Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the ...

An effort to save the Przewalski’s horse, one of the world’s rarest equines, reaches a milestone with the birth of foal.

As extreme heat becomes one of the deadliest and fastest-growing climate risks worldwide, governments, cities, industry ...

Ugly, annoying, destructive. Super pollutants are running wild everywhere you look but can’t see. Warming the planet and wreaking havoc on our health in the process, they’re responsible for 45% of ...

The UN 2023 Water Conference (22-24 March, 2023) saw the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, representing voluntary commitments of nations and stakeholders to accomplish the Sustainable Development ...

The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)—Barcelona Convention System works with Contracting Parties and partners to fulfill the vision of a healthy Mediterranean Sea and Coast that underpin sustainable ...

The Global Clean Air Dialogue will bring together government representatives from different regions, international organizations, academia, research institutions and civil society to exchange ...

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) is a new, independent intergovernmental body established to strengthen the global science-policy interface. The ...

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Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, called for faster climate action through Kigali ratification, methane cuts and a stronger UNEP to protect people and nature.

Highlights from UNEP-organized events or at which UNEP senior officials are participatingThe 81st session of the United ...