UNEP is at the front in support of the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the global temperature rise well below 2°C, and aiming to be safe for 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. 

At the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, UNEP hopes that COP26 will result in increased global action on three core policy areas: mitigation, adaption and finance. Watch the video message by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen for more.