Nairobi, 1 March 2024 – The sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) concluded today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to ...

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 ...

In mid-December, the 7th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), the world’s highest-level environmental decision-making body, took place at the United Nations Environment ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Dec. 10 announced its five “2025 Champions of the Earth,” the U.N.’s highest environmental honor. Since 2005, UNEP’s Champions of the Earth has recognized ...

GENEVA, May 18 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has pledged to support a major environmental programme by planting and caring for more than 9 million trees this year in areas of human displacement. The ...

Activists hold placards during a demonstration at the at the Palais des Nations in Geneva before the start of the fifth resumed session of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee 5.2 (INC5.2). The ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has been elected as the new president of the 193-member United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).