-Centre and the Linen Quarter Bid have come together to run workshops to explore new ways to think and act in our city. This session will be a discussion panel and collaborative workshop to crowdsource ideas about how our city should innovate to meet the challenges of Climate Change. Join for a […]
Queen’s University Annual Sustainability Lecture titled ‘Sustainability at the Crossroads’, by Desiree Fixler who will touch on her personal journey into sustainable finance and the issues of greenwashing and whistleblowing, whilst also highlighting the importance of accountability, transparency and impact when addressing Environment, Social, Governance (ESG).
In partnership with keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, join us a breakfast of climate briefing. Whether you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint, advocate for policy change, or support green initiatives in your community, this briefing is your guide to making a positive difference.
RE your fashion wardrobe through this hands-on workshop to explore the true cost of fast-fashion. Fast fashion’s impact on our planet is profound, affecting resource use, waste generation, pollution, labour exploitation, and climate change. In this workshop, learn creative ways to repurpose old clothes into unique and stylish pieces.
This one-day event will make visible the practical, community-led solutions already emerging across Northern Ireland – to address the climate and ecological crisis, community fracture and the dysfunction in our economy. It will bring together those involved in some of these innovative approaches with those ready to explore the potential of new, local ways to […]
Invitation from COP 29 Climate Youth Delegate, Beth Doherty
As world leaders gather for the UN’s annual climate negotiations at COP29, thousands upon thousands of people will take to the streets worldwide for a Global Day of Action to demand climate justice.
The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) encourages all Europeans and not only to carry out awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week in November, 16th-24th November 2024.
Join Circular Design Synergy (Circular DS) for an evening exploring what makes a conscious gift? Ever been given a gift which you cherish for decades or instead, added one straight to the charity shop pile on boxing day? Circular DS, brings you a unique, insightful, and interactive webinar introducing what makes the perfect gift and […]
Key messages you should know on World Toilet Day Toilets are a place for peace. This essential space, at the centre of our lives, should be safe and secure. But for billions of people, sanitation is under threat from conflict, climate change, disasters and neglect. Toilets are a place for protection. By creating a barrier […]
The Young Activists Summit (YAS) is a global platform that empowers and supports young change-makers defending human rights and/or protecting the environment. The 2024 Young Activists Summit ‘Go far, go together’ will be held on 19 November 2024 at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and online.
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.
An unmissable event as Wild Belfast’s Conor McKinney from the Belfast 2024 project, Safari in the City, introduces the renowned naturalist and environmental campaigner, Chris Packham. Chris will share his powerful insights on the fierce battle for our planet’s future. But that’s not all….stay for a conversation between Chris and Anna Kernahan, a passionate youth activist from […]
Join speakers from Belfast 2024 projects and Belfast Stories with our city’s luminaries and international creatives to explore the themes of Our People, Our Place, Our Planet and reflect on our time celebrating creativity as we look forward to the next chapter for Belfast. 22nd-24th November
National Tree Week, brought to you by The Tree Council and partners, brings together the conservation sector, volunteers and tree-lovers to mark the start of the annual tree planting season.
Sustainable Transport Day, observed annually during global climate events, highlights the importance of eco-friendly, accessible, and efficient transportation.
The question of Palestine was brought before the United Nations shortly after the end of the Second World War. The origins of the Palestine problem as an international issue, however, lie in events occurring towards the end of the First World War. In 1947 the United Nations accepted the responsibility of finding a just solution […]
Adopted in 1993, the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force on 29 April 1997. It determined, “for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the possibility of the use of chemical weapons.” (Preamble)
