Consumption and production

Sustainable production and consumption is about doing more with less, and doing it better — building sustainable infrastructure, ensuring efficient use of natural resources, and generating cleaner energy and less waste. By engaging diverse stakeholders, achieving sustainable production and consumption will generate lasting solutions that promote healthier ecosystems and economies, and safer livelihoods.

UNU research focuses on the processes, practices, and governance of product cycles and value chains, and spotlights how traditional practices can be scaled alongside modern systems and management techniques.

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Book Chapter

Enhancing Sustainability of Constructed Wetlands for Agricultural Water and Nutrient Management Practices through Social Innovations

Constructed wetlands (CWs) have a long history of pollution control in urban but also in rural and agricultural settings.

07 Mar 2026

Book Chapter

Toward SDG 6 in the Deduru Oya Basin, Sri Lanka: Assessing Localized Progress in Rural and Urban Settings

UNU-CRIS contributes to research on Sri Lanka's SDG 6 Progress: Deduru Oya Basin as a reference for Island Nation Water Security Standard

07 Mar 2026

News

Priming Crops Against Their Enemies by Fostering an Ancient Partnership

María Florencia Sardo is learning how local soil bacteria give plants an edge in the presence of a global menace

21 Feb 2026

News

Bacterial Viruses Against Human Pathogens

Fellow Victoria Rodriguez is adding to our understanding of prospective industrial applications of phages

10 Feb 2026

News

Clean Energy from Bioelectrochemical Systems

The III Latin-American Week of Microbial Bioelectrochemistry gathered students from the region to explore the potential of cells (literally)

24 Jan 2026

News

Going After the Key to Real Agricultural Sustainability

The workshop organized by RELAR-PGPRLat built capacities for the understanding of plant-soil interactions critical for productivity and sustainability

17 Jan 2026