As dialogues considering the world’s path towards a just and resilient future at the UN General Assembly, UNEP is taking part in the following events this weekend. Time zone: EDT. 20 September | 1500-1615 hrs | Empowering Youth for Sustainable Futures: …
Excellencies and colleagues. Welcome to this event on super pollutants. My thanks to Sir Andrew Steer for joining us as facilitator. The climate crisis is intensifying, bringing death, destruction and economic damage across the world. Yet existing …
UNEP has appointed Charly Alberti as Regional Goodwill Ambassador Alberti is a renowned musician and activist, who founded environmental foundation Revolución 21 (R21) – Latinoamérica Sustentable Alberti is the first UN Environment Programme Goodwill …
The environmental movement has posted many great successes down the years. The elimination of lead in petrol is undoubtedly one of them. The nineteen-year campaign, spearheaded by the UNEP-led global Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles, has delivered …
There are high hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) can help tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental emergencies. Among other things, the technology is already being used to map the destructive dredging of sand and chart emissions of methane …
Excellencies, dear colleagues. The digital revolution is accelerating. If we use, and use well, the tools this revolution is bringing, they can slow the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Help …
The Summit of the Future recognizes the importance of the active, meaningful and inclusive participation of youth in decision-making. This is a smart call. It is the right call. The world has never been so young. Gen Z now makes up one third of the world’s …
State of climate science: the need for urgent and ambitious climate action Human-caused climate change has resulted in widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere. The year 2023 was the warmest on record by a large …
Critical energy transition minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies – from wind turbines and solar panels to electric vehicles and battery …
The meeting comes ahead of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia. At this key October global gathering, countries are expected to adopt an international plan designed to bolster biodiversity and …
Let me also take a moment to focus on another critical process that UNEP’s Member States started. I am, of course, talking about the final round of negotiations on the instrument to end plastic pollution. More than two years ago, the UN Environment …
07 September, Abidjan - African Environment Ministers meeting in Abidjan have called for the establishment of a legally binding protocol on drought management under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with a special focus on Africa. The …
Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago have united to drive the transformation and eliminate the environmental impact of fashion and construction. Fashion and construction are among the top three sectors …
The agreement on what is known as digital sequence information (DSI) says companies that use genetic data – including those in the pharmaceutical and agriculture sectors – should pay into what is now called the “Cali Fund”. To be operated by the UN, it …
At COP16, leaders will also discuss the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a landmark agreement designed to safeguard and restore nature. It includes a target on biodiversity-inclusive urban planning, encouraging local …
The Montreal Protocol is rightly hailed as a multilateralism success story. It united the world to phase out ozone-depleting substances putting the ozone layer on the path to recovery and protecting all life on Earth. On this World Ozone Day, we also …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever guidance on antibiotic pollution from manufacturing. The new guidance on wastewater and solid waste management for antibiotic manufacturing sheds light on this important but neglected …
Climate change, the loss of nature, pollution and waste: the impacts of a triple planetary crisis are scarring Africa’s landscapes, depleting the continent’s oceans and freshwater sources, and raising urban air pollution to hazardous levels. Some of the …
Ground-level ozone, a gas, forms when fuel vapours, chemical solvents and other pollutants are heated by the sun. It is the main ingredient in smog and has been linked to a litany of respiratory problems, including asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis …
Hassaan Mohamed, the Deputy Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy of Maldives, knows what runaway climate change would mean for his country. “Climate change impacts are the most severe things we face right now,” Mohamed said recently. “It is …
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