The UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) responds directly to the global water crisis and facilitates global efforts to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Institute’s three core mandates are to:
The Institute’s work is grouped into four thematic sub-programmes: coastal zone ecosystems; dryland ecosystems; freshwater ecosystems; and the water–health nexus.
UNU-INWEH hosts the Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH), a Joint Project of the Earth System Science Partnership.
Professor Fatma Abdel Rahman Attia (Egypt)
Professor Emeritus, National Water Research Center of the Ministry of Water Resources
Dr. Ulisses Eugenio Confalonieri (Brazil)
Full Professor, Department of Biological Sciences of the National School of Public Health, The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Dr. Melita Anne Samoilys (Australia)
Director, Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean
Dr. Robert Winston Slater (Canada)
Professor, Environmental Policy at Carleton University
Dr. Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon (Thailand)
Director General, Department of Environmental Quality Promotion,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Professor Dr. Patricia Wouters (Canada/ Belgium)
Director, UNESCO IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
Prof. Konrad Osterwalder (Switzerland)
Rector, United Nations University
Dr. Zafar Adeel (Pakistan)
Director, UNU-INWEH
Dr. Adeel Zafar, Director
United Nations University
Institute for Water, Environment and Health
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