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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Event

Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change and Other Social Challenges by Conservation and Restoration of Mangrove Ecosystem, Focusing on its Multiple Services

A side event at CBD COP15 will be held on mangrove ecosystem conservation as a nature-based solution for post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

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Side Event

Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change

On 14 December 2022, UNU-IAS will co-organise “Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change” — a side event at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15).

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Media Coverage

Op-Ed Discusses Implications of COP27 for Sustainable Energy in Africa

Diplomatic Courier published an article by UNU-IAS student Mark Akrofi on the outcomes and implications of COP27.

13 Dec 2022

Side Event

OECMs and Green Economies: Productive Landscapes for Nature-positive Society

UNU-IAS will host a session at CBD COP15 on financial and economic factors affecting the identification, management, and effectiveness of OECMs.

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Side Event

The Satoyama Initiative: A Decade of Working for Societies in Harmony with Nature

A side event at CBD COP 15 will present the results of the first ten years of IPSI to celebrate the first decade of the initiative.

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Event

Exploring Nature-Positive Pathways

UNU-IAS will hold a side event at the COP 15 conference to discuss a whole-of-society approach to biodiversity governance for transformative change.

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News

Session Promotes the Satoyama Development Mechanism for a Nature-positive Society

UNU-IAS co-organised a thematic track session at ISAP 2022 discussing the Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM).

06 Dec 2022

Event

Transformative Actions for a Nature-positive Society from Satoyama Initiative towards 2030

On 2 December 2022, UNU-IAS will co-organise a thematic track session at the 2022 International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP).

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News

Video Illustrates Links between Culture and Biodiversity in Urban Gardens

A new UNU-IAS video on the connectivity between people, culture, biodiversity, and urban landscape in Kanazawa, Japan.

29 Nov 2022

Media Coverage

Ensuring That Women Play an Equal Role in Post-Conflict Transitions

Addressing the needs and involvement of women in post-conflict planning.

29 Nov 2022

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12th African RCE Regional Meeting

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