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Frederico Ascia, Alina Straub, Emma Nicora, Tomás Laranjo, Giulia Casula
July 16, 2024
13. Climate action

13. Climate action

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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NovaSBE's students at the UNESCO's Earth University

After winning the "Team Up for Climate" competition by Fundação Egis, a group of NovaSBE's students was invited to present their project at UNESCO's Earth University

The presentation will take place in the 26th of November, in Paris.

Frederico Ascia, Alina Straub, Emma Nicora, Tomás Laranjo, and Giulia Casula developed a project for the prevention of forest fires on the course Design Thinking for Social Innovation by Anne-Laure Fayard.

Click here to know more about UNESCO's Earth University.

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