Climate change

Global Goal Adaptation Worshop 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

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.

Why Groundwater Use Location Matters in Transboundary Aquifers

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

Integrating Mental Health Preparedness for Climate-Affected Populations into European Adaptation Management

Climate change is increasingly recognized as a determinant of mental health.

Media Advisory: Press Briefing ahead of COP 31 – what to watch, what to expect

Ahead of COP 31 UNU-EHS is hosting a press briefing on what to watch and what to expect at COP 31 in Antalya.