The work of UNU Resource Nexus is carried out across five focus areas, with each area anchored in the Resource Nexus approach:
Resilient Food, Forest and Ecosystems
Food systems, forests, and ecosystems are under increasing pressure from climate change, land use change, and growing demand.
This focus area addresses the challenges of resource depletion, environmental degradation, and climate change through integrated and sustainable resource management.
Landscapes across the world are changing due to mining, urbanisation, climate impacts, and energy transitions.
This focus area examines how landscape transformations can be managed sustainably by integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations.
Sustainable Buildings and Constructions
The building and construction sector is one of the most resource-intensive and carbon-emitting sectors globally.
This focus area explores how buildings can become more resource-efficient, resilient, and sustainable across their entire life cycle.
Electronics are part of everyday life, but their production, use, and disposal place growing pressure on resources and human health.
This focus area promotes sustainability across the entire electronics value chain, from design to end of life management.
Textile production and disposal place significant pressure on water and ecosystems.
This focus area promotes circular approaches that redefine textiles from waste to resource, lowering environmental impacts throughout their life cycle.