Events

The Last Game was first scheduled for April 2019. To allow a proper preparation and conduct of the event with the intended strong outcome, and to take full advantage of the partnerships and linkages established, UN Environment had to annul the 2019 event. Instead, together with our polar patron Slava Fetisov we are now looking into moving the event by one year and using the year 2019 for a…

The first Great Lakes Circular Economy Forum will take place in Toronto from 25-26 June 2019. Co-convened by UN Environment North America, the City of Toronto and the Council of the Great Lakes Region, the Forum is an invitation-only, bi-national dialogue on promoting circular economy in the Great Lakes region. 

The Great Lakes region is uniquely positioned for a transition to a…

Between 2014 and 2018, the Chemicals and Health Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme implemented and executed the project “Development of a Plan for Global Monitoring of Human Exposure to and Environmental Concentrations of Mercury” funded by the Global Environment Facility.

The project aimed at identifying approaches, existing monitoring networks and worldwide capacities…

On 10 May 2018, the UN General Assembly (the Assembly) adopted, resolution 72/277 entitled “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment”.  

According to the resolution’s text, the Assembly decided to establish an ad hoc open‑ended working group to consider a technical and evidence-based report that identifies and assesses possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-…

Fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly.

Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production.

The theme Innovative solutions, covering policies, financing, technologies, partnerships and multistakeholder processes – are key both to solving many environmental challenges, as well as to accelerating sustainable development more…

The fifth Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW 2019) will be held from 4 to 8 February 2019 at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Geneva.

In collaboration with the UN Environment/OCHA Joint Unit and UNHCR, UN Environment’s Crisis Management Branch will host an event on Improving humanitarian outcomes by mapping and managing environmental risks.

The event…

During this meeting, the GEO for Youth authors will discuss the second order draft of the GEO for Youth report and address the feedback from the internal review process. The outcome of the meeting will be a complete second order draft of the chapters of the GEO for Youth report. The authors will also discuss the results of a global wide survey, launched in December 2018, which will be the main…

The third session of UN Environment’s Forum of Ministers & Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific, will take place from 23 to 25 January 2019 in Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. The Forum will focus on UNEA-4 theme ‘Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production’. The Forum is an opportunity for Member States in Asia…

100% recycled plastic dhow to set sail for 500km expedition along the East African coast.

To raise awareness for the more than 12m tonnes of plastic being in dumped in the ocean every year, Kenya’s Flipflopi is embarking on a 500km voyage from Lamu Island along the coast of Kenya before crossing into northern Tanzania, with its final stop in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Along the way, the…