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United Nations University - EHS

The United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). We are also actively engaged in education.

The Institute for Environment & Human Security (UNU-EHS) is a UN thinktank working to reduce environmental risks. Our research areas are:

- Climate change adaptation, including insurance-related approaches
- Environmentally induced migration and social vulnerability
- Ecosystem services and environmental deterioration
- Analytical tools and models to help understand vulnerability and risks linked to natural hazards. UNU-EHS offers a joint masters of science degree with the University of Bonn, titled in The Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security. UNU-EHS also hosts international PhD researchers. Our institute is based in Bonn, Germany.

02/10/2026

🌆 This , let’s look at what’s happening beneath our cities.

As urban areas expand, pressure on land grows too. But urban growth does not have to mean land degradation. 🌱

Sustainable land restoration can help create greener, healthier and more resilient cities.

🤔 What can that look like in practice?

Explore 5️⃣ highlights of sustainable urban land restoration: https://unu.edu/ehs/article/5-highlights-sustainable-urban-land-restoration?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=EHS

01/10/2026

🏙️ Looking for something to read this ?

We’ve brought together 5 recommended reads exploring how cities can become more just, resilient and inclusive.

The selection looks at co-creation, climate risk, human mobility, loss and damage and participatory data, offering different perspectives on how urban transformation can respond to the realities cities are facing today.

📚 Read the article, save the list and start exploring: https://unu.edu/ehs/article/5-recommended-reads-urban-transformation

30/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring!

UNU-EHS is looking for a Project Associate – Climate Analytics to join our team in Bonn, Germany.

The role will support the work of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), contributing to research and analysis, project implementation, capacity building and stakeholder engagement around climate risk, adaptation and resilience.

We’re looking for someone with:
🌍 A background in environmental sciences or a related field
📊 Strong research and analytical skills
🤝 Experience supporting projects, workshops and stakeholder engagement
🗣️ Fluency in English and Spanish

📍 Bonn, Germany
📅 Application deadline: 8 October 2026
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://careers.unu.edu/o/project-associate-climate-analytics-psa-3-4

26/09/2026

After a summer of record heatwaves driven by El Niño, devastating floods and warnings that limiting warming to 1.5°C may now require bringing temperatures back down from an overshoot, where does global climate action go next?

🌡️🌍

In our latest , UNU-EHS senior expert Soenke Kreft takes stock of where the multilateral climate process stands as it enters some of its busiest months.

From the road between and and a growing focus on implementation, to the expanding role of Climate Weeks and the transition ahead at the United Nations, the climate agenda itself is evolving.

And as António Guterres enters the final months of his second term as UN Secretary-General, another question is coming into focus: what climate leadership will be expected from his successor?

👉 Swipe for key insights and read the full Perspective: https://unu.edu/ehs/commentary/between-el-nino-and-overshoot-how-climate-featuring-global-agenda?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=EHS

26/09/2026

Yes. ✅
But… what is the cost, and who pays it? ⚠️

Clean energy, greener cities, recycling.
All essential.
But if we ignore extraction, inequality and waste, we just move the impacts somewhere else.

Which “YES, BUT” hits hardest for you?

Drop 1, 2 or 3 below 👇

25/09/2026

What if the solution to a challenge already exists somewhere else? 🌍💡

Countries across the Global South are developing ideas, technologies and approaches to challenges they often share, from climate change and food insecurity to disaster risk and access to technology.

South-South cooperation creates opportunities to learn from those experiences, adapt what works to local contexts and develop solutions together.

At UNU-VIE, we see this happening in practice, from farmers and researchers exchanging knowledge on agrivoltaics in Mali and The Gambia to collaboration between Africa and Latin America on green businesses and a just energy transition.

Because knowledge doesn’t only flow in one direction.

👉 Swipe to learn what South-South cooperation is and why it matters.

🔗 Read more: https://unu.edu/vie/news/what-south-south-cooperation-and-why-does-it-matter

24/09/2026

🌡️ When it comes to global warming, decimals are kind of a big deal.

0.1°C might look tiny on a thermometer. For our planet, it isn’t.

Every fraction of a degree of warming can mean greater risks for people, ecosystems and livelihoods.

The good news? Every fraction of a degree we avoid matters too.

So yes, we’re sweating the small numbers. 🌍

24/09/2026

🌍 What difference does the UN make in people’s lives?

Every day, the United Nations works around the world to support peace, protect human rights and respond to some of our biggest shared challenges.

🕊️ Security & health
🌍 Climate action
⚖️ Human rights
💧 Water, education, gender equality and more

Swipe through for some key facts about the UN’s work ➡️

Via the United Nations

22/09/2026

🌍 What exactly is UNGA, and what does it have to do with climate change and the environment?

Every September, world leaders gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York as a new session of the UN General Assembly gets underway.

But UNGA is much more than its High-Level Week that is starting today.

As the UN’s main policymaking and deliberative body, the General Assembly brings together all 193 Member States to discuss global challenges and adopt resolutions that can help shape international priorities.

Swipe to find out what UNGA is and why it matters for climate and the environment. ➡️

Read more: https://unu.edu/ehs/article/what-unga-and-its-importance-climate-and-environment

22/09/2026

🌡️ What happens when global warming exceeds 1.5°C?

Climate overshoot is not simply about crossing a temperature threshold. Temperatures could eventually decline towards 1.5°C again, but that would not take us back to the world we knew before.

Between exceedance and a potential return towards 1.5°C lie years of peak warming and accumulating impacts, some of which may be irreversible.

And for people, overshoot will be felt through changing risks to health, livelihoods, food and water security, shelter, mobility and essential services.

In a new Perspective article, UNU-EHS expert Stella Shumba looks at climate overshoot through a human security lens and what it means for adaptation, climate finance, equity and Loss and Damage.

🔗 Read the full Perspective: https://unu.edu/ehs/commentary/temperature-decline-not-undo-button-climate-overshoot-human-security-challenge

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