Travelling Ideas Series
Resilience is built within effective communities through active engagement and sustained effort. As climate change challenges are interconnected, solutions should not remain isolated. Born in one place but capable on inspiring another, ideas are adapting to new realities – becoming travelling ideas. Resilence grows through connection.
News & Highlights
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26 March 2026|Unesco NewsUNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Hamburg
Visit to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), HamburgIt was a great pleasure to visit the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg and engage in a stimulating exchange with Director Isabell Kempf and Edith Hammer.
Our discussion focused on the critical role of lifelong learning in advancing...Photo: A. Lingos
14 November 2025|Unesco NewsUNESCO Chair hosts Kulturweit- Incoming Program Intern
UNESCO Chair hosts Kulturweit-Incoming Program InternSerah Nderi had the opportunity to join our team as an intern as part of the kulturweit-Incoming program by the German Commission for UNESCO.
The kulturweit-Incoming program opens up the possibility of a three-month internship in Germany for young people from African...
Photo: Beate Ratter
9 October 2025|Unesco NewsToo small to survive?
At the UNESCO Symposium in Hamburg, experts from around the globe sought new ways to help island nations adapt to climate change.
“Sinking nations,” “in jeopardy,” “doomed”: phrases like these often give you the impression that small islands in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific will soon helplessly fall victim to the...
Contribution from the news channel CLICCS NewsPhoto: C. de Guttry
4 August 2025|Unesco NewsStudent Excursion – Education and UNESCO
In July, as part of the activities of the UNESCO Chair on Societal Climate Change Research and Resilience, Dr. Corinna de Guttry led a two-week excursion “UNESCO for Cultural and Natural Heritage in Hamburg and Surroundings” with 20 students from the University of Hamburg. Throughout the program, students visited numerous...
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Drone-shot video by Christian Eul.