We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land.
On behalf of UNEP and the Executive Director, my thanks to the government of Italy for the kind invitation. Climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, pollution – what we know as the triple planetary crisis – are not only environmental …
Our economies have for too long been built on the relentless extraction, use and wasting of resources, which destroys nature, warms the climate, pollutes ecosystems, feeds inequalities and throws away resources that still have huge value to economies. So, …
Ottawa, 29 April 2024 – The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), concluded today in Ottawa with an advanced …
Your excellency, Engineer Abdulrahman Abdulmohsen Alfadley, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Your excellencies, distinguished guests, friends, It is wonderful to be here in Riyadh. On 5th June, five weeks from now, we will mark World …
Riyadh, 28 April 2024 – World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification, restore land and build drought resilience ahead of global WED …
This year’s World Environment Day, held on 5 June and hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. More than 2 billion hectares of land are degraded, affecting billions of people and …
Secretary-General’s initiative aims to build trust through global guiding principles New York, 26 April 2024 – With ever-growing needs for minerals that are critical for renewable energy technologies, Secretary-General António Guterres is leveraging the …
This year’s World Environment Day, held on 5 June and hosted by Saudi Arabia, focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. Over 2 billion hectares of land are degraded, affecting billions of people and threatening over half of …
The UN Environment Programme Special Programme and the Specific International Programme (SIP) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury launched their call for funding, coinciding with the International Day of Multilateralism on April 24. These initiatives aim …
Coming soon Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape is one of the last places where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and humans co-exist. In recent years, the country’s tiger population tripled – and attacks were on the rise. Learn how the region found a strategy to balance …
I am pleased participate in today’s debate. My thanks to the President of the General Assembly for organizing this very successful week. When it comes to energy, we face what seems to be a dilemma. On the one hand, climate change is hitting harder every …
Ottawa, 23 April 2024 – The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), opened today in Canada’s capital, Ottawa …
My thanks to the members of the press for covering these negotiations. When plastics were first mass-marketed in the 1950s, the concept of throwing away useful items after a single use was so alien that we had to be taught it. Fast forward seventy years, …
Friends, We have heard from most observers that the right policy and legal environment will be critical. We are talking about global targets. Accelerated timelines. Binding rules and obligations. A start and strengthen approach. And there are emerging …
Minister Steven Guilbeaut WWF President Adil Najmi Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso Excellencies, colleagues and friends. My thanks to the Government of Canada and to WWF International for organizing this important Partnerships Day on the eve of the …
The Champions of the Earth award is the UN's highest environmental honour. Every year since 2005, UNEP honours individuals and organizations working on innovative and sustainable solutions to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, …
Copenhagen, 19 April 2024 – The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) today marks 10 years of technology and innovation for adaptation, mitigation, and resilience – in that time, thanks to donor governments and partners, the CTCN has funded over 300 …
It is easy to get discouraged by the state of the planet. Humanity is breaking all the wrong records on global warming. Fragile ecosystems face enormous pressure. More than 1 million plants, animals and other living things are at risk of being wiped out …
Without urgent action that figure will rise three-fold by 2060, with devastating impacts for ecosystems and human health. It is therefore time to eliminate unnecessary plastic, redesign products so they can be reused, repurposed, repaired and recycled, …
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