Junko Edahiro looks at the challenges that Japan faces today and how the country can work toward returning to a sustainable, steady-state, happy society.

On World Food Day we share the perspective of an anti-hunger and social rights activist who feels food should be a commons not a commodity.

Global food security should not only be an economic or political goal, but a moral imperative, argues former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

All 197 UN member countries have agreed to use the Montreal Protocol for controlling climate-change-inducing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Until developing countries are equipped to deal with this growing problem themselves, an innovative model connects rich and poor nations to recycle e-waste.

Gerontocracy (rule by elders) is a soaring and risk-bearing trend in rich countries. A new intergenerational justice index rates Italy worst in Europe.

Dr Rebecca Brubaker is Senior Policy Adviser at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in New York, focusing on Security Council affairs, multi-lateralism, sanctions, mediation, ...

UNU alumnus Martin Medina looks at the ancient system of Aztec waste management and resource use and discusses its relevance to the contemporary world.

An urban agriculture venture in Singapore hopes to increase the country's resilience and food security with a new rooftop garden technology.

He is starting small by transforming one square meter into an electricity generator. But he has chosen the locaton wisely. He has placed four sheets in the pavement in one of the world’s busiest ...

Our World世界各地で大規模な水害が頻発し、死者や経済的損失が急増し、人々は家を追われるようになりました。国連大学水・環境・保健研究所（UNU-INWEH）が作成した「洪水マッピングツール」は、特に脆弱な地域において、洪水の被害やリスクを予測し、効果的な水害対策を行うための情報を ...

Mangjing Village's tea gardens show that traditional cultivation of tea can both support local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity.