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5 Facts

UNU-EHS explains complex climate concepts and ideas in easy-to-understand formats.

Date Published
9 Apr 2022

UNU-EHS explains complex concepts in simple 5 facts.

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Rotting fruit

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The sun over a city.

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Women filling containers with water from a community pump

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5 Facts on Groundwater Depletion

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Women and men in masks at a fruit market

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5 Ways Impacts of COVID-19 were Influenced by Gender

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5 Key Findings About the Current State of the World’s Migratory Species

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A farmer, wearing a mask, under a shack with his produce

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5 Aspects of Resilience Building in the Informal Sector

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A tiny village hidden deep in the valley just beside Rainbow Mountain, Peru

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5 Insights Towards Systemic Risk Reduction in Mountains

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A woman riding a bicycle in Brazil

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5 Reasons Why We Need to Make 2023 Count for Sustainable Cities and Communities

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residential neighbourhood in Beijing with the sun casting red glow on buildings

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Record-breaking Heat: 5 Facts on Rising Temperatures

12 Jul 2023

A child at a farm in Peru

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Land Restoration: 5 Key Elements of Reviving Our Earth

15 Jun 2023

Two hands on the soil, with a plant in the middle

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5 Things You Need to Know About Forest Die-back

14 Jun 2023

Subsidiary Bodies of the Bonn Climate Change Conference

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5 Facts About the Subsidiary Bodies of the Bonn Climate Change Conference

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Vietnamese woman walking on a bridge

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5 Considerations for Adapting to Rising Flood Risks in Urban Regions

05 Jun 2023

Mangroves with houses in the background

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Climate Pledges: 5 Facts on Nationally Determined Contributions

26 Apr 2023

A mangrove forest

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5 Things You Need to Know About Classifying Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction

17 Apr 2023

A woman at a field with cracked dry land

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5 Factors for Successfully Scaling Up Adaptation to Climate Change

14 Apr 2023

Electric scooters at a city

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Sustainability For All: 5 Insights on Electric Vehicles and Waste Management in the Global South

28 Mar 2023

A woman working on carbon stocks measurement and rod surface elevation table (RSET) installation

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5 Factors on Implementing Nature-based Solutions into National Adaptation Plans

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58th Session of the IPCC

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5 Things You Need to Know About the IPCC

17 Mar 2023

Flowers and plants with a cities in the background

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5 Reasons Why Cities Deserve the Spotlight at COP28

14 Mar 2023

A healthcare worker with a mask giving a shot to a patient

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5 Facts on How the COVID-19 Pandemic Revealed the Systemic Nature of Risks

10 Mar 2023

An elephant in a field

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5 Facts on How Interconnected Disaster Risk Solutions Can Help Save Biodiversity

24 Feb 2023

Kwifons at Oku Festival, Cameroon

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5 Ways Languages Contribute to a Safer and More Inclusive World

17 Feb 2023

A storekeeper and customer looking at a credit card reader

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5 Insights into the Importance of Access to Disaster Risk Finance for MSMEs in the Pacific

10 Feb 2023

Aerial shot of a boat in the wetlands

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Unsung Heroes: 5 Facts on Why Wetlands Deserve to be Celebrated

27 Jan 2023

People at a shelter in British Columbia during a heatwave

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5 Facts on How We Can Learn to Plan for Heatwaves, after the British Columbia Heatwave

16 Jan 2023

A family sitting outside and smiling, with one boy in a wheelchair

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5 Facts on Inclusive Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change

21 Dec 2022

A person holding onto a tree in the midst of a sandstorm

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5 Facts on How Disasters Are Interconnected

26 Aug 2022

A woman at the edge of a creek, deep inside a forest

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5 Superpowers of Forests That Drive Climate Action

18 Mar 2022

A Kichwa woman takes a rest from cutting down the forest. They are clearing an area to sow corn to feed their livestock near the Napo River in Orellana, Ecuador.

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5 Ways the Superpower of Forests Can Help People

18 Mar 2022

A woman working on coconuts

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5 Facts on Gender Equality and Access to Disaster Risk Finance in Fiji

02 Mar 2022

5 Facts on Sustainable Adaptation

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5 Facts on Sustainable Adaptation

07 Dec 2021

A healthcare worker with medical equipment nearby, shown between a doorway

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5 Things You Need to Know About Health Infrastructures

06 Dec 2020

Theme
Climate change
Keyword
Climate action
Institute
UNU-EHS
Copyright
United Nations University, Creative commons, 2024

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