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In the last 20 years, extreme weather such as flooding, cyclones and heatwaves have taken a heavy toll on the nation’s coastal communities, severely affecting access to basic necessities. The government of Madagascar is working to build the…
The &Green Fund, a globally-focused impact investment fund financing sustainable commodity production to protect tropical forests announced the signing of transactions in June 2020 in Brazilian integrated sustainable soy cattle production and in…
COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population. A new…
Statement by Inger Andersen, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Thank you for joining us for the launch of a new report by the UN Environment Programme and the…
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is in the process of developing its next Medium-Term Strategy for the period 2022-2025. The development of the Strategy comes at a critical time for global environmental action. As we face enormous…
The Committee of Permanent Representatives Subcommittee meeting was held on 14 July 2020 as an Online Meeting chaired by H.E. Mr. Fernando Coimbra, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representative, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Brazil…
In December 2019, one alliance managed a landmark move in Peru - it brought together political, religious and indigenous leaders to sign a “Forest Pledge” to develop stronger national policy to protect the country’…
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Ethiopia earlier this year, many in the Horn of Africa country abandoned public transit, fearful of catching the disease on crowded buses and trains. But that created a…
Accra, 02 July 2020 - The Government of Ghana has launched the process to develop a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in efforts to build nationwide resilience to climate change impacts. The project is the first of…
This update is designed to inform you of the work United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and our partners are doing to advance sound environmental governance by strengthening institutions and supporting the design and enforcement of effective…
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