News
UNU Joins the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
UNU joined as a Collaborating Agency and a new member of the Best Practices Task Force.
Press Release
UNU-INWEH's World Flood Mapping Tool is One of 2021’s '100 Greatest Innovations'
Popular Science named UN University’s online tool that generates street-level maps of floods worldwide as one of the 100 greatest innovations of 2021.
Announcement
Call for Abstracts: Dresden Nexus Conference 2022
UNU-FLORES is accepting DNC2022 abstract submissions for poster and oral presentations until 10 February 2022.
Press Release
UN Publishes First Regional E-waste Report for Commonwealth of Independent States and Georgia
E-waste generated in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Georgia rose by 50% from 2010–2019, but just 3.2% was collected and safely managed.
News
COP26 Side Event Explores Carbon Neutrality and the SDGs
The event engaged experts to discuss challenges and good practices for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and the SDGs.
Press Release
COP26: Nature-based solutions win in science and on the ground
Climate change experts from UNU and WFP call for better integration of nature-based solutions in adaptation planning at COP26 in Glasgow.
News
Winners of Youth Climate Art Challenge Announced
The first ever RCE Youth Climate Art Challenge invited young people to submit works of art focusing on SDG 13 (climate action).
Press Release
UN University to Launch Postgraduate Degree Specialisation on the Paris Agreement
Developed in collaboration with UNFCCC, the new programme will commence in Autumn 2023.
Press Release
UN University to Launch Postgraduate Degree Specialisation on the Paris Agreement
The UN University has begun developing a new postgraduate degree specialisation on the Paris Agreement on climate change.
News
United Nations Day 2021 — "Who Will Deliver Climate Equity: COPs or the Courts?"
A UN Day 2021 message from UNU Rector and UN Under-Secretary-General David M. Malone; published in the Japan Times UN Day special supplement.