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Advancing global sustainability through research and education

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Borneo

Edited Volume

Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss & Damage

30 May 2024

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Brief

Sustainable Business Practices for Biodiversity: Leveraging Landscape Approaches

19 Jun 2024

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Toolkit

Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS): 2024 Edition

20 Jun 2024

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UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2024

UNU-IAS events and policy engagement at this year’s HLPF in New York.
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Upcoming Events

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Event

2024 Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Forum

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The COMDEKS Gamri Watershed Project in Bhutan

Side Event

Societies in Harmony with Nature

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14th African RCE Regional Meeting

Event

14th African RCE Regional Meeting

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UNU SDG-Universities Platform

Promoting collaboration between UNU and Japanese universities to advance the SDGs.
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News

UNU-IAS 10th Anniversary Event

News

UNU-IAS Celebrates 10th Anniversary

24 Jun 2024

Media Coverage

Harness Synergies to Rescue the SDGs

Writing in The Japan News, UNU-IAS Director calls for synergies across scientific disciplines, sectors, research and education to achieve the SDGs.

06 Jul 2024

News

UNU-IAS and AEON Environmental Foundation Announce Expanded Collaboration

Expansion includes the launch of a capacity development programme for youth.

13 Jun 2024

UNU-IAS Policy Brief Series

High voltage towers in the Dominican Republic

Brief

Fostering Renewable Energy Uptake in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: Insights from Barbados

25 Apr 2024

Aerial View of River and Panengahan Village, Indonesia

Brief

Bridging Science and Policy for Integrated Action on Climate and Biodiversity

25 Jan 2024

A man in rice fields

Brief

Landscape Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

13 Oct 2023