Infrastructure

Social equality and economic prosperity depend on investments in infrastructure. But even basic services such as electricity, sanitation, and water remain out of reach for billions of people, creating barriers to the industrial and technological progress that drives developing country success. Building sustainable resource value chains will require the freedom to innovate that only robust infrastructure can provide.

UNU's work in cities is helping to ensure that rapid urban expansion can mitigate risks from climate change, and provide safe housing and a secure network of services for all.

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Blog Post

AI & Global Governance: A New Charter of Rights for the Global AI Revolution

AI’s growing role in our personal decision-making and identity raises a series of related ethical questions.

15 Oct 2018

Event

Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Risk Reduction

The symposium will explore linkages between the SDGs and DRR.

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Event

21st Century of Disaster: Lessons from the March 2011 Disasters and the Sustainable Development Goals

TOKYO: This symposium aims to incorporate the experiences and lessons learned from "3.11" into discussions on the post-2015 development agenda.

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Project

The Nexus Observatory – Data, Monitoring, and Governance

The Nexus Observatory provides an online platform to translate scientific knowledge into actionable insights for decision-makers in resource management.

09 Jul 2024

Project

Impact Assessment of the Tunisian Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Urban Development Program 'PRIQH 2'

This project will provide a socio-economic analysis of the impact of the PRIQH 2 project, which aims to improve the living conditions of urban poor.

09 Jan 2019

Project

Low-carbon society: an enhanced modelling tool for the transition to sustainability LOCOMOTION

This project aims to design a new set of Integrated Assessment Models to assess different sustainability policy options towards a low-carbon society.

10 Jul 2019

Project

Understanding the urban space for better governance: use of nontraditional data for real time disaggregated decision making

This research project aims to harness non-traditional datasets and computational knowledge to formulate methods to aid the achievement of the SDGs.

01 Feb 2020

Project

Analysis and Evaluation of the Sustainability and Resilience of Reinforcement Measures with Novel Mineral-bonded Composites

The project entails the analysis and assessment of the sustainability and resilience of new composites and reinforcing systems

06 Jul 2020

Project

Emergency preparedness planning for water supply and sanitation in health care facilities - organisational and technical solution strategies to increase resilience (NOWATER)

This project aims to deepen understanding of the factors that promote or hinder the continued operation of health and care facilities during crises.

18 May 2020

Project

Increasing resilience to water and climate-related risks

This project aims to deepen understanding of climate- and water-related risks of various regions, and suggest risk- mitigation measures.

05 Aug 2020

Project

Promoting unconventional water resources and technologies for water-scarce areas

This project builds on a previous project, “Unconventional Water Resources”, to deepen and promote understanding of unconventional water resources.

04 Aug 2020

Project

Transformative Urban Coalitions: Catalysing Urban Partnerships to Drive Systemic Transformation Towards Sustainability (TUC)

This project aims to shift the mindsets of urban citizens and leaders to build new urban coalitions towards socially inclusive zero-carbon cities.

17 Nov 2019