Resources

The expert dialogue on international governance was held on 18 March 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya, based on the International Environmental Governance: Accomplishments and Way Forward report, launched on the same day, providing…

Burundi, Chad and Sudan are home to some of the world’s largest displaced populations and vulnerable communities. Burundi’s Gitega Province, which has one of the country’s highest population densities, hosts several…

The 2019 International Day of Forests, celebrated on 21 March, will address the theme “Forests and Education”. It will seek to raise awareness on how sustainably managed forests provide a wide array of contributions in this…

Media is an ally of the environment. Through entertainment we can make people advocates of environmental issues—above and beyond raising their awareness. We can promote solutions to ecosystem challenges and positively…

Massive online app provides scientific evidence for high-impact decisions UN Environment launched in March 2019 a new tool that allows countries to see “hotspots” of unsustainable practices in consumption and production.…

UN Environment, Google and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre have unveiled a groundbreaking web-based platform that fuses big data and environmental science to monitor global freshwater ecosystems, opening the…

On any given morning in the locality of Al-Rahad in Sudan, women like Hawa Abdullah, dressed in bright colours, can be seen turning up the earth of their land or scattering seeds on their tractors. While the scene is age-…

International Women's Day, March 8, 2019. Around 3.8 billion people suffer from indoor air pollution every year due to harmful cooking stoves. Women and children are most effected as they spend the greatest time indoors.…

UN Environment Acting Executive Director Joyce Msuya has issued a forceful call to action ahead of the Fourth UN Environment Assembly, which will gather in Nairobi from 11-15 March. “Time is running short,” Msuya wrote in a…

UN Environment and the International Bar Association are collaborating on the development of an environmental law training programme for private legal practitioners. Possible training topics include: drafting of…