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World Environment Day can be traced back to a warm June in Stockholm, Sweden 50 years ago. That’s when the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment took place.
It’s 9 am and the rural district of Mount Airy in central Jamaica is already sweltering. As cars trundle along the region’s unpaved roads, chocolate-brown dust clouds burst from behind their back wheels.
On 2 and 3 June 2022, world leaders and representatives from government, business, international organizations, civil society and youth will gather in Sweden for Stockholm+50 – an international meeting to drive action towards a healthy planet for the prosperity of all.
As anyone who visits Egypt between the months of May to September can attest, the weather gets hot, often uncomfortably so.
Amir Beg Khusrawi still has vivid memories of a flash flood that swept through his village in Afghanistan’s rugged northeast a decade ago.
“[It] destroyed around 20 houses, claimed livestock, and damaged our agricultural lands so that even now we are not able to use them,” says Khusrawi, 61.
As rush hour dawns in Dar es Salaam, brightly coloured bajaji – or gas-powered rickshaws – deftly and opportunely squeeze through gaps between packed minibus taxis, known as dala dala.
The world is swimming in plastic.
In her native Somalia, designer Nimco Adam was known as the Queen of Tie Dye, spending hours plunging fabrics into vats of chemical dyes to use in her collections. Then, one day, she lost her sense of smell.
This piece was originally published on 16 December 2021 and the latest update is based on UNEP's ActNow Speak Up! campaign.
The first images are visceral and unsettling: we see a dystopian landscape dominated by swirling storms, fires and eruptions that threaten to devour what little life remains on a dying planet.
To stave off a climate catastrophe, the world needs to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gasses by 50 per cent within the decade.
For many, ambitious targets such as this can induce a sense of dread and paralysis.
The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released earlier this week, has been billed as a wake up call for humanity.
People around the world are unknowingly being exposed to water laced with antibiotics, which could spark the rise of drug-resistant pathogens and potentially fuel another global pandemic, warns a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Paris, 01 April 2022 - After 10 years of momentum and achievements, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is redoubling its efforts to rapidly deploy solutions to limit global temperature rise and make air pollution a problem of the past.
The recent UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) will go down in history for its historic agreement to end plastic pollution.
Cape Town, South Africa, is highly reliant on groundwater for its rapidly growing population. But one of the main sources under the city, long in the spotlight for its dwindling water supplies, is at serious risk of being polluted.
On 8 March, International Women's Day will be celebrated under the theme 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.' The Day serves to raise awareness of gender inequality around the world and celebrate women’s achievements.
Five decades ago in an opera house in Stockholm Sweden, world leaders opened discussions that would lead to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Since that meeting on 5 June 1972, UNEP has become the world's leading advocate for nature, using science, diplomacy and public outreach to counter a range of threats, from pollution to climate change.
Today, the gavel came down on a historic resolution at the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in Nairobi to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024.
Daily coverage of events for the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) taking place online and in Nairobi from 28 February – 2 March 2022.
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, kicks off this week in Nairobi, Kenya.
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, kicks off this week in Nairobi, Kenya.
The flaring gas and smoke that bellow into the sky from Iraq’s southern oil fields are visible from miles away.
Not only is the flaring unsightly but it is an environmental hazard, releasing black carbon, which is linked to air pollution, respiratory disease, and emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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