In Madagascar, one of the world’s largest biodiversity hotspots, local communities set up eco-villages that create ...

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on ...

Opening address of UNEP Executive Director, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in ...

COP29 has delivered a hard-fought deal. This is at a time when science tells us that without action, climate impacts will ...

Karina Khatic has seen firsthand the misuse of pharmaceuticals and the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) they can cause.

Water is the lifeblood of our planet and freshwater ecosystems play a key role in sopping up planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions and making our societies resilient to climate disasters. But the ...

My thanks to the COP29 Presidency for launching the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action to strengthen the water dimension within the global climate agenda. Crops and livestock are wasting away ...

Baku, 21 November 2024 – 177 out of 193 UN Member States have peatlands – critical carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots, yet agriculture, urbanization, deforestation, and industrial activities put ...

Duong Khanh Ly, the founder of a tea cooperative in northeast Viet Nam, had a problem. Severe downpours would often soak tea leaves that had been left outside to dry, spoiling entire batches and ...

Climate change. Nature, biodiversity and land loss. Pollution and waste. These are not standalone crises. They are one triple planetary crisis. A crisis that is undermining progress on human health, ...

Climate change is taking a toll on the South Caucasus. How can science best translate into policies for adaptation? What does successful regional cooperation look like? At #COP29Azerbaijan, dive into ...