Climate change

5 Hard Truths about the Air We Breathe

Air pollution is easy to miss. What if the air around us is affecting our health more than we think?

Lisa Hartmann Featured in Mongabay Article on Indigenous Communities in the Philippines

UNU-EHS researcher Lisa Hartmann speaks to Mongabay about Indigenous communities’ deep connection to nature and the impacts of biodiversity loss.

Behavioural Change Interventions to Promote Climate Action: An Umbrella Review Protocol (Version 1)

This umbrella review protocol provides a systematic approach to synthesising accumulated knowledge.

Safeguarding the Forests of Southeast Asia for a Resilient Future

Dark Boreal Forests of Canada Absorb Enough Heat to Cancel Up to a Fifth of Their Climate Benefit, Scientists Warn

Canada's carbon accounting ignores how much sunlight a forest reflects, and the credits built on it may overstate what they deliver

From Carbon Accounting to Net Cooling: Securing the Albedo-Carbon Double Win in Canada’s Boreal Forest

Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Disasters are connected. Our Actions Should be Too.

Environmental crises are interconnected, but our agendas remain fragmented. It’s time to connect the dots and turn coherence into action.

What is Aridity and Why Does It Matter for the Rio Conventions and the Sendai Framework?

Aridification explained: Discover how long-term drying affects the climate, biodiversity, land degradation and disaster risk reduction.

UNU-EHS at COP 17

Check out UNU-EHS involvement at UNCCD's COP 17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 17-28 August.

Reconceptualizing Well-being to Foster a Sustainable Society through Indigenous and Youth Perspectives from the Global South

This project aims to develop a nature-inclusive well-being framework that integrates Indigenous values, contributing to the global discourse on sustainability.