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Ninth SDG–UP Workshop Advances University Collaboration through Working Groups
UNU-IAS hosted the ninth workshop for the UNU SDG–Universities Platform (SDG-UP).
Media Coverage
Is it Time to Create a UN Political Body for Climate Change?
Proposals to address issues related to climate-security at the UN and challenges facing the multilateral system.
Press Release
Exhibition Featuring “Sustainability Stories” Worldwide in Images Opens at Museum in Dresden
Starting July 24, 2021, UNU-FLORES and Technische Sammlungen Dresden present "Sustainability Stories" culminating in a global photography competition.
Article
We Must Seize the Moment for a Global Pandemic Surveillance and Response Scheme
There is an urgent need to create a neutral and trusted digital system that can revolutionise how data is gathered and used during health crises.
News
Joint Master's Degree Programme Celebrates Graduation
The UNU master's (MSc) degree programme Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security recently celebrated the graduation of 25 students.
Blog Post
Safety in AI Systems
The concept of safety cements the need to ensure trustworthiness, preservation of human rights and the potential to promote sustainability and peace.
Project
Barriers to the Adaptation and Implementation of Innovations related to Environmental Resources (water-soil-waste-energy) in Sub-Saharan Africa - the Case of Germany
This project aims to analyse and understand the barriers to the adaption of innovations related to environmental resources in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Event
How Science Informs Policy: Soil-Water-Climate Nexus
This Nexus Seminar Series event will discuss multifunctional land use as an integrated approach to watershed management.
Article
Suburban Living the Worst for Carbon Emissions — New Research
A new study indicates that people in urban areas, on average, have the smallest carbon footprints, while those living in the suburbs have the highest.
Project
Earth Shattering: Financial Engagement at the Nexus of Modern Slavery and Natural Resources in Africa
Promoting synchronized action to tackle risks and abuses in cocoa production and gold mining value chains in Ghana.