Climate Change, Natural Resources and Energy
🟢 The director of the Center for Climate Change at UDG, Dr. Ivana Vojinović, was a panelist at the Conference “The Role of Media in Addressing the Climate Crisis” held from April 15-16, 2024, in Novi Sad.
❗️As part of the project “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles,” supported within the Regional Program of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 – ReLOaD2, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in partnership with local governments, on April 2, 2024, Ms. Marija Tripunović held a lecture for students of the Mixed High School Golubovci in the municipality of Zeta. Presentations were also held on April 3, 2024, for students of the Gymnasium Cetinje and on April 5 for students of the Gymnasium “Petar I Petrović Njegoš” in the municipality of Danilovgrad.
🟢 “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles” is the first project in Montenegro addressing the issue of textile waste management and targeting young people who are the largest consumers of textiles and polluters of the environment from this source.
🟢 Dr. Ivana Vojinović, the Director of the Center for Climate Change at UDG, delivered a lecture on the topic “Climate Change and Its Impact on the Western Balkan Countries”🔥☄️🌧️ as part of the Annual Alumni beeEFB 🐝 2024 event organized by the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB).
❗️ As part of the project “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles,” supported within the Regional Program of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 – ReLOaD2, funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in partnership with local governments, fashion design professional Dr. Boris Ćalić conducted a specialized workshop for students from three faculties (Faculty of Polytechnics, Faculty of Design and Multimedia, and Faculty of Food Technology, Food Safety, and Ecology) at the University of Donja Gorica (UDG).
🟢 “Youth for Sustainable and Circular Textiles” is the first project in Montenegro addressing the issue of textile waste management and targeting young people who are the largest consumers of textiles and environmental polluters from this source.
❗️Director of the Center for Climate Change at UDG, Ivana Vojinović, was a panelist at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly within the 105th Rose-Roth Seminar held in Sarajevo. She spoke on the topic “Climate Change and its Impact on the Western Balkan States in the Context of Security and Safety.”
❗️The Western Balkans is among the most vulnerable regions in Europe to climate change, thus all Western Balkan states must work together to mitigate its impacts and adapt the region to a greener future.
During the panel focusing on climate change in the context of stability and security, alongside Ivana Vojinović, Lejla Šuman, Director of REC BiH, and Goran Svilanović, an international consultant, exchanged views on climate resilience, proactive engagement in policy, and sharing best practices. These are challenges that require long-term strategic thinking and action.
The seminar was organized in cooperation with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Defense and Security and the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, receiving financial support from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense and non-financial support from the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF).
The event gathered 51 parliamentarians from 10 NATO allies and 6 parliamentary partners in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, as well as leaders from the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Parliament, regional and international experts, and representatives from local embassies.
🟡 Through interactive communication with students, information was shared about the importance of safe chemical usage, the impact of chemicals on health and the environment, with a particular emphasis on the role that young people in Montenegro can have as consumers and users of chemical products in driving positive changes in this area.
🟢 Following the lecture, students from the Gymnasium “Niko Rolović” in Bar, Gymnasium “Miloje Dobrašinović” in Bijelo Polje, and the High School of Economics “Mirko Vešović” in Podgorica were further educated on how to increase chemical safety in everyday life when dealing with chemicals and chemical products.
🟡 The general aim of the project “Knowledge about Chemicals for a Sustainable Community” 🧼 is to reduce environmental pollution from chemicals🧪 through strengthening the role of CSOs in fulfilling obligations from the EU integration process, which will be achieved through youth education👪, providing initial inputs for decision-makers through quality structured research📊 on the use and disposal of chemical products 🧼, as well as awareness levels of the dangers of this type of pollution🧽.
🟢 The project “Knowledge about Chemicals for a Sustainable Community” is supported by a grant from SMART Balkans – Civil Society for a Connected Western Balkans, implemented by the Center for the Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD) – Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) – North Macedonia, and the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) – Albania, financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway.
