COP17 must deliver a strong Yerevan Pathway through cooperation, finance and biodiversity action to implement global goals on.

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

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urged stronger laws and action to halt deforestation, keep forests standing and advance global biodiversity, climate and restoration goals.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With half of the global population under 30, young people are not just inheriting the planet—they are actively driving the transition to cleaner technologies and a greener future. UNEP is committed to ...

The Restoration Progress Report is the first-ever stocktake of countries’ efforts to bring degraded ecosystems back to life. It is the widest assessment of ecosystem restoration to date, spanning all ...

From 19-30 October, Armenia will host the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 17) in Yerevan. The COP will bring together ...