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Conversation Series
Fragility, Conflict and Violence: How Anticipatory Action Can Support Fragile States
TOKYO: On 22 November 2024, UNU will host a conversation with Nabila Assaf, Deputy Director of the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank.
News
Event at COP29 Tackles Siloed Policymaking on Climate & SDGs
Experts shared insights on overcoming barriers to integrated, coherent climate and sustainable development action.
Blog Post
Local perspectives should shape multilateral responses to transnational organized crime
How multilateral responses to transnational criminal networks can be adapted to the realities of local communities for enhanced impact.
Blog Post
Countering transnational crime to secure peace
Transnational criminal networks pose a growing threat to peace and security. What measures can UN peace operations adopt in response?
Person
Valeska Onken
Valeska Onken is a international development cooperation professional working at GIZ and a dual-career PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University
Announcement
UNU-EHS & UNU-VIE at UNCCD COP16
Check out UNU-EHS & UNU-VIE involvement at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)'s Conference of the Parties (COP16).
News
COP29 Event Highlights Strategies for Policy Coherence & Inclusion
An event at the SDG Pavilion explored how a socio-ecological systems approach can advance climate action.
News
Challenges and Opportunities for the Economic Development of the Dominican Republic
Our PhD fellow Mercedes Menéndez writes about her presentation on 14 November at the Science, Technology & Innovation Week event in Santo Domingo.
News
UNU-FLORES at COP29
Bringing the Resource Nexus approach into focus to navigate emerging challenges and opportunities
Expert
Anna Stamatogiannakis
Anna is a Research Associate with the EVES Division, where she supports the WetlandHealth4UNGoals project. With her background in environmental science and GIS, she is particularly interested in using spatial data to analyse climate change impacts and support the development of adaptation strategies.