Ever since David Avalos Bonilla was a little boy, he helped his father harvest a mollusk locals call “piangua” from the nearby mangroves. When he was a child, the tangled roots of the mangrove forest – growing in the shallow coastal waters of Costa Rica, …
Two, move from fragmented policies to integrated, inclusive land governance. The COP17 action agenda explicitly identifies policy alignment, integrated land-use planning and inclusive governance as priorities. But the 500 million people who practice …
Excellencies, representatives of Indigenous Peoples, colleagues and friends, My thanks to the Government of Mongolia and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) for recognizing the central role of Indigenous Peoples in sustainably …
Throughout human history, one truth has remained constant: our world runs on natural resources. From gold rushes to oil booms, access to and control of these resources has always been a central part of civilizations’ struggle to survive and thrive. Today …
The world came to Ulaanbaatar committed to the fact that if we restore land, we can restore hope in a future where we all thrive. The past two weeks of talks have helped move us forward, but after the gavel has come down, it remains clear progress is …
The nose of a wooden canoe slides through sunlit, glassy water, each stroke of the mokoro canoe rowing pole sending out a cascade of gleaming ripples. From above, Botswana’s Okavango Delta is a maze of channels and lagoons winding through an ochre …
Energy is the lifeblood of the modern world, animating everything from cars, to homes, to the fitness tracker gathering dust on your bedside table. But there are some big problems with the global energy system. For one, it’s heavily reliant on fossil …
Nairobi, 28 July 2026 – Countries around the world are increasingly turning Just Transition pledges into laws, policies, institutions, and court decisions. This is the key finding of a report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released …
For decades, mangrove forests were considered one of the world’s fastest disappearing ecosystems, due to pressures from coastal development, overharvesting, aquaculture, agriculture, pollution and climate change. However, a global study that recently …
In March 2022, at the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), a historic resolution was adopted to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. The UNEA resolution ( …
While we often treat climate change and air pollution as separate issues, the reality is that they are tightly intertwined. Their causes overlap extensively, from the burning of fossil fuels to certain agricultural practices, and several pollutants …
Your Excellency, Sultan Hajiyev, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and colleagues. Welcome to the Thirteenth Annual Subcommittee meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR). Allow me to also recognize in the …
Nairobi, 07 September 2026 – Every US$1 invested in tackling climate change and air pollution together can generate around US$15 in economic benefits, according to a report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean …
Dates: 20 - 28 June 2026 Location: London, UK Registration usually required for individual events. See all events. London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is one of the world’s largest independent climate events, bringing together policymakers, businesses, …
Like an overmatched boxer, the world’s coral reefs are being pummeled by climate change, and the onslaught may soon prove debilitating. That was the main finding of a report released earlier this week by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, whose …
Air pollution can seem quite basic. The sky is brown – bad; the sky is blue – good. But start trying to understand what clean air truly entails, and it quickly becomes far more technical and complex than meets the eye, quite literally. Ahead of this year’s …
Bangkok, March 27 – The 64th Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) closed in Bangkok this evening. The session discussed the review of the Principles and Procedures that govern IPCC’s work. These should be reviewed every …
BANGKOK, March 24 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began its Sixty‑fourth Plenary Session at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, today. Nearly 300 delegates …
In May 2022, the General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/265 proclaiming 1 March as World Seagrass Day. The resolution highlights the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions for the conservation of seagrasses in order …
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