In June 1972, dozens of countries convened in Stockholm, Sweden, for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment,the first global gathering on the environment. Among the largest delegations ...

Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to evaluate the effectiveness of the Convention, including a Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) to collect comparable and ...

Lucas di Grassi a Brazilian racing driver has made significant contributions to motorsports and environmental advocacy. He has participated in a number of racing championships, notably Formula E. Mr.

It is a pleasure to address this Ministerial meeting of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group. My thanks to Brazil for its leadership of the G20 this year. This leadership is ...

We promote sustainable, low-emission transport and work to reduce the sector’s contribution to air pollution and climate change.

Nairobi, 1 October 2024 – One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework on Chemicalstoday launched its first call for projectstargeting the safe and sustainable management of chemicals and ...

Colombian cities are transforming urban areas with nature to lessen the fallout from climate change and save biodiversity.

In a new video, UNEP explores how one group of chemical compounds is feeding climate change and stoking air pollution.

Azima Magonde Giston is walking through his cacao plantation, which sits on the fringes of a lush rainforest in the northern ...

A wide-ranging effort, led in part by UNEP, is helping tens of thousands of rural Tanzanians struggling with the fallout from ...

The Indus River and its tributaries have nurtured human civilization on the Indian sub-continent since the Bronze Age. Several millennia later, modern-day Pakistan still depends heavily on the river ...