The United Nations University (UNU) is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation headquartered in Japan. For the past four decades, UNU has been a go-to think tank for impartial ...

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.

Global food security should not only be an economic or political goal, but a moral imperative, argues former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Junko Edahiro looks at the challenges that Japan faces today and how the country can work toward returning to a sustainable, steady-state, happy society.

David Li is the Executive Director of Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab (SZOIL) which facilitates the collaboration between global smart hardware entrepreneurs and the Shenzhen Open Innovation ecosystem.

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

“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 ...

Gerontocracy (rule by elders) is a soaring and risk-bearing trend in rich countries. A new intergenerational justice index rates Italy worst in Europe.

Transition's Rob Hopkins reviews a recent book and emphatically counters the author's contention that there is a “moral case” for fossil fuel use.

An urban agriculture venture in Singapore hopes to increase the country's resilience and food security with a new rooftop garden technology.

Where should evidence-based interventions be focused to most effectively eliminate discrimination against refugees and migrants, protect their rights, and positively shape public discourse.

He is starting small by transforming one square meter into an electricity generator. But he has chosen the locaton wisely. He has placed four sheets in the pavement in one of the world’s busiest ...