Excellencies, distinguished delegates, esteemed colleagues, It is a pleasure to join you at this critical moment for the Caspian Sea, a region with an ecological, economic and cultural importance that ...

Climate crunch time is here. Greenhouse gas emissions hit their highest levels last year. This year is on track to surpass 2023 as the warmest on record. We’ve seen raging wildfires, ruinous storms, ...

The recently concluded United Nations Biodiversity Conference(COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ushered in a historic agreement on how to share benefits from the use of genetic information sequenced from the ...

Findings from the new Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment (N₂O)warns that without urgent action on rising N₂O emissions, there is no viable pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and provides ...

The World Adaptation Science Programme Science-for-Adaptation Policy Brief on Knowledge Gaps and Policy Needs to Tackle Loss and Damage is the eighth issue in the series published by eight ...

Spotlighting how faith actors globally (faith communities and faith-based organisations) are addressing the pollution and waste crisis. Prepared by the UN Environment Programme’s Faith for Earth ...

UN Member States have peatlands – critical carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots, yet agriculture, urbanization, ...

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This event will include the 29th session of the ...

UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen highlights humanity's triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and ...

Following the landmark launch of the Global Cooling Pledge at COP28, ministers and leaders from over 30 countries, joined by ...

Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, highlights that the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action calls on nations to ...

The initiative works with banks to develop loan products that allow women and other marginalized groups to purchase renewable ...