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Announcement
Applications Open: RCE Awards 2025
The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2025.
Event
SCIENCE TALK: Renewable Energy Under Climate Change
Understanding the Climate-Energy Nexus Through Data-Driven Modeling
Media Coverage
AI agents in global governance: digital representation for unheard voices
Eduardo Albrecht explains how Artificial Intelligence is shaping multilateral decision-making in Columbia University's Multilateralism in Action blog.
News
Seminar: Water as Enabler for Climate Action and Future Society
UNU, Sweden & SIWI hosted experts on water for climate action, announcing World Lake Day & affirming Japan-Sweden ties for sustainability.
Expert
Dr. André Lindner
André Lindner is a Senior Adjunct Researcher at UNU-FLORES and Deputy Director of the UNU Hub Climate Resilience and Sustainable Technologies (CREST), he also serves as the Managing Director and Advisor Internationalization of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TUD | Dresden University of Technology.
News
80th Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ― The Imperative of Global Unity
Global leaders stressed the urgent need to renew multilateralism and foster global unity amidst rising nuclear threats and world fragmentation.
Announcement
UNU Global AI Network Members
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Blog Post
Guided by the light
If firefly populations had declined during the 1660s to today's levels, we might not be able to suppress tumors by photosensitizing them.
News
In the Field with Ann-Christine Link and Valérie Andriamanga: Understanding Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change in Madagascar
Find out how our researchers trace climate change impacts on human mobility from Androy to Boeny in Madagascar.