Policy and Law are transformative catalysts, and UNEP remains committed to fortifying its core mission in shaping environmental governance for lasting positive change.
In tackling the question of how to use policy as an instrument of change in reversing the three planetary crises of climate change, nature protection and managing pollution and in advancing UNEP’s overall mandate, the Law Division established the Environmental Policy Unit with a mandate to focus on Strengthening Science-Policy interfaces, Policy alignment and Coherence to create transformative/responsive environmental policies and legal approaches at the global, regional, national, and sub-national levels,
for advancing and scaling up member states science-based policy making that supports sustainable development and implementation of environmental legal frameworks.
UNEP supports Member States and other stakeholders in environmental policy making, through promoting stronger science policy interfaces and policy cohesion, responding iteratively to changing environmental and development priorities, considering UNEP's programme of work.
UNEP is working across the UN system with the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) and the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), in collaboration with the private sector and civil society organizations among other stakeholders, to meet international and national environmental commitments for sustainable development. More on UNEP partnerships.
Head, Environmental Policy Unit - Environmental Conventions and Policy Branch
