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UNCCD COP17 Event Highlights Need to Finance Landscape Governance
20+ hour, 31+ min ago (433+ words) UNU | United Nations University A UNU-IAS side event at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) explored how sustained investment in landscape and territorial governance can support conservation, restoration and…...
Science Talk: Bridging Climate Science and Engineering through Climate-Informed Engineering
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (242+ words) UNU | United Nations University Breakthroughs in computing have enabled a new generation of Earth System Models, providing increasingly detailed insights into how the climate and individual regions may evolve. These advances make it possible to translate climate information into parameters…...
Dark Boreal Forests of Canada Absorb Enough Heat to Cancel Up to a Fifth of Their Climate Benefit, Scientists warn
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (179+ words) Canada's carbon accounting ignores how much sunlight a forest reflects, and the credits built on it may overstate what they deliver “A forest can pass a carbon audit and still leave the surface warmer than it was. That’s the part…...
From Disaster Response to Anticipation: Act Before the Storm Hits
6+ day, 42+ min ago (842+ words) ASEAN can act now to refocus the next decade on innovative disaster preparedness, management and response. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines with winds over 300 km/h, one of the most powerful cyclones ever. Over 6,300 people died, millions were…...
Making Global Governance Innovation More Equitable
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (72+ words) United Nations University In this interview for the Global Governance Innovation Platform (GGI), recorded during the Global Governance Innovation Inception Workshop (16–17 January 2025), Sebastian Haug reflects on innovation as both novelty and improvement. He discusses how power relations shape global governance…...
Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Disasters are connected. Our Actions Should be Too.
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (131+ words) Environmental crises are interconnected, but our agendas remain fragmented. It’s time to connect the dots and turn coherence into action. Recognizing these interconnections raises an important question: if the challenges are connected, should international agendas and planning not be connected…...
What is Aridity and Why Does It Matter for the Rio Conventions and the Sendai Framework?
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (263+ words) Aridity has long been associated with deserts, but it is no longer a challenge confined to the traditionally dry parts of the world. More regions are experiencing a gradual but lasting shift towards drier conditions because of climate change through…...
Earth System Tipping Points
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (320+ words) United Nations University Earth system tipping points are critical limits in the Earthʼs climate and planetary sub-systems (e.g. rainforests and ice sheets) where small additional changes can trigger major and potentially irreversible shifts that continue on their own. These…...
UK Heatwave: Four in Ten Adults in England Take No Action to Protect Themselves in Response to Heat Alerts, UN Publication Warns
1+ week, 3+ day ago (256+ words) Warned but not protected—current warnings and communications in England remain inadequate to trigger behaviour change in response to heatwaves. Drawing on a national survey of adults and interviews with experts responsible for communicating heat risk in England, Strengthening England’s…...
A New Partnership for Science Diplomacy, Global Health and Sustainable Development
1+ week, 4+ day ago (61+ words) United Nations University As part of the Institute’s 20th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, UNU Global Health and UCSI University signed a new five-year agreement to strengthen collaboration across education, research and capacity building, bringing together their expertise to advance science…...