Food is culture. This is especially true in a food-obsessed country like Japan where the national cuisine uniquely reflects the natural environment, regional diversity and underlying value system of ...

Charcoal-makers in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture revive traditional knowledge of skills and crafts associated with forest management.

Professor Dennis Meadows did say this almost forty years ago as a co-author of the iconic The Limits to Growth, along with the late Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers and William H. Behrens III. The ...

Vast amounts of energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could be recovered from the 380 billion cubic meters of wastewater produced annually worldwide.

“Ship of Fools” is an alternative rock song with an environmental message (or at least the video helps to interpret it that way) released in 1986 on World Party’s debut album, Private Revolution. The ...

Until developing countries are equipped to deal with this growing problem themselves, an innovative model connects rich and poor nations to recycle e-waste.

All 197 UN member countries have agreed to use the Montreal Protocol for controlling climate-change-inducing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

気候ソリューションの推進：COP29からの考察 COP29での活動を終えた岡本早苗UNU-MERIT研究員が、政策の一貫性を訴え、政策策定のための提言を共有。

UNU alumnus Martin Medina looks at the ancient system of Aztec waste management and resource use and discusses its relevance to the contemporary world.