Resource use and waste management tend to differ markedly in the developed and the developing world. The wealthier the person or society, the more resources consumed and the more wastes (solid and ...

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, ...

Dr. Feng Wang is a Research Associate with the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainabilty’s (UNU-IAS) Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) initiative. He works with the StEP “Best of 2 Worlds ...

The United States (US)–Mexico border is one of few places in the world where a developed country has a common border with a developing country. The US economy is 25 times larger than Mexico’s and US ...

The ongoing civil war in Yemen which started in 2015 is estimated to have killed well over 13,000 people including an estimated 5,000 civilians, although there are reports that the real numbers are ...

How Small Islands Can Leverage Digital Analytics For Better Public Services The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed governments towards digital interventions to enhance the efficiency, resilience, and ...

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 ...

The relationship between climate change and migration has been of interest to researchers and policymakers for more than 25 years — but misleading claims about climate-induced mass migration from the ...

As production (real GDP) grows, its marginal utility declines, because we satisfy our most important needs first. Likewise, the marginal disutilitiy inflicted by growth increases, because as the ...

The Shibuya location was chosen to make sure a high number of people would walk over the installation, thus generating a good amount of power. Hayamizu says that during the entire 20 day period of the ...

Refugee and migrant women are known to be at heightened risk of being subjected to sexual and gender-based violence. Their vulnerability as women is compounded by the violence they risk suffering both ...

The Bulang are thought to be one of the earliest cultivators of tea in Yunnan Province. Established during the East Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), Mangjing is home to 586 households and a population of ...