On August 5th, the Research Innovation Unit, representing the Gzira Local Council, held its 2nd stakeholder workshop at the Gzira Parish Hall. The workshop welcomed residents and teachers from the area. With support from the University of Malta, the workshop provided the first group of residents with the opportunity to collaborate on solutions for [...]
In July 2023, Malta found itself in an unprecedented "Cerberus" heatwave. The searing temperatures and stifling humidity disrupted daily life and underscored the profound vulnerabilities posed by extreme heat events in the Mediterranean. This was not an isolated incident but a harbinger of the escalating impacts of climate change, where heatwaves are becoming more frequent, [...]
26th May 2023, the head of the Research Innovation Unit Mr Fabian Borg and his tandem Dr Edward Duca of University of Malta attended the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Re*Leadership Festival held at Banegaarden, Copenhagen. The festival marked their successful completion of RISE Cities Fellowship and contemporary their accession to the BMW Foundation Responsible [...]
Science teachers Dr. Doreen Mizzi, Ms. Shirley Bonnici Spiteri and Ms. Wendy Sultana from Stella Maris College, Gzira presented the JUSTNature Tree Inventory exercise in the MOST Expo that is currently underway in the Netherlands. On the 15 December 2022, over 100 students, teachers, LSEs, and members from the senior leadership team of Stella [...]
5th May 2023, the Research Innovation Unit held a local stakeholder workshop of the European Commission Horizon 2020 funded project – JUSTNature. This hybrid workshop, hosted at the Gzira Local Council, inaugurated the synergy initiated by the Eastern Regional Council between stakeholders NASA’s The GLOBE Program, Xrobb L-Ghagin Nature Park and Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre [...]
