Executive Director Inger Andersen affirms that UNEP and UN-Habitat are joining forces to build greener, more resilient, and ...

UNEP-backed initiatives are supporting efforts in India to integrate sustainable cooling solutions into policies and city ...

Some 20 million people globally collect plastic waste to make a living. In developing countries without formal reuse and ...

A UNEP-backed initiative in Rwanda is helping restore forests and wetlands while equipping farmers with livelihoods that are ...

A growing number of cities are attempting to use data, often painstakingly gathered through dumpsite visits and household ...

A new ecological corridor of around 800,000 hectares, or 8,000 km², has been announced by the Kyrgyz Republic today.

Iraq will launch key climate reports during a high-level ceremony in Baghdad under the patronage and in the presence of Dr. Hallo Mustafa Al Askari, Minister of Environment of the Republic of Iraq, ...

As part of the celebration of World Environment Day 2025 which focuses on ending plastic pollution globally, the Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter (GPML) is pleased to host an ...

In September 2024, during the Special Session of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was agreed to prioritize six key areas of work.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is key to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This interactive tool shows the links between GBF and SDG targets—click on a ...

This workshop is organised by UNEP in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Government of Samoa ...

Plastic pollution generates over 400 million tons of waste annually, much of it managed by informal waste workers who remain excluded from finance, social protection, and safe working ...