Geneva, 31 October 2018 – Athletics legend Paula Radcliffe has joined UN Environment’s work to beat air pollution - the single biggest environmental health risk of our time.

• African ministers of health and environment discuss how to turn health and environmental policies into action.
• In the African region, 23% of deaths are linked to the environment.
• New environmental threats have emerged in recent decades, including climate change and rapid and unplanned urbanization.

Libreville, 5 November 2018 – Aiming to identify emerging environmental threats to peopl

5 December 2018 - Belgrade, Serbia: Countries from South East and Southern Europe will pursue new measures that reduce pollution and benefit people’s health, the environment and economy.

Geneva, 06 December 2018 – Released today, a groundbreaking report from the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Resources Institute offers new insight on the global movement to curb single-use plastics. Through a first of its kind accounting, the report provides an overview of policy instruments and progress from countries regulating the manufacture, sale, use and disposal of single-use plastics.

Katowice, 7 December 2018 - Dramatic action will be needed by governments, cities and business if the global buildings and construction sector is to cut its carbon footprint in line with international agreements, according to a new report released today by the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction.

Vienna, 17 December 2018 – The Convention for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathian Mountains was awarded a WWF Gift to the Earth award today, its highest accolade, at a ceremony at UN Environment offices in Vienna.

• All 41 member states in the UN Environment Programme’s Asia and the Pacific region are expected to attend the Forum, with a record number of high-level attendees, including a Head of State and a Head of Government.
• This signifies the strong commitment of the regional countries to come together to address transboundary environmental challenges.

23 January 2019, Singapore – Heads of state, ministers and

Lamu, 24 January 2019 – Kenya’s revolutionary Clean Seas-Flipflopi expedition – a boat made entirely from re-used plastic collected on beach clean-ups – set sail this morning, kicking off the first leg of its journey towards Zanzibar. The day before the departure, the crew got their sails ready for the journey cheered on by the local community and members of the press.

Nairobi, 24 January 2019 – The first-ever global assessment of environmental rule of law finds weak enforcement to be a global trend that is exacerbating environmental threats, despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide over the last four decades.

• The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Only 20% of this is formally recycled.
• The e-waste produced annually is worth over $62.5 billion, more than the GDP of most countries.