More than 1,000 young people from 70 countries gathered ahead of the seventh session of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent ...

The failure of governments to agree with leading scientists on a major United Nations' report "risks impeding timely action ...

From a landmark deal to fund conservation to chilling news about greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 was a rollercoaster year for the planet. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) takes us on a ...

To rescue itself, the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook says humanity needs to make dramatic changes to the ...

Nairobi, 26 February 2024 – Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 180 nations convened today in Nairobi for the start of the sixth session of the United Nations Environment ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced Monday a new round of talks on a global treaty to limit plastic waste after the last negotiations in December ended in stalemate. Members of ...

The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels is responsible for causing $5 billion per-hour environmental cost, as warned by the UN’s new report. According to the Global Environment Outlook ...

World leaders set the global agenda for sustainable development at the Earth Summit in 1992 and since then governments around the world have agreed on hundreds of goals to protect the environment and ...

JAMAICA’S Minister of Water, Environment, and Climate Change Matthew Samuda seems set to be named the new president of the 170-country- strong United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Samuda — who ...

The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is exploring the topic of climate engineering because “growing concerns about the lack of global ...