As fashion’s environmental toll mounts, UNEP is supporting small- and medium-sized textile manufacturers reduce their impact ...

The Frontiers Report spotlights emerging environmental issues before they escalate into global or regional crises. While ...

As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the new normal”, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of heightened ...

In addition to a significant increase in employment, the study shows that income generated in an electric vehicle transition ...

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

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

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

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

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

Inger Andersen is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Between 2015 and 2019, Ms. Andersen ...

Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, countries have worked together to forge groundbreaking agreements to safeguard the environment. From protecting species to repairing the ozone layer, ...

The Committee of Permanent Representatives is an intersessional subsidiary organ of the United Nations Environment Assembly that:regularly reviews the implementation of the outcomes of the UN ...