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The Global Biodiversity Outlook 2 assesses the current status and trends of biodiversity and the key drivers of biodiversity loss. It provides a powerful case for the importance...

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess how relevant, effective, and efficient these pilot assessments have been in line with the PEI objective of mainstreaming environment...

One of the programme objectives of the UNEP Desertification Control Programme Activity Centre since its establishment as the Desertification Branch in early 1978 has been to...

In lieu of an annual report, Executive Director Inger Andersen looks back in letter format on 2019, her first year in office. She calls it “a year when our past finally caught...

The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems...

The publication of this latest review of the work of UN Environment falls in the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Environmental sustainability...

This UNEP report sheds light on the human rights obligations of both governments and private actors in responding to climate change, including those relating to rights to...

In January 2017, scientists announced new discoveries showing that the Central Congo Basin Peatlands form the largest area of peat swamp forest in the tropics. Estimates of soil...

The joint action of Unesco and UNEP in preparing this state-of-knowledge Report on tropical forest ecosystems can be seen as a natural outcome of the desire to provide better...

The book discusses major natural and man-made factors contributing to desertification In arid regions of the USSR. Summarized is the experience gained in the USSR an controlling...

For once, the popular mythology contains some truth. Coral reefs can be likened to tropical forests in certain important ways. Both reefs and jungles are biologically diverse in...

Big data sets and new technologies can be brought together to create new knowledge products that can provide environmental insight in near real-time. Now is the time to...

Over 90 percent of all data has been generated during the last two years. Mobile devices connect five billion people. New satellite technologies image the entire surface of the...

2020 was a year that will be remembered in history as a milestone year for the “new normal”. While the year seen devastating health impacts that we continue to witness, it was...

Less than 100 days are remaining to COP26 in Glasgow, but it is actually less than 8.5years remaining if we are to stay below the 1.5 C target. Are we on the right track? Are we...

On 17 May, UNEP Brussels Office, FAO Liaison Office Brussels and the Youth & Environment Europe (YEE) jointly organized a webinar titled “GenerationRestoration : YOUth...

We celebrated World Environment Day on June 5th and alongside UNEP and FAO launched the Decade of Ecosystem Restorations. Over 1.39 million people in over 190 countries engaged...

Faith for Earth is facilitating a process of engagement of faith actors in Stockholm +50 by organising side events, issuing statements, highlighting faith perspectives and...

The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Digital technologies that work for the planet; Green approaches policy note for parliamentarians; The power of finance and...

As we gear up towards World Environment Day this week, we would like to salute the dozens of faith-based organizations and partners who have been working and planning on...