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“The global coronavirus pandemic, which has already caused unimaginable devastation and hardship, has brought our way of life to an almost

Bangkok, 25 May 2020 – Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a new cooperative effort to tackle plastic pollution across Asia and support post-conflict environmental recovery in Iraq and South Su

With the world in waves of COVID-19, the issue of health has dominated public attention.

The Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), in collaboration with the Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH)&nbsp

In the lead up to World Environment Day, UNEP welcomes bold commitments for a sustainable future. Here’s what some leaders said at the recent virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) stands with those suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The need for providing safe infrastructure for walking and cycling cannot be over-stated.  Walking and cycling are efficient modes of transport both for health and climate benefits.

As large parts of the world hunker down and social distance to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more research is being released and studied suggesti

If the world has seen a scary future with the emergence of COVID-19, the future of our planet in a 3-4° C scenario takes us to an entirely different level of uncertainty

Global renewable power growth outpaced fossil fuel growth by a factor of 2.6 in 2019, says new report

Fiscal stimulus packages in Europe to “build back better” after the coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for initiating a transformational and green recovery with the creation of g

The plight of Iraq’s 1.4 million displaced people just got worse. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe, displaced persons are particularly vulnerable.

Did you know that around 60 per cent of all infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, as are 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases, in other words they come to us via animals?

Did you know that 60 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, in other words they come to us via animals?

Interview with Keith Alverson, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre in Osaka, Japan.

Interview with Pushpam Kumar, United Nations Environment Programme, Chief Environmental Economist.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology teamed up to undertake a microplastics research and Ocea

Schools and gatherings are being cancelled around the world as a result of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 Outbreak.

The world demands and produces more and more plastic every year, much of which eventually finds its way into rivers, lakes and the ocean.

World Car Free Day is celebrated annually on 22 September. Around the world, car-free days encourage people to give up their vehicles and use non-motorized transport, like biking, skating or walking, instead.