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 Asia-Pacific Regional University Consortium (RUC)
 
 
The United Nations Environment Programme was established to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. It has important mandate in catalyzing, coordinating and stimulating action on the environment within the United Nations system and the world at large.
 
Objectives:
  
1. To foster multi-disciplinary academic and research development through joint activities in the domain of environment, sustainable development and allied fields.
 
2. To serve as a resource base of expertise for the activities and programme of UNEP in the Asia-Pacific region, including the UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD)
 
Current members of RUC
 
 
        Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 
        Griffith University, Australia  
        Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
        Tongji University, China
        University of New South Wales, Australia 
       
        University of Wollongong, Australia
        Yale University, U.S.A.
 
Collaborating UN Agency 
        United Nations Environment Programme 
        United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies
 
  
 
Other Partners
         
                 Venice International Univeristy, Italy 
       
       University of Paris-Dauphine, France  

 

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