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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News

Bread, Grapes and Food High-Tech

Miguel Moron's fellowship aims to incorporate waste polyphenols into healthier, more sustainable foods

29 May 2026

News

Learning to Pack for Efficient Delivery

Lídia da Silva gained proficiency in creating liposomes for the delivery of bioactive molecules without the producing microorganism

28 May 2026

Series

Circular Textiles

This focus area promotes circular approaches that redefine textiles from waste to resource, lowering environmental impacts throughout their life cycle

20 May 2026

Series

Responsible Electronics

This focus area promotes sustainability across the entire electronics value chain, from design to end of life management.

20 May 2026

Series

Resilient Food, Forest and Ecosystems

Food systems, forests, and ecosystems face rising pressure from climate change and demand. This focus area promotes sustainable resource management.

20 May 2026

Journal Article

Enhancing Tea Agrifood System Resilience Amid Geopolitical Tensions: A Resource Nexus-Based System Dynamics Analysis

This publication was released as part of the UNU-FLORES focus area Resilient Food, Forest and Ecosystems.

13 May 2026

Media Coverage

Tenth Global IPSI Conference Featured on Japanese TV

Nippon Television showcased recent activities of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative.

08 May 2026

Seminar

Organisational Capabilities, Digitalisation, and Labour Productivity

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series, in collaboration with the MILE–SBE Seminar Series, is pleased to announce an upcoming research seminar featuring Elena Cefis, Full Professor at the University of Bergamo.

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News

Crop Self-Defense for Sustainability

One way to agricultural sustainability is to reverse decades of selection against good traits that were not needed under intense agrochemical inputs

29 Apr 2026