Water

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor

Poor communities in Africa and South America are paying the hidden price of global transitions.

Rush for Critical Minerals Echoes Oil Extraction Injustice as Harms Fall on World's Most Vulnerable, UN Scientists Warn

EVs, renewable energy systems and AI infrastructure have benefits but they are driving severe costs borne disproportionately by the poor.

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.

5 Benefits of Organic Farming

Conventional agriculture feeds billions but can harm the environment. Organic farming offers a more sustainable, nature-based alternative.

Water Quality: A Mirror and Magnifier of Structural Inequalities and Social Injustice

Degraded water quality exposes deep‑seated inequalities rooted in gender, wealth and governance

Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints

AI’s rapid growth drives huge energy, water, and land use, raising environmental and equity challenges across its global infrastructure.

UNU Paris at ChangeNOW 2026: Collective Solutions for Global Challenges

UNU Paris at ChangeNOW 2026 advanced ocean governance, innovation, and partnerships, strengthening science-policy collaboration for global solutions.

Iran's Black Rain and the Health Shadow of Oil Wars

The environment is a casualty of the Iran war, as "black rain" creates toxic damage that typically endures.

In the Field with Flannery Johnson: What Agrivoltaics Looks Like on the Ground in The Gambia

Step into the field in The Gambia with one of our researchers and learn about agrivoltaics, farming and daily life.

‘Incoherence Is, in a Way, a Choice’: The Production of Policy Coherence at the Intersection of Uruguay's Agricultural, Environmental and Water Policies