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

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

Seaweeds are a diverse collection of organisms encompassing over 12,000 identified species separated into three groups: reds, browns, and greens. Kelp refers to over 100 species of large brown seaweed ...

Cities consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy and have a unique role to play in the global energy transition across buildings, transport, heating/cooling, industry, and power grids (IEA, 2021).

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 Joint UNEP-WMO Consultative Workshop and Science-Policy Dialogue on Solar Radiation Modification will take place at WMO Headquarters in Geneva and co-facilitated together with the International ...

Biological diversity is often understood in terms of the wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences within each species — for example, between ...

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 ...