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Side Event
Leveraging Postgraduate Education for Sustainable Development: The Resource-Nexus and Environmental Management in Global South Partnerships
NEW YORK / ONLINE: This SDG Action Weekend side event will explore the potential of higher education to contribute to achievement of the SDGs.
Press Release
UNU Study Uncovers the Injustice Implications of Aging Levees in the United States
A UNU assessment warns that ethnic minorities and poor communities in the US are unequally exposed to risks of levee failure under climate change.
News
Nature Article Reveals the “Values Crisis” Fuelling Biodiversity & Climate Emergency
A new article in the journal Nature argues that the global environmental crisis is perpetuated by undervaluation of nature.
Project
Earth Shattering: Financial Engagement at the Nexus of Modern Slavery and Natural Resources in Africa
Promoting synchronized action to tackle risks and abuses in cocoa production and gold mining value chains in Ghana.
Side Event
Implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through the Satoyama Initiative/COMDEKS 4
ONLINE: On 12 July, UNU-IAS will co-organize a biodiversity-related side event at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
News
Trapped Sediment Robbing World’s Large Dams of Vital Water Storage Capacity
A new UNU study of large dams across the world reveals the alarming extent of water storage capacity lost due to trapped sediment.
Press Release
UN Water Experts: The World Is Off-track to Meet Its Sustainable Water Goal by 2030
A water security assessment led by UNU water experts found that the majority of the world’s population currently live in water-insecure countries.
Press Release
Bottled Water Masks World’s Failure to Supply Safe Water for All
A new report by UNU water experts provides a comprehensive analysis of the rapidly-expanding global bottled water industry.
Event
"The Triple Planetary Crisis: From Issues to Action", a Conversation with Inger Andersen
On 4 October 2022, UNU will host a conversation with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
Event
Water Insecurity and Syndemic Health Issues Among Forcibly Displaced Persons
World Water Week 2022 will take place from 23 August to 1 September as a hybrid virtual/on-site event in Stockholm, Sweden.
Press Release
Kaveh Madani Named as Next Director of UNU-INWEH
Prof. Kaveh Madani of Iran has been appointed as the next Director of the UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health.