UCC and the United Nations are teaming up under a new water initiative

The United Nations Environment Programme has chosen UCC to lead the way in assisting with their Global Environment Monitoring System for Water, (GEMS/Water).

UCC and the United Nations are teaming up under a new water initiative
Tue, 08 Jul, 2014 - 01:00
Greg Murphy

An EU Commission proposed Ireland and Germany to lead the way with the UN's GEMS Water programme.

UCC was chosen to lead the project which will involve other Irish universities such as Trinity, NUI Galway and DCU.

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