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.

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 ...

Join us for an insightful webinar providing information on the outcomes of the 2nd Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on Genetic Resources and its recommendations to ...

Antimicrobials – antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics – are substances widely used to prevent and treat infections in humans, aquaculture, livestock and crop production. Their ...

Charly Alberti is an Argentinian rock musician and environmentalist who rose to stardom in the 1980s as the drummer of the best-selling Argentinian band, Soda Stereo. His foundation Revolución 21 (R21 ...

The Cities Unit is located in the Climate Change Division. It supports cities, regions and countries in addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, by ...

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.

We identify science that integrates social, economic and environmental considerations for policy and decision-making. We feed information from multiple stakeholders into data gathering, analysis and ...

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 ...