The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030. The ...

In June 1972, dozens of countries convened in Stockholm, Sweden, for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment,the first global gathering on the environment. Among the largest delegations ...

It is a pleasure to address this Ministerial meeting of the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group. My thanks to Brazil for its leadership of the G20 this year. This leadership is ...

Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to evaluate the effectiveness of the Convention, including a Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) to collect comparable and ...

Lucas di Grassi a Brazilian racing driver has made significant contributions to motorsports and environmental advocacy. He has participated in a number of racing championships, notably Formula E. Mr.

The United Nations has recognized an initiative to restore degraded farmlands in sub-Saharan Africa with a special award.

Colombian cities are transforming urban areas with nature to lessen the fallout from climate change and save biodiversity.

Azima Magonde Giston is walking through his cacao plantation, which sits on the fringes of a lush rainforest in the northern ...

A wide-ranging effort, led in part by UNEP, is helping tens of thousands of rural Tanzanians struggling with the fallout from ...

In a new video, UNEP explores how one group of chemical compounds is feeding climate change and stoking air pollution.