Nairobi, 18 June 2024 – The environmental impacts of the war in Gaza are unprecedented, according to a preliminary assessment published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), exposing the community to rapidly growing soil, water and air pollution and risks of irreversible damage to its natur

Background

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. Created in 2012, UNEA embodies a new era in which the environment is given the same level of prominence as issues such as peace, poverty, health and security.

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 2, 2021 - The Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean today signed the Bridgetown Declaration, in which they called for the integration of environmental issues to be placed at the heart of the region’s COVID-19 recovery stra

The 2018 Young Champion of the Earth for Africa, Shady Rabab, recently visited Kibera during his first trip to Sub-Saharan Africa. His organization, the Rabab Luxor Art Collective, raises awareness about plastic pollution and turns waste into colorful musical instruments.

• 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

INVEST in nature. CHANGE our habits. LISTEN to young people.

What are three things that can save the world? UN Environment Programme’s Inger Andersen shares her thoughts as the United Nations kicks off its #UN75 celebrations.