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On World Food Day we share the perspective of an anti-hunger and social rights activist who feels food should be a commons not a commodity.
An urban agriculture venture in Singapore hopes to increase the country's resilience and food security with a new rooftop garden technology.
This article is first in a series aimed at providing an understanding of the United Nations Security Council — the premier forum in international politics.
Global food security should not only be an economic or political goal, but a moral imperative, argues former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
More Rohingya women are fleeing mass violence and increased risk of sexual violence targeting Muslim communities in Myanmar.
How Small Islands Can Leverage Digital Analytics For Better Public Services The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed governments towards digital interventions to enhance the efficiency, resilience, and ...
All 197 UN member countries have agreed to use the Montreal Protocol for controlling climate-change-inducing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
Gerontocracy (rule by elders) is a soaring and risk-bearing trend in rich countries. A new intergenerational justice index rates Italy worst in Europe.
Until developing countries are equipped to deal with this growing problem themselves, an innovative model connects rich and poor nations to recycle e-waste.
The ongoing civil war in Yemen which started in 2015 is estimated to have killed well over 13,000 people including an estimated 5,000 civilians, although there are reports that the real numbers are ...
In recent years there has been an important shift in research on climate-induced migration: from a tendency to focus on movements between countries to a growing interest in movements within countries, ...
UNU-IAS Master of Science in Environmental Governance students recount their visit to a farm that uses exclusively agroecological methods.