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Bonn, 17 May, 2012 - Two UN agencies and the World Bank today expressed appreciation at the launch of a pilot version of a Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions, designed to harmonize emissions measurement and reporting process for the world's cities. The protocol was released at the UNFCCC climate meetings in Bonn by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, with input from the World Resources Institute.

Undervalued Yet Nutritious Traditional Foods Can Make the Difference

Rio de Janeiro, 28 April 2012 - Placing renewed emphasis on sustaining the natural variety of crops and animals contributing to agriculture, including neglected yet nutritious traditional foods, can improve food security and address growing global concerns over poor nutrition and its negative health effects, officials said at the launch of a new international project at the World Nutrition Rio Congress 2012.

Goodwill Ambassadors Gisele Bündchen, Don Cheadle & Other Celebrities Unveil WED Challenge and Chance to Win Fuel-Efficient Car

Nairobi, 19 April 2012 - World Environment Day (WED) - to be held on 5 June 2012 - is aiming higher than ever before.

For WED 2012, people across the world will be challenged to register and carry out an environmental activity for 5 June 2012, and help break the record for the greatest number of activities registered in WED’s four decade history.

And this year, there’s an added incentive to get active for the environment.

Nairobi, 10 April 2012 - Around 120 representatives from some 20 African countries, NGOs, UN Agencies and other organizations have together stressed the need for greater support for climate change adaptation efforts in Africa, following a workshop held at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

The event entitled Sharing Lessons in Africa on Climate Change Adaptation was organized by the CC-DARE Initiative (Climate Change Adaptation and Development), which is jointly run by UNEP and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

Nairobi, March 2012 - The Government of Norway has delivered a major boost to efforts to protect vulnerable communities in Ethiopia from the impacts of climate change, with a donation of over $1.5 million to the Ethiopian Environment Ministry.

The money will allow existing projects, which encourage local communities to fight food insecurity and environmental degradation linked to climate change, to be upscaled and duplicated in other parts of the country.

New York, 8 March 2012 - The need for greater support for the equal participation of rural women in natural resource management in the context of peacebuilding was the focus of a forum held in New York today as a contribution to International Women's Day and the United Nations' 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

The event brought together an expert panel to promote discussion on the under-researched topic of the links between gender equality, natural resource management and peacebuilding.

As part of a UNEP-supported project, metalsmiths, engineers and environmental experts are working with local villagers to design and test prototypes for cleaner cookstoves.

Kabul (Afghanistan), 28 February 2012 - In Afghanistan's Central Highlands, local metal-smiths, engineers and environmental experts have teamed up to design prototypes for clean cookstoves and other low-cost energy solutions which are now being tested by villagers.