A resolution adopted this week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York is being hailed as a victory for climate justice. The resolution means that the UN General Assembly will seek the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ obligations to address climate change.

2022 marked 50 years since the United Nations Conference on the Environment. At the first special session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) commemorating fifty years since the establishment of the UNEP@50, countries discussed UNEP’s role in the Science-Policy Interface, reflecting on past successes and considering the challenges ahead.

Environmental Quality Criteria for Coastal Zones in the Wider Caribbean Region.

Training in Land and Coastal Use Planning: Case Study Venezuela.

This project was originally designed to strengthen the capabilities of governments of the region to undertake environmentally sound development and to manage the marine and coastal resources by providing training in land and coastal use planning to managers and mid- and top-level government officials. The project was implemented by the Ministry of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (MARNR) of Venezuela between October 1989 and February 1991. This document examines the specific experience of Venezuela.

Environmental Data and Information System: Simarna the Cuban Experience.

This document details the Cuban experience with Environmental Data and Information System (SIMARNA), which has been in operation in that country since mid-1989. The original purpose of SIMARNA was to serve as a descriptive database to process environmental management and protection; in Cuba it provides a steady supply of systematic and comparative data and information on environmental matters.