As extreme heat becomes one of the deadliest and fastest-growing climate risks worldwide, governments, cities, industry ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, called for faster climate action through Kigali ratification, methane cuts and a ...

A longtime UN staff member reflects on what happens when world leaders gather in New York, and why it still matters.

As the Nairobi Convention marks 40 years of regional cooperation, COP12 will bring together Western Indian Ocean countries and partners to strengthen ocean governance, advance a sustainable blue ...

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The UN 2023 Water Conference (22-24 March, 2023) saw the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, representing voluntary commitments of nations and stakeholders to accomplish the Sustainable Development ...

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Nature loss has far-reaching consequences. Damaged ecosystems exacerbate climate change, undermine food security and put people and communities at risk. We only have until the end of the decade to ...

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) took place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on the ...

Community-based organizations in the countries of the East African Community (EAC) and the South Caucasus (SC) are invited to apply to the 1st call for proposals of the Mountains ADAPT small grants ...

What is the Global EbA Fund? The Global EbA Fund is a funding mechanism supporting innovative approaches to Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for climate change. It aims to overcome barriers to ...

The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership (GMP) Waste Management Area (WMA) is organizing a two-part webinar series to address key issues related to mercury-contaminated steel from the oil and gas sector, ...