Spanish officials declare a state of emergency due to drought. Unprecedented water shortages hammer Mexico City. Severely parched Zambia warns of a national disaster. These are just some of the...
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Rubble to Roads: IOM and UNEP support Kirkuk’s Road to Recovery in Iraq [EN/AR]
Kirkuk, IRAQ, March 7 -- Building on the shared vision for a durable solutions model village, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in...
Perspectives. Issue No. 48: Nature in Action for Peace - Challenges and Opportunities to Address Environmental Dimensions of Conflict through Nature-based Solutions
Executive Summary The improved understanding of the environmental dimensions of armed conflict and their link with peace and security raises the question of how to address such impacts. In response...
Initiative to restore more than 30 per cent of Pakistan’s Indus River Basin by 2030 named one of seven UN World Restoration Flagships
Nairobi, 13 February 2024 – Efforts by local communities and civil society groups to protect and restore Pakistan’s Indus Basin, which has been rapidly degrading, are gaining momentum through the...
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment: version with International Classification of Health Intervention (ICHI) codes
Overview In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). The compendium provides a systematic compilation of published...
How energy-efficient lighting is helping Pakistan counter climate change
Sitting at the base of Islamabad’s Margalla Hills is the Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library, a four-storey building packed with more than 2 million books, CDs and DVDs. Along with being one of...
Critical Minerals
The transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources will depend on critical energy transition minerals. Minerals – such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt – are essential components in many of...
Bangladesh + 4 more
EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies
The impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and disasters are unequally felt across Asia and the Pacific region. Women and marginalized groups have less access to information, resources,...
UNEP-Rotary partnership aims to safeguard freshwater sources
A new partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and one of the world's largest service organizations, Rotary International, will work to conserve and restore freshwater...
World Environment Day 2024: Accelerating land restoration, drought resilience & desertification progress
We are here in Riyadh as part of preparations for World Environment Day, which this year is being hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the 5th of June. The 2024 day is focusing on land...
Properties of Five Types of Plastic Packaging Used in Humanitarian Assistance and the Impact of Plastics on Human Health, Marine Life, and Climate Change
This practical resource briefly explains the advantages and disadvantages of each of the five types of plastic packaging most used in the humanitarian sector. It also provides top line...
A guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action at national level
Overview The guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) at national level provides practical guidance on how countries can adopt and adapt the OH JPA to strengthen and support...
Las corrientes de financiación mundial de US$7 billones anuales agravan las crisis del cambio climático, la biodiversidad y la degradación del suelo
Dubái, 9 de diciembre de 2023. Cada año se invierten cerca de 7 billones de dólares en todo el mundo en actividades que causan un impacto negativo directo en la naturaleza, tanto por parte del sector...
Des flux financiers mondiaux annuels de 7 billions de dollars alimentent les crises du climat, de la biodiversité et de la dégradation des sols
Dubai, 9 décembre 2022 - Près de 7 000 milliards de dollars sont investis chaque année à travers le monde dans des activités qui ont des effets nocifs direct sur la nature, tant par le biais du...
State of finance for nature: Time to act: The Big Nature Turnaround Repurposing $7 trillion to combat nature loss
Dubai, 9 December 2023 – Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources - equivalent to...
Africa taking charge of its climate future
SPEECH DELIVERED BY: Inger Andersen FOR: AMCEN Ministerial Meeting at COP28 H.E. Ms. Fitsum Assefa Adela, President of AMCEN, Minister of Planning and Development, Ethiopia Hon. Eng. Collins Nzovu,...
Guidance Note for United Nations Resident Coordinators & Country Teams: Supporting Governments to better respect, promote and protect environmental human rights defenders
Executive Summary: This guidance note is prepared as part of the Secretary- General’s Call to Action for Human Rights in order to increase support from the United Nations on the ground to...
World + 5 more
Nature-Based Infrastructure: How natural infrastructure solutions can address sustainable development challenges and the triple planetary crisis
NATURE’S CRITICAL ROLE IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A new report from the UN Environment Programme, UNOPS and the University of Oxford highlights the contributions of nature-based...
Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record - Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again)
Predicted 2030 emissions must fall by 28-42 per cent for pathway to 2°C and 1.5°C Relentless mitigation and low-carbon transformations essential to narrow emissions gap COP28 and Global Stocktake...
Bangladesh + 6 more
Eight ways Asia is using nature to adapt to the climate crisis
The Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to climate change. In just the last few months, it has endured droughts, record-breaking heat, and multiple super typhoons, a bout of extreme weather that...