UNEP is currently producing a ‘Climate Action Series’ to showcase how national, local, and municipal authorities are addressing the climate crisis through policy action, regulatory frameworks and innovations.
This series recognizes the significant progress made on climate action.
In Africa, walking and cycling key to cutting emissions but changes need to be made to increase safety.
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, an innovative early warning system is aiming to help farmers suffering through water shortages.
Two of America’s largest lakes are shrinking with far-reaching consequences.
Burundi’s farmers and fishers are adapting to climate crisis with help from a UNEP-supported project.
On the busy streets of Togo’s capital, Lomé, change is afoot amongst some of the city’s motorcycle taxi drivers.
In Uganda, an innovative hybrid index insurance solution is helping protect banana farmers from the worst effects of the climate crisis.
A novel programme is helping the dual-island nation adapt to extreme weather linked to climate change.
Sitting at the base of Islamabad’s Margalla Hills is the Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library, a four-storey building packed with more than 2 million books, CDs and DVDs.
Community forestry and private investments are critical to efforts to save Indonesia’s rainforests from logging.
E-cooking in Uganda is saving lives, reducing CO2 emissions and protecting ecosystems.
In Bangladesh, new climate-resilient houses are protecting locals and ensuring resilience to climate change.
The Puyanawa Indigenous Peoples have helped check deforestation in part of western Brazil, offering a possible antidote to the unchecked resource extraction that is decimating the world’s tropical…
In Viet Nam, a seed capital assistance facility helps build a wind farm, which has reduced CO2 emissions and created jobs.
Kenyan boarding schools are embracing energy efficiency through a new project supported by UNEP.
In Panama, solar power provides a solution to heating water and reducing deforestation.
El Salvador’s capital is one of a growing number of cities turning to nature to shield itself from the fallout of climate change.
In Zambia, a new UNEP-backed project is aiming to restore wetlands ravaged by climate change.
Following the release of the Buildings Global Status Report 2022, we examine how sustainable building practices could help Africa cope with the climate crisis.
The city of Xalapa, Mexico is bordered by more than 5,300 hectares of mountain forest, a sprawling green sponge that soaks up rainwater and slowly, predictably, releases it to residents downstream…
