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

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 ...

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The World Migratory Bird Day campaign in 2024 will focus on the importance of insects for migratory birds, and highlight concerns related to decreasing populations of insects. Insects are essential ...

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

The Indus River and its tributaries have nurtured human civilization on the Indian sub-continent since the Bronze Age. Several millennia later, modern-day Pakistan still depends heavily on the river ...

The Senior Management Team of the UN Environment Programme is chaired by the Executive Director. See also Structure and leadership.

Since launching in 2019, Global Opportunities for Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDGs) has been recognized as an agile and dynamic platform to support action and implementation of the SDGs. GO4SDGs ...

The climate emergency is a direct consequence of carbon-heavy land-use and agriculture, transport, buildings and industrial processes and polluting energy sources. Without profound changes to these ...

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

In 2025, countries are required to submit new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These plans are known as NDCs 3.0. In these NDCs, countries are encouraged to set 2035 ambitious, economy-wide ...