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🚽 Who cares about toilets?
3.6 billion people do. Because they have nowhere safe to go.
Sustainable Development Goal calls for the availability and sustainable management of and for all.
“Shared sanitation facilities can substantially contribute to sanitation access in low-income urban areas,” says ETH NADEL researcher Dario Meili. “We have identified key criteria for what constitutes “acceptable quality” in shared toilets in low-income urban contexts.”
Missed the research brief? Find it here: https://nadel.ethz.ch/news0/news/2021/07/when-are-shared-toilets-acceptable.html
Toilets for all by 2030.

When are shared toilets acceptable? A research brief by Dario Meili and co-authors identifies the key criteria of what constitutes “acceptable quality” in shared toilets in urban low-income contexts. It provides recommendations to improve the functionality and sustainability of shared sanitation facilities.

What is crucial to ensure transparency, responsibility and sustainability in extraction and trade in the age of the ?

Join the online expert panel discussion on 19 November at 15:00 CET, organised by ETH NADEL and Natural Resource Governance Institute.

Register here: https://ethz.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pzca0R1jSVqhymUEyF4dvA

Study at ETH Zurich and gain professional experience abroad: The MAS ETH in Development and Cooperation programme combines academic studies with eight to ten months of on-the-job training at an international organization.

Learn more about our MAS programme at one of our info sessions:

ONLINE: Monday, 15 November 2021, 18:00 CET.
Please register here: https://ethz.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ctf-Cgpz0oGNGo2GvaZFAp0uSTCuU5Pgw5

ON-SITE: Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 17:00 CET
at ETH NADEL, Clausiusstrasse 37, CLD A1, 8092 Zurich.

Next study start: September 2022, Application: 10 January – 28 February 2022.

https://nadel.ethz.ch/education/mas-development-and-cooperation/infosession.html


European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)

Photo: Keystone-SDA / EPA / Dai Kurokawa

Info Sessions MAS Study at ETH Zurich, on-the-job training around the world: Learn more about our MAS ETH in Development and Cooperation programme, starting in September 2022.

Join us tonight at the Panel "Careers in Sustainability and Global Development" to find out how a career in global sustainable development could look like! Professionals working in sustainability and global development will share the stories of their pathways, among them NADEL's Shruti Patel.
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Reinventing Capitalism for an Inclusive World: Join our webinar with renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato on 22 October 2021, 17:00 CET.

Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, will discuss public value and reinventing the state in a post-​COVID era. To tackle the great challenges facing societies globally, capitalism needs to be fundamentally restructured to make it inclusive, sustainable and driven by innovation.

Please register here for this thought-provoking webinar: https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/nadel-50-years-webinar-with-mariana-mazzucato-registration-158378864447

Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction .

Effective disaster risk reduction is essential to achieving the for and to fulfilling our promise to .

Low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately impacted by disasters such as floods, landslides or drought. Hazard events can wipe out decades of development progress in a matter of minutes. They can also slowly erode livelihoods and aspirations over years.

Disasters can be avoided or minimized by reducing the exposure and vulnerability of populations.

Interested in developing skills in DRR and Development Cooperation? Apply online from 1 November ↓
https://nadel.ethz.ch/education/individual-courses-for-professionals/Spring-Semester-2022/Disaster-Risk-Reduction.html

can we reduce disaster risk.

Disaster Risk Reduction: Assessing Risks and Enhancing Resilience Teaching format: Combination of flexible self-study and on-site teaching. Information on the exact course structure will be provided four weeks before the course starts.

Mark your calendars! “Together for the SDGs” is a two-week exhibition and event programme at ETH Zurich that raises awareness and inspires
action for the Sustainable Development Goals. 30 October – 13 November 2021.

For more information and registration for events, please visit: https://ethz.ch/en/die-eth-zuerich/nachhaltigkeit/im-dialog/nachhaltigkeit-im-gespraech/together-for-the-sdgs.html

Organised together with ETH for Development - ETH4D, ETH Sustainability and World Food System Center - ETH Zurich

Together for the SDGs How can we fight global poverty and inequality, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity? What contribution can science and technology make?