Climate change

United Nations Day: Renewing the Commitment to Global Solidarity and Sustainable Development in Africa

UN turns 81!

The Bat-Man connection through a One Health Biolens

Roman Espinal is transmitting epidemiological surveillance capabilities that support the case against habitat loss.

Global Goal Adaptation Workshop with Focus on Disaster Risk and Health

UNU-INRA,UNU Global Health,UNFCCC and African Group of Negotiators,meet in Accra, Ghana ahead of COP 31, on Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA)Indicators.

UNU-EHS Researcher Featured in UN News on Mekong Delta Climate Adaptation

A recent UN News article explores how rice farmers and communities are adapting to a changing environment in the Mekong Delta.

Keeping Options Open in the Deep Ocean

Advances in deep-ocean exploration are bringing questions of interpretation, governance and collective choice into sharper focus.

Commentary: The Pan-African Sustainability Conference 2026

Barbara Baidoo(UNU-INRA Research Fellow), shares her contribution on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), during her panel discussion at PASC 2026.

5 Things to Know about Biodiversity COP

Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will convene for COP 17 from 19-30 October, 2026. Learn more about the COP below.

Historical legacies and contemporary mismanagement aggravated the 2015-2020 drought impacts in Qwaqwa, South Africa

Why Groundwater Use Location Matters in Transboundary Aquifers

Transboundary aquifers lie beneath nearly every international land border, but cooperation over them remains rare.

Shared Aquifers, Border Hotspots: Cooperation Should Follow Where Groundwater Is Pumped, UN Scientists Say

Groundwater depletion clusters near borders in shared aquifers, yet just 11% of countries sharing them formally cooperate and under 5% have a treaty.