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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
Climate
Will you eco-marry me?
Wedding celebrations can be low carbon-emitting, socially-responsible, energy efficient and embrace the four Rs (reuse, reduce, recycle, repair).
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Oil
Intelligence to fuel cars of the future
The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich introduces an environmentally-friendly automobile called the PAC-Car II to the world.
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Oil
Plugging into wind
Many governments are setting higher wind energy targets but is wind power really that hot, or just a gimmick?
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Climate
Sad demise of the paper coffee cup
The bean counters at the World Wildlife Fund found that it takes more than 200 litres of water just to produce one cup of latte coffee.
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Climate
You are what you read
With 100 trillion words on the Internet, where to start? We stay plugged into a network of websites around the world and share them here with you. What are you reading?
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Climate
Walking on country with spirits
Located on the eastern shore of Australia’s tropical north, Shipton’s Flat is home to Marilyn, a Kuku Nyungkal Aboriginal woman, and her family.
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Climate
Deal or no deal?
Top-down plans like a Green New Deal are an essential umbrella under which nations can cooperate to address common global problems.
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Climate
Squeezing the issues
Climate change, access to water, reliance on oil and poor ecosystem health may provoke a storm of consequences, warns The Great Squeeze documentary.
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Food
Feeding the nine billion
Food prices have fallen significantly from their peak last year, but that doesn’t mean that policymakers should feel relieved.
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Climate
Cutting emissions through innovation
Cleaner energy, boosted efficiency and lower emissions are essential, but technological innovation alone will not provide all the answers.
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Climate
Sea level rise in Kowanyama
Aboriginal people living on gulf coastal plains in Kowanyama are particularly susceptible to even the most minor changes in sea level.
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Biodiversity
Harvest time in satoyama
The idea of satoyama embodies particular views about nature and its integration with lifestyle, cultural values and resource management practices.
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Climate
From naïve to Evian
The “bottle-isation” of world water presents serious environmental and ethical challenges that transcend national boundaries.
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Climate
Greening a giant: Shrinking the footprint of Japan’s building sector
Building sector emissions are now 39% higher than in 1990, so Japan has the issue in its CO2-cutting sights.
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Climate
Bangladesh tackles its carbon footprint
Bangladesh certainly faces serious impacts brought by climate change, but the country has become a hotbed of adaptation strategies and experimentation.
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Climate
Let’s generate electricity by walking!
Kohei Hayamizu has a bold vision for the future: a city that is in itself an electric power station.
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Climate
Measuring eco-innovation
Eco-innovation is likely to be an important driver for economic development across the globe as we respond to today's challenges.
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Food
How much oil do Americans eat?
Michael Pollan's recent open letter to Barack Obama outlines why and how America's diet and agriculture need to shift away from a reliance on cheap oil.
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Climate
Closing the awareness-action gap
A recent study examines the gap between the percentage of people with an awareness of climate change and those taking action to solve the problem.
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Oil
World Energy Outlook 2008
The International Energy Agency has just released the 2008 World Energy Outlook and it's a classic 'the glass is half full or half empty' story.
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Oil
Electric cars hitting roads around the globe
Japanese ex-race car driver Yoshio Takaoka heads one of the small firms that are already producing and selling electric cars.
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Food
Hunger and poverty overshadowed
Governments are preoccupied by the global financial crisis, but who is thinking of the 900 million people now going hungry around the world?
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Climate
Innovation and climate change
At the UNU G8 Symposium on Innovation and Climate Change, we caught several experts on video as they shared their ideas for solutions.
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Climate
Scale of the climate and energy challenge
Climate change and energy policy are set to be the toughest economic issues in the next few decades. But there is a way out, if we begin to act now.
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Oil
Falling oil prices: Temporary lull or back to normal?
After several months of worrisome price jumps, oil prices are falling. The overall trend however, is a year on year increase. What does the future hold?
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Climate
Cool United Nations
"Cool UN" aims to reduce the use of air conditioning at UN Headquarters in New York to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save money.
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Climate
Yokohama, an environmentally friendly city
Cities around the world must take leadership in solving global environment problems. Yokohama takes this role very seriously.
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Food
Call for action on African food security
Food security is a critical issue for Africa today, as the continent struggles with declining agricultural stocks and high food prices.
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Climate
Outcome from the Toyako Summit
It appears that substantively not much was achieved at the G8 Toyako Summit, especially in relation to climate change.
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Oil
Welcome to Our World 2.0
Our World 2.0 is a webzine and video brief series from UN University focusing on climate change, oil, food and biodiversity.
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Climate
Follow the leaders in Hokkaido, Japan
Discussion at this week's G8 Toyako Summit should focus on the need for a long-term target for CO2 emission reduction.
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Climate
Japan as a Low Carbon Society
Japan should lead a "CO2 reduction revolution", said Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda as he announced plans to cut CO2 by 60-80%.
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Oil
Peak Oil: What does it mean to you?
Does $140 per barrel oil mean the Peak has arrived? The experts disagree on the cause but agree that the era of easy oil is over.
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Climate
Africa and climate change
For the depth and breadth of climate challenges that Africa faces, the country needs frontier science and entrepreneurship.
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Climate
Nagoya’s waste revolution
Thanks to dramatic action, Nagoya has the lowest per capita waste generation and highest per capita recycling rate of Japan's big cities.
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Climate
Indonesian drought, Kenyan flooding
When a drought hits Indonesia, there could be flooding later in Kenya, due to a phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole.
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Food
What in the world is propelling food prices?
The reason for escalating food prices is complex, and in the end, the solutions are not going to be simple.
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