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In mid-February, government representatives from across the African continent will come together in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo to work towa

In the two years since Mariama Mamane won the Young Champions of the Earth prize back in 2017, she has taken great strides in her mission to provide people in

With a population of close to 400 million people, the West African region has one of the fastest growing vehicle fleets in the world. As in most African countries, the bulk of vehicle imports into the region consists mainly of used vehicles.

What does it take to get the world’s attention on climate change? Lewis Pugh thinks swimming across a supra-glacial lake in East Antarctica might.

Every year, billions of people go on holiday to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

At the beginning of this decade, millions of people around the world made new year’s resolutions, with the hope of bettering themselves. 

World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

“The smell alone when you cross the bridge tells you something’s wrong,” says Renison Ruwa, deputy director of the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute.

A new global study sheds light on how interactions between specific characteristics of catchments, such as carbon and pollution, affect aquatic plant diversity and function in freshwater environments.

Pollution contributes to the death of millions of people every year. The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution.

Pollution contributes to the death of millions of people every year. The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution.

Pollution contributes to the death of millions of people every year. The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution.

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Air pollution + Develop air quality policies and strategies at the subnational, national and regional levels to comply with World Health Organization air quality guidelines Invest in air quality monitoring networks, assessment systems, institutional capacity and information disclosure to the wider publ

Relevant, up-to-date data and information are key to support decision-making. Another initiative UNEP has launched is the Environment Live platform.

Nearly 30 per cent of the food produced worldwide is lost or wasted every year. This waste contributes to biodiversity loss through habitat change, overexploitation, pollution and climate change.

Humans use over 100,000 different chemical elements and compounds, including lead, mercury, cadmium and persistent organic pollutants.

The continuous growth in the amount of solid waste that humans produce, and the very slow rate at which that waste degrades, are together leading to a gradual increase in the amount litter found at sea, on the seafloor and along coastlines around the world.

Healthy soils regulate water flow, filter pollutants, cycle nutrients, and support plant and animal diversity. Land and soil pollution dramatically disrupt this delicate balance, with far-reaching consequences on human and ecosystem survival.

Freshwater pollution originates from many sources, including municipal, industrial and agricultural waste, wastewater and nutrient run-off, power generation, heavy industry, automobiles, and others.