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H.E. Mr. Fernando Coimbra, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives Ambassadors and Excellencies, colleagues I am grateful for your presence at the 152nd meeting of the Committee of Permanent…
As satellites from NASA zipped over the planet Earth yesterday, they saw what they have seen every day for months: fires, hundreds of them, tearing through virgin rainforest and other vital ecosystems. Many of the…
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration starts in 2021. It is a global rallying cry for everyone – from governments to multinational companies, to school children – to get involved in reviving damaged ecosystems. To…
Countries have committed to restoring up to 1 billion hectares of land lost to development, an area roughly the size of China, according to a new study released ahead of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem…
Today, when students file into the lunchroom at Mundika High School in western Kenya, they are greeted by a spread of nutritious local vegetables with exotic-sounding names, like spider plant. But that wasn’t…
Lake Bogoria in Kenya’s Rift Valley region is a soda lake – extremely salty and alkaline, unable to support fish. It has deep spiritual and cultural significance for the Endorois people, who have been its…
International organizations are taking steps to strengthen multilateral health architecture. Four entities, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as well as a number of key international…
On the launch of the report, Impacts of Sand and Dust Storms on Oceans: A Scientific Environmental Assessment for Policy Makers, author and University of Oxford lecturer, Nick Middleton discusses how the dust cycle…
To mark World Cities Day, we profile Siyabulela Sokomani, a young South African committed to greening his township. The environmental issues he raises awareness about are at the heart of UNEP’s work on forest…
31 October is World Cities Day. The theme for 2020 is Valuing Our Communities and Cities. For the Day, we look back to one of our Young Champions of the Earth from 2017, Latin America and Caribbean winner Liliana…
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