Energy

Electrical Grids Planned on Outdated Climate Data Face Physical and Fiscal Risk: UN University Scientists Propose Domain-Informed AI as the Fix

While AI can improve grid resilience, it requires strict guardrails to limit energy use, ensure transparency, and prevent training bias

Employing Domain-Informed AI for Energy Planning and Decarbonization under Uncertainty

How domain-informed AI can bring climate projections into energy planning and reduce physical and fiscal risk to electricity grids.

UNU-INRA and SYND Webinar Spotlights Youth Opportunities in Ghana’s Green Economy

UNU-INRA and SYND organise webinar on "opportunities for youth in Ghana's Green sector."

Stakeholder Governance of the Energy-Biodiversity Nexus in the Renewable Energy Sector: Pathways to Achieve SDGs in the MENA Region

This publication was released as part of the UNU Resource Nexus focus area Transformed Landscapes.

UN Secretary-General launches AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, calling on AI companies to disclose carbon, water and land footprints

The launch of the initiative comes after a UN University report highlights AI's massive electricity demand and environmental impacts.

The WEF Nexus Index and Human Development Index as complementary lenses of sustainable development

This publication was released as part of UNU-FLORES focus area Transformed Landscapes.

Gender Report on Innovate For Clean Agricultural Technologies Project

A gendered approach to implementing the INFoCAT project, targeted at African women and youth in clean agritech innovation.

The Water-energy-food-ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus

Technologies and finance to address climate vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Power to Rebuild: State Support as a Driver of Ukraine's Green Energy Transition

5 Facts on Critical Minerals and the Waste We Can’t Afford

Demand for critical minerals is soaring, yet so is waste. Five facts on the growing crisis and the need to rethink how we use and recover resources.