UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over USD 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the ...

UNEP is supporting cities, including Toronto, as they exchange best practices on how to conserve and restore urban nature.

Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and ...

Despite global tensions and funding gaps, UNEP chief Inger Andersen hails multilateral wins and urges bold Member State ...

With UNEP support, Lao PDR has developed a system to track planet-warming emissions, seen as key for allowing the nation to ...

BackgroundVehicular emissions are a major challenge in Kampala, Uganda with the National Environment Management Authority of ...

UNEP is the global champion for the environment with programmes focusing on sustainable development, climate, biodiversity ...

IGO Focal points > Page ComponentsFocal points—nominated by governments, intergovernmental bodies, and non-governmental organizations—play a vital role in advancing the Global Framework on Chemicals ...

Global Framework on Chemicals Unites Stakeholders Worldwide Chemical pollution is one of the biggest threats to human health and the environment today—yet it’s also one we have the tools to solve. The ...

Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to ...

UNEP's Global Centre of Excellence on environmentally-sound waste management. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) was established in ...