A crucial part of UN Environment’s work is advocating far and wide for people and planet. We seek to inform, inspire and enable positive action, and galvanise global leadership and promote partnerships. This page summarizes the global reach of our work, including engagements with Member States, businesses and civil society.
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The 2018 Oceans Conference hosted by the government of Indonesia brought together hundreds of policymakers, young leaders, scientists, private sector groups, activists and civil society groups to develop concrete and actionable commitments to…
‘We cannot frighten people into caring about wildlife conservation. This was our message at the London Conference on Illegal Trade in Wildlife, last week. All too often conservation is carried out at the expense of poor people. All too often we are…
My four-day visit to California focused on the state’s leadership on climate, its convening power as a hub of global action and the role of its tech giants in saving our planet! The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is perhaps one of…
My mission to East Asia began with a visit to South Korea aimed at strengthening cooperation with UN Environment. In the 1940s, most South Koreans could not expect to live beyond their forties, but now life expectancy is more than 80 years. The…
UN Environment has been engaging with both nations on the Korean peninsula and has offered its support on environmental matters. A UN Environment delegation visited Pyongyang in June and held discussions on environmental cooperation Following this…
My mission to China focused on recent environmental and policy developments in the country and on renewing our strategic partnership with the country. With Minister Li Ganje, we agreed to timelines on key areas of cooperation including the China-…
The Oslo Tropical Forest Forum, one of the largest conferences globally focused on the issue, kicked off with news that tropical forests lost 39 million acres last year, an area roughly the size of Bangladesh. Protecting and restoring forests is…
Cambodia has witnessed steady and rapid economic growth over the past decade, amongst the highest in South east Asia. While economic development has improved the livelihoods of the people, the importance of considering environmental protection and…
I attended the third meeting of partners to the Global Peatlands Initiative, in Brazzaville. The Meeting brought together Ministers from the Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to share and learn from their experience in…
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