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The SDGs have as Goal 7: “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.” The inclusion of modern energy access as an explicit goal in the post-2015 development agenda is crucial, reflecting the global realization that development is not possible without energy and sustainable development is not possible without sustainable energy. Energy directly links…

This policy report highlights the main findings of the research project by UNU-EHS and the AXA Research Fund. The research explores the connections between the international response to climate change, migration and human rights. Taking the Pacific region as its geographic focus, Fiji and Vanuatu – two of the countries most affected by climate change – serve as case studies to further examine the…

RAPTA (Resilience, Adaptation Pathways and Transformation Assessment) is a unique tool to help project designers and planners build the ideas of resilience, adaptation and transformation into their projects from the start, to ensure outcomes that are practicable, valuable and sustainable through time and change. This report offers practical advice to planners, project managers, policy makers,…

Mortality and burden of disease from unhealthy environments: In 2016, 13.7 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment, representing 24% of all deaths. When accounting for both death and disability, the fraction of the global burden of disease due to the environment is 23%. In children under five years, up to 28% of all deaths could be prevented, if…

On 11 May 2012, the Committee on World Food Security endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. The Guidelines are intended to contribute to global and national efforts towards the eradication of hunger and poverty by promoting secure tenure rights and equitable access to land, fisheries and…

Today all nations are concerned about the phenomenon of desertification. Policies, strategies, projects and programmes have been formulated and implemented at both world and country level. At the same time, the role of forests and trees in land use should become more important in order to restore degraded land, support agriculture, strengthen food security, safeguard water…