Project
Lessons from COVID-19 for understanding and managing systemic risks in the SADC region (CARICO SADC)
The project provides actionable knowledge to understand the complex interaction of risks and impacts at the regional level in the 16 SADC countries.
Project
Climate Risk Sourcebook (CR-Sourcebook)
The project will provide users with actionable knowledge to understand the complex nature of risks and impacts.
Series
2024 – A Leap Year for Climate Finance?
2024 is an important year for climate and sustainable development finance, with the topic being on the agenda for several different policy processes.
Series
Perspectives
Commentary from UNU-EHS experts
Series
5 Insights on the Current Plastic Treaty Negotiations
Treaty negotiations to end plastic pollution are ongoing and parties just wrapped up a week of work in Ottawa, Canada on a draft text.
Project
LDN4NAP: Supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines on Promoting Synergy Between Efforts Addressing DLDD, the Achievement of LDN and the Process to Formulate and Implement NAPs
This project will develop a supplement for existing frameworks and plans towards achieving land degredation neutrality and planing adaptation.
Project
Towards Actionable Impact-based Early Warning in Africa: Integrating Exposure and Vulnerability into Early Warning Systems – a Pilot Study in the IGAD Region (EarlyWarning4IGAD)
This project seeks to expand existing hazard-based early warning systems towards actionable impact-based early warning systems.
Press Release
City of Richmond Hill Named the New Host of the United Nations University in Canada
The UN flag was raised in Richmond Hill in honour of the United Nations University.
Working Paper
The Demand for a Fair International Financial Architecture
Critically examining the Global South’s proposals for international financial architecture reforms.
News
UNU-EHS Discusses Tipping Points for Germany in Berlin
“Tipping Points, Disasters and Chain Reactions” was the focus of a UNU-VIE and UNU-EHS co-hosted event in Berlin.