A clean and healthy environment is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Efforts to counter the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste must be ramped up in order to truly transform societies and economies for everyone, everywhere.

UNEP – your partner for people and planet. This booklet presents an overview of UNEP – its mission, vision, strategy and action for tackling the triple planetary crisis.It chronicles environmental highlights from the past five decades, shows how UNEP works in partnerships, and explains why it is crucial that funding provided to UNEP keeps pace with the growing expectations placed on the ...

UNEP analysis released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) brought into sharp focus the scale of the climate crisis and offered policymakers a suite of solutions.. The Emission Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again) showed that current climate pledges put the Earth on track to warm by 2.5-2.9°C this century, well ...

Biodiversity is the complex web that sustains all life, including human existence. Yet, this web is unravelling – 1 million of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Billions of people around the world rely on wild species for food, energy, medicine and materials. Sustainable practices ensure that …

As climate impacts intensify globally, the Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! finds that nations must deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions or the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years. The report is the 15th edition in a series that brings together many of the world’s top ...

The UN Environment Programme offers more than 15,000 items, from real-time data tools and platforms to key reports, publications, fact sheets, interactives and more.

Jan 28, 2022 · In 2021, when environmental issues reached an unprecedented prominence on the global stage, UNEP backed the world’s efforts to transform its relationship with nature and tackle the triple planetary crisis. In 2021, when environmental issues reached an unprecedented prominence on the global stage, UNEP backed the world’s efforts to transform its relationship with nature and tackle the ...

UNEP is the global champion for the environment with programmes focusing on sustainable development, climate, biodiversity and more.

Dec 30, 2024 · From a landmark deal to fund conservation to chilling news about greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 was a rollercoaster year for the planet. Here’s a closer look at some of the most memorable environmental moments of the last 12 months, shaped by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) UNEP hosts that underpin the global environmental ...

Policy and Law are among the biggest agents of change, UNEP will continue to focus on strengthening its core mandate of influencing environmental governance and different levels. Considering 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 ...