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Circular Textiles
This focus area promotes circular approaches that redefine textiles from waste to resource, lowering environmental impacts throughout their life cycle
Series
Responsible Electronics
This focus area promotes sustainability across the entire electronics value chain, from design to end of life management.
Series
Transformed Landscapes
This focus area examines how landscape transformations can be managed sustainably by integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations.
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Sustainable Buildings and Construction
This focus area explores how buildings can become more resource-efficient, resilient, and sustainable across their entire life cycle.
Blog Post
Implementing the ICJ Climate Opinion: A Generational Hope
The ICJ’s landmark climate opinion affirms climate action as a legal duty, not a political choice. The UNGA decides today.
Article
The Algorithm Divide: Why Developing Nations Risk Being Left Behind Forever
The key question now isn’t which nation is the most efficient producer, but which nation has access to the algorithm economy.
Project
Risks for Urban Migrants and Refugees
Based on seven case studies, the ARRIVE project develops recommendations to reduce the risk of refugees and urban migrants in secondary cities.
Degree Defense
Public PhD Defense of Justine Miller, UNU-CRIS PhD Fellow
The PhD defense by Justine Miller on "Disentangling the Spaghetti Bowl of Regional Integration" takes place in Ghent on Tuesday, 18 June 2026.
News
UNU Hosts Symposium on Japan-UN Cooperation, Expo 2025 and the Future of Multilateralism
The event was an extraordinary opportunity to connect time-honoured partnerships with fresh ideas for strengthening international cooperation.
Conversation Series
Egypt and Japan: Strategic Partners for Peace and Stability in the Middle East and Beyond
On 3 June 2026, UNU will host a conversation with H.E. Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt.