Despite no treaty at INC-5.2, nations made meaningful strides toward ending plastic pollution. Dialogue, persistence, and ...

Nairobi, 23 September 2025 - Two years of escalating conflict have caused unprecedented levels of environmental damage in the ...

The first-of-its kind project findings paints a concerning picture of Uganda’s fleet from on-road transportation.

Urgent action is needed to tackle indoor air pollution, tobacco use, and outdoor pollutants, clean air is essential for ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today named the American supermodel and actor Amber Valletta as Goodwill Ambassador. The ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Chief, emphasizes that while water connects all life, it is being mismanaged. To safeguard our future, we must treat the global hydrological cycle as a shared resource and adopt ...

Session descriptionCoral reefs and mangroves are ecologically and functionally linked: reefs buffer wave energy and nurture ...

Offices of the Mission of Peru to the United Nations in New YorkAttendance by invitation only.The Peatland Breakthrough is an ...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and American cleantech CEO Chris Kemper announced today the selection of three environmental entrepreneurs from India, Kenya and the United States as the 2025 Young ...

Conference Room 3, United Nations Headquarters, New YorkUNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen will participate in the ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is great idea, a brilliant idea. And it is a great idea at the right time. Because we are at the edge of ecological tipping points.

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems ...