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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.

Indoor and outdoor air pollution results in over 7 million deaths worldwide each year.

For hundreds of millions of years, the web of life on land has been dependent on, and determined by, day and night, light and dark. Photosynthesis, the process by which plants grow, depends on light and dark.

On 26 July 2019, 22-year-old Sam Bencheghib asked the crowd of friends, supporters and media gathered around him, to take two deep breaths as a reminder of the importance that the oceans have in giving life.

Young people on parts of the African continent sometimes turn to waste management as an ad hoc or extra job to make small money when they are struggling with unemployment, but often opportunities are scarce to learn how to grow in this sector and t

NOTE: This story was originally posted in March 2019. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, all dates below have been changed or are subject to change.

19 February 2019, New Delhi:  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and WHO Country Office for India organized a stakeholder consultation to deliberate on way forward for ‘The Environme

Mobilization of stakeholders, leaders and partners Pollution is a multifaceted problem that requires the involvement of a variety of stakeholders, from governments to industry to non-governmental partners.

Outreach, education and consumer information  Many people still are unaware of the risks of some of the most common chemicals found in household and other products. Easy-to-understand labels, awareness campaigns and education programmes are three measures UNEP and partners are taking to address this challenge.

Technologies, innovation and circularity Technological advances are key to overcoming some of today’s pollution challenges, both when it comes to creating non-polluting alternatives and for restoring degraded landscapes. The healing powers of nature, so far largely underestimated, should also be harnessed and widely disseminated.

Capacity, incentives and integrated policies Addressing pollution requires a mix of cross-sectoral policies, to support assessment of health risks and impact, fiscal reforms and prevention.