UNU research focuses on the challenges faced by the United Nations and its Member States. Our current research portfolio supports all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 to inspire global action to overcome the world’s biggest challenges.
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Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
Identifying entry points and pathways for building peace and mitigating conflict in climate-affected and fragile environments.
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What can Global Governance do for Forests? Cooperation and Sovereignty in the Amazon
What is the relevance, effectiveness of global governance instruments in preventing activities defined under national laws as illegal deforestation?
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The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests: Déja Vu or Solid Restart?
The Glasgow Declaration on Forests at COP26 was a notable step in addressing deforestation, but improvements are urgently needed.
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Inclusion and Gender Sensitivity for Effective Peace Mediation
This project showed that women’s inclusion and gender sensitivity in peace mediation are inseparable but not interchangeable.
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Child Migrants and Their Rights in Context
Recent jurisprudence, operational guidance, treaty body decisions and lawmaking related to children, climate and mobility.
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High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
Practical recommendations for strengthening global governance and securing a more peaceful and sustainable future
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Reimagining the Human-Environment Relationship
A collaborative effort to capture, interrogate, and elevate alternative paradigms of the human/nature relationship
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Database of Global Forest Governance Arrangements
Mapping global and regional governance arrangements on forests and other ecosystems relevant to biodiversity and climate change.
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Stress Testing the UN’s Regional Prevention Approaches
This project was driven by the key question: How can the UN better integrate its regional prevention work to more effectively respond to major crises?
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The Evolution of Inclusion: Three Decades of Policies and Programmes To Manage Exits From Armed Groups in Colombia
A history of DDR policy and programming in Colombia and lessons learned that can be applied to other contexts.