Sustainable cities and communities

By 2030, 60 per cent of the global population will reside in cities. As dense hubs of global activity, cities present some of the greatest challenges among the Sustainable Development Goals. From housing, public health, and employment, to natural resource consumption and transportation, achieving the SDGs will hinge on urban planning initiated now.

UNU research on sustainable urbanisation seeks to overcome the tendency to treat urban issues (such as governance, water, waste, health, economic development, or vulnerability to natural hazards) as discrete problems and instead find integrated, interdisciplinary solutions.

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Blog Post

Proceedings of the 2024 "João Maria Franco de Camargo International Symposium on Stingless Bees"

An international symposium on stingless bees to be held in Merida, Venezuela seeks impulse to a simple, sustainable bio-solution.

26 Jun 2024

News

A New Research Project with K-eco Launched to End Plastic Pollution

UNU-FLORES and K-eco launched new collaborative research project “TRANS-PLAST” to tackle plastic pollution.

24 Jun 2024

Side Event

Enhancing Water Security in Changing Environments: A Perspective on Asian Cities

BALI: This side event of the 10th World Water Forum will discuss water security issues in cities in Asia with an emphasis on SDG 6 metrics.

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