Graduation Returns to the UN Campus
The Joint Master’s of Geography of Environment and Human Security recently gathered in the Langer Eugen at the UN Campus and online to celebrate the graduation of 41 students. Although it was a hybrid format, it marked the return of an in-person graduation ceremony after a two-year pause from the pandemic.
UNU-EHS: 5 Facts on Disaster Risk and the SDGs
The global community continues to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, and has also become increasingly aware of the impacts of natural hazards and the climate crisis. Yet, the global community has still not recognized the extent to which disaster risk may impact our ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the impact of risk on the SDGs, risk is not particularly well integrated. To highlight this issue, current and former UNU-EHS and MCII experts Jennifer Denno Cissé, Julia Plaß, and Simon Schütze share five facts on disaster risk and the SDGs.
United Nations University InstUNU-EHS and UNDRR launch the new report “Rethinking Risks in Times of COVID-19”
As world leaders are traveling to Bali to meet at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 and discuss how to better prevent and reduce current and future risks, the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and United Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) have launched the new report “Rethinking Risks in Times of COVID-19.”
Five facts on drought risk, from the UNU Lead Author of GAR Special Report on Drought 2021
Droughts affect millions of people and many domains, and incur costs that are mostly laid on the shoulders of the most vulnerable. Impacts are widespread, ranging from agricultural and energy production to human health and biodiversity, and even tourism. Climate change is aggravating the issue by increasing temperature and disrupting rainfall patterns, leading to more severe and frequent droughts in many regions in the world. As the world inches closer to getting 2°C above pre-industrial levels, we must better manage drought risks, understand root causes and take preventive action.
UN Bonn Will Join Earth Hour on 26 March 2022
UN Bonn with its 25 entities will join Earth Hour on Saturday 26 March 2022. It will turn off its lights from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time. Join UN Bonn and speak up about why nature matters!
First launched in 2007 in Australia, Earth Hour has been commemorated every year since, mobilizing hundreds of millions of individuals and cities to participate and growing to become one of the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment and climate action.
New InsuRisk Report focuses on social protection
Every year on 13 October the United Nations celebrates the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The General Assembly called for this day to raise awareness of the importance of reducing our risk to disasters. On this year’s DRR Day, UNU-EHS launched its latest InsuRisk Report: Disaster risk, social protection and readiness for insurance solutions.
New Podcast Episode on How Disasters are Interconnected
Our world today is facing an unprecedented level of extreme events impacting people and nature, evident in the ever-increasing frequency of severe weather events, epidemics and human-made disasters. In 2020/2021, the world witnessed a number of record-breaking disasters that showed us clearer than ever before how interconnected we are, for better or worse.
New Report by UNU-EHS: Disaster Risks in an Interconnected World
Nobody is an island. We are interconnected. Our actions have consequences − for all of us. As we become ever-more interconnected, so do the risks we share. To manage these risks, we need to understand why and how they are interconnected. Only then can we find appropriate solutions.
Media Advisory: Virtual press briefing for launch of new UN University report “Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021”
When: Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 11.00 a.m. CET
Where: Virtual event. Please register here.
Available assets upon request: Embargoed media copy of the report, expert interviews, images, b-roll