Climate change

Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are drivers of climate change, and are now at their highest levels in history. To avoid catastrophic impacts on communities, livelihoods, and economies, action must be swift and coordinated. The Paris Agreement is propelling this action, but achieving the Agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius will depend on transforming climate knowledge into policy.

UNU seeks to help the vulnerable populations most affected by climate change, and to ensure global resilience later. UNU research contributes to policies and measures for mitigating and recovering from climate-related disasters, including insurance safety nets for island communities threatened by sea level rise and extreme weather as well as strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

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Side Event

Ensuring Human Rights for Climate Migrants and Displaced Individuals

DUBAI & ONLINE: This session at the COP28 Thailand Pavilion will focus on the needs and rights of people displaced by climate & environmental change.

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Side Event

Sciences & Emerging Technologies for Resilience Building: UNESCO’s Approach for a Just Transition

DUBAI: This side event at the COP28 UNFCCC Pavilion will discuss how to leverage science and emerging technologies to build climate change resilience.

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Event

Engaging Youth in Green Jobs at Scale for a Just Transition

JOHOR, MALAYSIA: This session at the Asia-Pacific Climate Week aims to build the capacity of youth to lead a just transition.

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Side Event

From Reaction to Socio-Ecological Resilience: Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Nexus for Climate Adaptation

DUBAI & ONLINE: This session at the COP28 Resilience Hub will explore practical measures such finance mechanisms & grassroots nature-based solutions.

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Side Event

Pathways towards Enhanced Capacity to Implement the Paris Agreement — Regional Leaders Dialogue

DUBAI: This COP28 side event at Japan Pavilion will discuss strategies to increase institutional capacity and partnerships for carbon-neutrality.

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Announcement

New e-Learning Course: Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

This free online course will explore forms of climate-related human (im)mobility, each with different implications for policy and impacts on people.

31 Oct 2023

News

Symposium Discusses Transforming the Global Food System for Sustainability

The online event was held as part of the UN Weeks at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.

30 Oct 2023

Project

What can the UN Security Council do on Climate and Security?

Examining how climate change and security risks trigger the Security Council's mandate for action.

30 Oct 2023

Press Release

New UN University Report Warns about Risk Tipping Points with Irreversible Impacts on People and Planet

Drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed.

25 Oct 2023

Press Release

UN Study Reveals the Hidden Environmental Impacts of Bitcoin: Carbon is Not the Only Harmful By-product

Global Bitcoin mining is highly dependent on fossil fuels, with worrying impacts on water and land in addition to a significant carbon footprint.

24 Oct 2023