UNEP report alerts fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’
Nov 08, 2023, at 08:03 pm
Contrary to pledges to cut fossil fuel production, government policies worldwide will add up to a doubling of production in 2030, a new report from the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday.
UNEP honours five protectors of Mother Earth
Nov 23, 2022, at 07:13 pm
New York: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Tuesday, the 2022 Champions of the Earth for their transformative action to prevent, halt or reverse ecosystem degradation.
UNEP combats pollution, restores ozone and protects seas – UN chief tells 50th anniversary session
Mar 04, 2022, at 09:45 pm
For 50 years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered the world a way forward “based on a vision for a better, healthier Earth built on the pillars of international cooperation,” Secretary-General António Guterres told a landmark special session on Thursday, commemorating the agency’s golden anniversary.
Major reports on biodiversity, ecosystem services to be launched at UN-backed meeting in Medellin
Mar 16, 2018, at 03:13 pm
New York, Mar 16 (JEN): With our planet’s flora and fauna facing unprecedented threats, science and policy experts are set to gather next week in Medellin, Colombia, for a United Nations-backed meeting to consider five landmark reports aiming to inform better decisions by Governments, businesses and even individuals on biodiversity, and issues of land degradation and restoration.
Taking on environmental health risks, UN agencies aim to protect 'foundations for life' on Earth
Jan 11, 2018, at 01:01 pm
New York, Jan 11 (JEN): Two United Nations agencies are teaming up in a major new initiative taking on the herculean task of combatting environmental health risks, which claim an estimated 12.6 million lives a year.
Climate change a long-term threat to heritage sites including Elephanta Caves
May 30, 2016, at 09:54 pm
Paris/Mumbai, May 30 (IBNS) A study conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that nearly 31 natural and cultural World Heritage sites in 29 countries across the world, including Elephanta Caves (near Mumbai) from India, are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.