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The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations (UN). It bridges the academic world and the UN system. Its goal is to develop sustainable solutions for current and future problems of humankind in all aspects of life. Through a problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approach it aims at applied research and education on a global scale. UNU was founded in 1973 and is an autonomous organ of the UN General Assembly. The University comprises headquarters Tokyo, Japan, and more than a dozen Institutes and Programmes worldwide.

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  1. The nexus of climate change, migration and security

    The nexus of climate change, migration, and security poses a new challenge to traditional conceptions of national and human security. Experts, among them Dr. Koko Warner (UNU-EHS), discuss the need for a new approach to these overlapping problems.

    December 2011

  2. Energy Crisis in the Pamir Mountains

    A transboundary initiative of the governments of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, coordinated by the United Nations University at the regional level, is currently working towards addressing the interlinked problems of poverty and land degradation in the Pamir-Alai region through an integrated approach.

    For further information please visit the PALM project website. |Read more

  3. Pastures for the Future in Kyrgyzstan

    As part of the PALM project, targeted communities in the Alai mountains in Kyrgyzstan and in the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan are developing their own land use plans and implementing specific micro-projects incorporating sustainable land management.

    For further information, please visit the PALM project website. |Read more

  4. UN Panel Discussion: Climate Change Impacts and Threats

    The panel discussion took place on 12 October 2009 in New York City and included speakers from across the globe: Chairperson Park In-kook, Republic of Korea; Margareta Wahlstrom, Asst. Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction; Geoffrey Dabelko, Dir. Enviornmental Change and Security Programme, Woodrow Wilson Intl. Center; Koko Warner, Head of the Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerablitity and Adaptation Section, UNU-EHS; Simon Dalby, Professor, Carleton University.

    There are three videos of the panel discussion available at Clean Skies. Watch now the statement of Dr Koko Warner in part 2, starting at 0:14:40. |Read more

  5. The United Nations University

    Please watch a general video on UNU produced by the United Nations University Office at the United Nations in New York (UNU-ONY). |Read more