UNEP is showcasing restoration initiatives in Kanazawa, Japan and other cities as part of a project to increase biodiversity in urban areas and make them more resilient to climate change.

The push is part of a larger conservation effort led by UNEP. Its goal: to protect the fast-disappearing rainforests and peatlands of eight Congo Basin countries.

Statement by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen on the passing of Hon. Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Ghana’s Minister of ...

A segunda parte da quinta sessão do Comitê Intergovernamental de Negociação para desenvolver um instrumento internacional ...

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally ...

Almost three and a half years since the adoption of UN Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14, the world is on the brink of agreeing a historic instrument to end plastic pollution.

​​​By helping communities cope with a changing climate, the UNEP-backed project is altering that calculus. Funded by the ...

The UN Food Systems Summit+4 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) happened from 27-29 July, in Addis Ababa, co-hosted by Ethiopia and ...

This is an official side-event of the UN Food Systems Summit+4.Date: Time: 2:15 - 3:30pm EATOrganizers:Food and Agriculture ...

Once relatively rare, supercharged temperatures are becoming more common as humanity pumps greenhouse gases into the ...

Las temperaturas supercargadas, relativamente raras en otros tiempos, se están volviendo más comunes a medida que la ...

Peatlands are fragile ecosystems that store twice as much carbon as forests. UNEP’s Global Peatlands Initiative spotlights ...