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When African Ministers of Environment voted to adopt a green stimulus initiative in December 2020 that tied environmental incentives to economic and social recovery in a post-COVID-19 world, the mandate to build…
Ecuador houses two incredible ecosystems that support the country’s clean freshwater supply: cloud forests and alpine grasslands. These sponge-like ecosystems absorb moisture from glacial snowmelt and low-level fog…
"It is time that we shift our mentality on a circular economy: it isn’t a ‘nice to have;’ it is a ‘need to have’ "- H.E. Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer By H.E. Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer, Minister for…
The 2020 consultations between the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) generated substantial and frank discussions on issues…
Statement prepared for delivery at the 151st meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives. H.E. Mr. Fernando Coimbra, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives Ambassadors, Excellencies and…
World Oceans Day on June 8 is a time to celebrate and honour the oceans that feed us, regulate our climate, and generate most of the oxygen we breathe. They also serve as the foundation for much of the world’s…
Bangkok, 25 May 2020 – Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a new cooperative effort to tackle plastic pollution across Asia and support post-conflict environmental recovery in…
“We know that we cannot continue to use resources as if they were unlimited. We must think about the recycling of materials, the decreasing of our resources use, and we must concretely support the valorisation of…
An interview with Mai Kivelä, Finnish Member of Parliament The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) regularly hosts high-level politicians, diplomats and civil servants, among others, at its headquarters in…
Representatives from Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) met in Brussels in December to take stock of the partnership and discuss the future. At the request…
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