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 ...

The initiative is aligned with national development priorities and international frameworks, including the UN Sustainable ...

UNU-INWEH invites leading experts to support independent scientific review of the World Food Academy’s educational content.

On 22 October 2026, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development, UNU, JICA and JADE will co-organize a special event to discuss findings from the World Development Report 2026.

The United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) is expanding its research capacity, bringing new expertise to the Centre as it responds to a rapidly evolving set of challenges ...

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 ...

Launched on International Youth Day 2026, this publication showcases meaningful youth engagement and leadership on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives across the global network of ...

Thank you for your interest in the AI for SDGs – Global Youth AI Future Innovation Competition 2026. Applications are now closed, and the competition has entered the Judge Round. Selected finalists ...

My analysis follows Moon’s typologies of power in global health governance and questions the transformative potential of contemporary One Health Policies. This analysis reveals that different forms of ...

With less than four years remaining until the 2030 deadline, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are significantly off track. In response, artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly been ...

London, United Kingdom – June 23, 2026 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the launch of the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative during an address at London ...

This report, Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints, by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) on its 30th ...