Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, called for global backing of the Yerevan Platform to protect mountain and freshwater ecosystems and boost biodiversity action.

Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is considered one of the top global public health problems. It also poses an urgent and critical threat to animal and plant health, food security and economic ...

The world has already agreed a global plan to safeguard nature. This COP was about accelerating implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), and turning those targets ...

The eighth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-8) will take place from 6 to 10 December 2027 at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA-8 will be preceded by the eighth ...

Explore, connect and collaborateThroughout the first International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals, dedicated thematic spaces will offer participants opportunities to connect, exchange ...

The Committee of Permanent Representatives, in accordance with Governing Council decision 19/32, comprises accredited representatives of all the States Members of the United Nations, of the ...

With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duration of overshoot and ...

The world must strengthen its understanding of the ocean's carbon system if it is to safeguard one of the planet's most important climate allies, according to the UN’s 2026 Climate Technology Progress ...

For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. It ...

Nairobi, 19 August 2025 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have jointly launched the Fortifying Infrastructure for Responsible ...

The UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR) series tracks our progress in limiting global warming well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement. Since 2010, it has provided an annual ...