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, …
Humanity now produces 430 million tonnes of plastic each year, two-thirds of which is contained in short-lived products which soon become waste. Some of that plastic winds up in the food chain, where it has the potential to harm human health. The goal …
The Champions of the Earth award honours individuals and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment. UNEP seeks nominations of individuals and organizatioaprns working on innovative and sustainable solutions to restore land …
In this video, we explain why plastic has become so ubiquitous, used in everything from children’s toys and medical equipment to beauty products and airplanes. And while plastic was once hailed as a miracle product, we now know the damage plastic pollution …
What is the GEO-7 report and why is it so significant? Edgar Gutierrez-Espeleta (EG): GEO is an assessment of the latest science. We use all the reports that are already out there, and we review everything so policymakers can see the problem and be …
This video highlights the various steps of environmental multilateral processes, drawing on past and current examples.
The key now – as it is for every nation, every business and every investor – is to take these commitments and turn them into rapid and concrete action. Because the clock is running down ever faster to 2030, the point at which the world is supposed to meet …
The project comes at a critical time for Tanzania, where climate change is playing havoc with long-established weather patterns. In April, a severe drought resulted in massive crop failures and livestock losses. In a cruel twist, the parched landscape was …
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions UNEP advised Brazil on the development of energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators, an effort that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 11 million tonnes annually – equivalent to 15 per cent of the …
A little over a year ago, Nidia Cely spotted a bright green public bus driving down the street in Bogota, Colombia. At the time, Cely had just lost her husband of 17 years to COVID-19 and was struggling to support her two teenage daughters as a delivery …
Paris, 8 March 2024 – The first ever Buildings and Climate Global Forum, organised by the French Government and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), concluded yesterday with the adoption by representatives of 70 countries of the Declaration de Chaillot, a …
Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam have joined forces to reduce the environmental impact of the agricultural sector Highly hazardous pesticides and plastic waste from agriculture release toxic persistent organic pollutants into …
Nairobi, 07 April 2024: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) welcomes the announcement of the impending release of four conservationists imprisoned in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including former UNEP colleague Niloufar Bayani. According to …
Throughout Indonesia, traditional customs like Ri’i that belong to the country’s myriad ethnic groups and local communities are deeply intertwined in ongoing efforts to protect the environment and its vital ecosystems, especially in the face of …
The world is warming at a record pace, with unseasonable heat baking nearly every continent on Earth. April, the last month for which statistics are available, marked the 11th consecutive month the planet has set a new temperature high. Experts say that is …
After months of preparation and five days of official meetings, the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) has come to a close. In many ways, it was a landmark gathering of the world’s top decision-making body on the environment …
Excellencies. It is a pleasure to address this Ministerial meeting of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group. My thanks to Brazil for its leadership of the G20 this year. This leadership is part of a new era, in which developing and …
