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United Nations University (UNU)
- Organization type:UN & International Organization
General contact information
- URL: http://www.unu.edu/
- Address: Shibuya-ku, Jingumae 5-53-70
- Postal Code: 150-8925
- City: Tokyo
- Country: Japan
- Telephone: +81 354671212
- Fax: +81 334992828
- Email: mbox@hq.unu.edu
- Head of the organization: David Malone
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The overarching goal of the United Nations University is to contribute to global sustainable development that will enable present generations to live a decent life in peace, in freedom, in safety, and in good health, without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
- Where the rain falls: Innovative study unravels relationship between climate change, and migration in the Global South
29 Nov 2012 - Pioneering study shows evidence of loss & damage today from the front lines of climate change: Vulnerable communities beyond adaptation?
27 Nov 2012 - Political barriers to climate change adaptation
8 Aug 2011 - Japan: 2011 UNISDR report on disaster risk reduction launched at UNU
1 Jun 2011
Statements & Presentations
- Sustainability science: a multidisciplinary approach, volume 1
2010 - The road ahead: what next for indigenous people in the climate change negotiations?
2010 - Usable thoughts: climate, water and weather in the twenty-first Century
2010 - Vulnerability in developing countries
2009 - Heads up! Early warning systems for climate, water and weather-related hazards
2009 - City profile: climate and disaster resilience
2009 - Climate change in Asia: perspectives on the future climate regime
2008 - Natural disasters and remittances: exploring the linkages between poverty, gender, and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS
2008 - Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards : towards disaster resilient societies
2006 - Floods in Bangladesh: history, dynamics and rethinking the role of the Himalayas
2006 - Crossing national borders: human migration issues in Northeast Asia
2005 - Confronting environmental change in East and Southeast Asia: eco-politics, foreign policy, and sustainable development
2005 - Mangrove management and conservation: present and future
2003 - Lessons learned from the 1997-98 El Niño: once burned twice shy?
2001 - Globalization and the sustainability of cities in the Asia Pacific region
2001 - Global environmental risk
2001 - Crucibles of hazards: mega-cities and disasters in transition
1999 - Globalization and the world of large cities
1998 - Regions at risk : comparisons of threatened environments
1995
- Launch of the WorldRiskReport 2012
11 Oct 2012 - 12th Bonn dialogues event: Climate change, social vulnerability and resilience
08 Oct 2012 - Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction for sustainable development
05-08 Jul 2012 - 28th Eisaku Sato essay contest
31 Mar 2012 - Japan-UNESCO/UNU symposium on the great East Japan tsunami on 11 March 2011 and tsunami warning systems: policy perspectives
16-17 Feb 2012 - 5th UN-CECAR international conference on disaster risk management and sustainability
15 Nov 2011 - Second world landslide forum
03-09 Oct 2011 - Indigenous peoples, marginalized populations and climate change workshop
19-21 Jul 2011 - Anglophone African regional writeshop to support developing country publications on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change
07-11 Feb 2011 - Public symposium on climate change and education: UNESCO's role in the 2010s
26 Nov 2010 - Public lecture on 'Climate change and the Mayan vision'
21 Oct 2010 - Japan-CARICOM public symposium on climate change and biodiversity
02 Sep 2010 - 2010 UNU International course - optional course in global change and sustainability
10 May - 18 Jun 2010 - International PhD workshop: disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation - scientific concepts and strategies for disaster risk reduction in climate change context in the coastal areas in South and Southeast Asia
23-25 Nov 2009 - 2009 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction launch event: Tokyo
22 May 2009 - 2009 UNU international course - optional course in global change and sustainability
11 May - 19 Jun 2009 - CADRR - cooperative action for disaster risk reduction
04-06 Mar 2009 - First world landslide forum
18-21 Nov 2008
- Master of science in sustainability, development, and peace
University programme Masters - UNU International Course: UN System - pressing issues and sustainable solutions
University programme Certificate/Diploma
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