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 ...

UNEP is supporting cities, including Toronto, as they exchange best practices on how to conserve and restore urban nature.

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 Maldives, and Mauritania. At the request of the three countries, the UN ...

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

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

UNEP is the global champion for the environment with programmes focusing on sustainable development, climate, biodiversity ...

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, ...

Data Resources Science and data are fundamental in providing answers to some of the most pressing sustainability issues of the twenty-first century. Strengthening the science-policy interface to ...

IGO Focal points > Page ComponentsFocal points—nominated by governments, intergovernmental bodies, and non-governmental organizations—play a vital role in advancing the Global Framework on Chemicals ...

Global Framework on Chemicals > Page ComponentsThe Global Framework on Chemicals - For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste (GFC), provides the essential building blocks for a future in ...