Severe flooding this year in Pakistan, Nigeria and, most recently, Chad not only destroyed crops, homes and infrastructure. It also inundated latrines, sewers and open defecation sites, funnelling pathogen-laced sludge into drinking water supplies and sparking disease outbreaks.

When wildfires swept across western North America in the summer of 2021, they left a path of destruction in their wake, razing forests, farmland and even entire towns.

But new science suggests the fallout from the blazes extended far beyond those charred landscapes.

Sharm El-Sheikh, 15 November 2022 – At the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27), ministers and leaders from more than 40 Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) countries came together alongside dozens of partners from intergovernmental organizations, businesses, scientific institutions and civil society organizations to announce new collaborative eff

• The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) is a new initiative to scale up global efforts to detect and act on major emissions sources in a transparent manner and accelerate implementation of the Global Methane Pledge.
• Methane released by human activities is responsible for around 25% of anthropogenic climate change.
• MARS will alert governments, companies and operators about large methane sources to foster rapid mitigat

• UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory reports progress in its mandate for reporting on the powerful greenhouse gas – believed responsible for 1/4 of Earth’s atmospheric warming
• Over 80 oil and gas companies have committed to measuring and reducing their methane emissions
• Of these, 60 members are on the path to reach the highest level of reporting

Abu Dhabi, 31 October 2022 – A ne

Plastics are accumulating in the world’s soils at a worrying rate, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

As the global population approaches 8 billion next month and resource use intensifies, so does global waste.

Nairobi, 6 October 2022 – Representatives of Member States, agencies, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Major Groups and other stakeholders gathered in Nairobi and virtually for the first session of t

As the world grapples with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, there is a growing concern about the impact these crises have on mental health.

Recent studies from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners show that everything from a changing climate to noise, air and chemical pollution affects people’s mental well-being.

In China, Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, saw record low levels last month and hydroelectric power stations along its course had to reduce or stop operations, causing power outages for millions of people. This is just one of the river-related impacts of the increasingly frequent and severe dry periods which we have been seeing all over the world in 2022.