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

UNEP is showcasing restoration initiatives in Kanazawa, Japan and other cities as part of a project to increase biodiversity ...

Statement by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen on the passing of Hon. Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Ghana’s Minister of ...

The push is part of a larger conservation effort led by UNEP. Its goal: to protect the fast-disappearing rainforests and ...

The UN Environment Programme offers more than 15,000 items, from real-time data tools and platforms to key reports, publications, fact sheets, interactives and more.

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 ...

Technology is reshaping our world in profound ways – and the choices we make today hold the power to influence the future of our planet. As we navigate the complex and rapidly evolving terrain of ...

Reducing methane emissions is the single fastest way to slow global warming as we decarbonize, but the world needs empirical data to enable climate action at scale. UNEP’s International Methane ...

The Global Environment Monitoring System for freshwater (GEMS/Water) provides the world community with sound data on fresh water quality to support scientific assessments and decision-making on the ...

INC: OEWG > Page ComponentsApproaches to the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine ...

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

Nature and biodiversity is dying the death of a billion cuts. And humanity is paying the price for betraying its closest friend. In the words of the UN Secretary-General, “we are committing suicide by ...