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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over USD 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the ...
UNEP is supporting cities, including Toronto, as they exchange best practices on how to conserve and restore urban nature.
UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...
Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Committee of Permanent Representatives is an intersessional subsidiary organ of the United Nations Environment Assembly that:regularly reviews the implementation of the outcomes of the UN ...
Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to ...
Global Framework on Chemicals Unites Stakeholders Worldwide Chemical pollution is one of the biggest threats to human health and the environment today—yet it’s also one we have the tools to solve. The ...
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 ...