A study of 109 countries concluded that the highly profitable and fast-growing bottled water industry is undermining efforts ...

The exuberant renewal of life that spring brings to Kanazawa's satoyama landscapes has long had socio-cultural and aesthetic ...

The United Nations University (UNU) is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation headquartered in Japan. For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial ...

Kato Van Broeckhoven is Senior Project Manager of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict project at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research. 53–70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ...

Vladimir Smakhtin is the former Director of the UNU Institue for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). He has 30 years of experience as a researcher and manager in the broad area of water ...

Cristal Downing is Colombia Case Study Manager on the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict project at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research. 53–70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ...

Dr Jack O’Connor is a senior scientist in the Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services section at the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security. 53–70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, ...

May 2023 — With the launch of the new United Nations University (UNU) global website platform, Our World has been integrated ...

Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo. She was formerly the Director of the UNU Institute of Advanced Studies, Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa ...

Our World magazine shares expert views, research and commentary on contemporary affairs of relevance to the mandate of the United Nations. This award-winning web magazine, brought to you by the United ...

“The UN is not just a product of do-gooders. It is harshly real. The day will come when men will see the UN and what it means clearly. Everything will be alright — you know when? When people, just ...

The argument of many critics of the United Nations Security Council is that it isn’t effective and that it needs to be fundamentally reformed. The loudest calls for reform come from those who believe ...