News
Microirrigation for Sustainable Agriculture in South Asia
A new UNU-IAS policy brief highlights microirrigation as an innovative solution to improve water management & increase agricultural production.
Article
Protecting Environmental Water from Antimicrobial Resistance
Improving antimicrobial resistance-related water quality standards will be essential to protecting the health of half a billion people worldwide.
News
2021 Floods: UN Researchers Aim to Better Prepare for Climate Risks
UN researchers aim to better prepare for climate risks.
Project
Managing a Just Transition to Electric Mobility – A Resource Nexus Approach to End-of-Life Vehicles in the Global South
The project formulates policy recommendations for international trade regarding used battery-electric vehicles
Project
Integrating the Resource Nexus in Payments for Watershed Ecosystem Services: Conception and Application
The project aims to define an economically feasible and socially acceptable payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme to aid watershed management.
News
Incorporating Multiple Values of Water in Policy & Management
A UNU-IAS Policy Brief explores the challenges of water insecurity in Asia and its broader impact on well-being, health, security, and education.
Article
New Tools to Map Flood Risk Will Help Bring Disaster Planning Up to Date
A new flood mapping tool and forthcoming artificial intelligence-driven models will generate current and future flood risk maps.
Press Release
UNU-INWEH's World Flood Mapping Tool is One of 2021’s '100 Greatest Innovations'
Popular Science named UN University’s online tool that generates street-level maps of floods worldwide as one of the 100 greatest innovations of 2021.
Article
Data Drought in the Global South
The Global South is in need of developing the ability to generate quality and actionable data to overcome development challenges.
Article
Where on Earth is a Water-secure World?
Water security standards must be more clearly defined and quantified, and need to relate directly to the number, type, and scale of problems.