UNEP - UN Environment Programme
The global authority for the environment with programmes focusing on climate, nature, pollution, sustainable development and more.
Without big changes, this is what the environment will look like in 2050
Dec 15, 2025 · This is the future that awaits the world unless humanity takes dramatic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds a new report from the United Nations …
Global Environment Outlook (GEO) - UNEP
Sep 12, 2025 · Since 1995, UNEP’s flagship Outlook Report has watched the horizon of environmental change, alerting us to how our actions influence our planet. The Global Environmental Outlook …
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Sustainable Development Goals We deliver on the environmental dimension of each of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Why Environmental Policy - UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Apr 23, 2025 · UNEP supports Member States and stakeholders in shaping effective environmental policies by strengthening science-policy interfaces, enhancing policy coherence, and adapting to …
Fresh water | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Sep 16, 2025 · The protection, management and restoration of freshwater ecosystems and water resources is fundamental to combating the triple planetary crises of biodiversity loss, pollution and …
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do
Nov 13, 2025 · This week, UNEP released an issue note that explores AI’s environmental footprint and considers how the technology can be rolled out sustainably. It follows a major UNEP report, …
Youth push for action on environmental crises - UNEP
Dec 23, 2025 · Over the course of 16 sessions, delegates exchanged ideas on strengthening environmental governance, from reforming the multilateral environmental architecture to aligning …
Looking back at the environmental highs - and lows - of 2024
Dec 30, 2024 · UNEP announces the six winners of the 2024 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The awards recognize environmental pioneers helping to restore land, …
Air Pollution Note – Data you need to know
Sep 7, 2021 · Improving our air quality will bring health, development, and environmental benefits. The UNEP Pollution Action Note displays the global state of air pollution, major sources, the impact on …