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UNU-EHS explains complex concepts and ideas.

Date Published
16 Oct 2024

UNU-EHS explains complex concepts and ideas.

Wind turbines generate electricity.

Media Coverage

What is Electrification and Why Does it Matter?

28 Oct 2026

A tidal surge overtakes a town.

Article

What Is Sea Level Rise and Why Does It Matter?

05 Oct 2026

Grasslands with a mountain range in the background.

Article

What is Aridity and Why Does It Matter for the Rio Conventions and the Sendai Framework?

18 Aug 2026

A street with cars in Madrid, Spain

Article

What Are Urban Heat Islands and Why Do They Matter?

08 Jul 2026

General Assembly Hall of the United Nations in New York

Article

What is the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and Why Does It Matter?

08 Jul 2026

An ambulance drives through a flooded street, followed by other cars.

Article

What Is Impact-Based Early Warning and Why Does It Matter?

05 Jun 2026

A man cools off from the heat.

Article

What is Wet-Bulb Temperature and Why Does It Matter?

01 Jun 2026

A kid poors buckets of mud following a landslide in Peru.

Article

What is El Niño? And Why Does It Matter in a Warming World?

13 May 2026

A damaged classroom in the ruins of a school.

Article

What is Non-Economic Loss and Damage and Why does it Matter?

08 May 2026

A sea turtle at Tubbataha Reef.

Article

What is the High Seas Treaty and Why is it Important?

16 Jan 2026

A man in a wooden boat amid a load of plastic trash in the water

Article

What are the Root Causes of Global Issues and Why Do They Matter?

08 Dec 2025

Deforested and degraded land

Article

What is Earth Overshoot Day and Why does it Matter?

24 Jul 2025

UN Oceans Conference 2022

Article

What is the UN Oceans Conference and How Does it Help Achieve SDG14?

06 Jun 2025

United Nations General Assembly Hall in the UN Headquarters, New York

Article

What is UNGA and its Importance for Climate and Environment?

11 Sep 2024

Themes
Climate change SDG partnerships
Keyword
Climate action
Institute
UNU-EHS
Copyright
United Nations University, Creative commons, 2024

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