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Media Coverage
Driving Circular Economy Through Youth Engagement at COP29
An editorial piece in World Resources Forum highlights the potential of COP29 to empower young climate innovators to foster a circular economy.
News
UNU-CPR celebrates ten years of sustained growth
Anniversary event provides opportunity to celebrate partnerships and reflect on solutions for global challenges.
Event
A Dialogue on Advancing Global Cooperation for Climate Action
Implementing the Paris Agreement
Report
Revisiting the sovereign debt architecture: The Common Framework and considerations for a swift debt relief mechanism
Recommendations to improve the sovereign debt architecture ahead of upcoming multilateral processes.
Expert
Luís Rodrigues
Luis Rodrigues is a Digital Governance Consultant of the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) since October 2024.
News
Why Central American Economies Need Better Innovation Policies
UNU-MERIT's UNESCO Chair Professor Carlo Pietrobelli shares fresh insights following his keynote at a recent high-level policy event in Panama.
News
Why Inequality Research Matters Now More Than Ever: UNU-MERIT on Nobel Winners
Our academics reflect on the work of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics laureates and its influence in the fields of economics and global policy.
News
Launch of the first UNU Hub in the United States at the City College of New York
The new hub will focus on remote sensing and problems of complex urban systems
Event
Operationalizing Multi-scale Policy Coherence for Climate Action
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN: This event at the COP29 SDG Pavilion will discuss how to achieve policy coherence to drive effective climate action.
Seminar
Nexus Seminar Series N.79 -Paying CEOs for Environmental and Social Performance: What We Know and What We Don’t Know
With CEO pay increasingly tied to ESG, this overview explores how such goals are set, why firms adopt them, and if they lead to real environmental or social gains.