In 2023, temperature records toppled, while storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves caused devastation. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared – Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation...
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As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, The 2025 Climate Technology Progress Report: Advancing Biobased Technologies in the Bioeconomy explores the role of the bioeconomy in addressing climate change, including both mitigation...

Human-caused methane emissions are responsible for roughly a third of the planet’s current warming. Reducing these emissions is the fastest, most cost-effective way to slow global warming in the near-term - and is essential to...

The report High-risk forests, high-value returns: A co-benefits assessment for decision-makers examines the global significance of conserving “high-risk forests” or tropical forests with high deforestation risk, covering about 391...

The first State of Finance for Forests (SFF) report: Unlock. Unleash. Realizing forest potential requires tripling investments in forests by 2030 provides a global overview of public and private forest finance in 2023, comparing...
Building with Nature: Responding to the Demand for Urban Development and Affordable Housing through a Biodiversity Lens
Building with Nature: Responding to the Demand for Urban Development and Affordable Housing through a Biodiversity Lens Policy event on how integrating biodiversity and nature-based solutions into urban housing and spatial...
UNEP and UN Habitat Brussels, with the participation of Eurocities, ICLEI and the European Parliament
Leveraging Global Environmental Cooperation to Boost Competitiveness and Resilience
In an era marked by unprecedented geopolitical challenges and multiple crises, the need for robust multilateral cooperation has never been more critical. Global cooperation on environment, with collective achievements built over...
UNEP and hosted by Member of the European Parliament, Mr Antonio Decaro, chair of the EP Environment Committee
Global Gateway Forum 2025 – Thematic session 1 – Driving Sustainable and Strategic Transport Connectivity
🚆 Join the Global Gateway Forum 2025 (10 October, Brussels) to explore how sustainable transport connectivity can advance global partnerships. This session will delve into strategies for scaling up investments in resilient...
INTPA
Global Multistakeholder Dialogue: Toward a Global Guideline to Distinguish Used Textiles from Textile Waste
On 30 September 2025, UNEP is running an online Global Multistakeholder Dialogue: Toward a Global Guideline to Distinguish Used Textiles from Textile Waste. This workshop is part of the Circularity and Used Textiles Trade project...
UNEP
ICSD 2025 : 13th International Conference on Sustainable Development Rome, Italy
The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University. The 13th ICSD 2025 is inspired from the critical challenge of human...
European Center of Sustainable Development - CIT University

Lithium extraction in Latin America: the EU has a card to play
Blog piece by Fred Pearce on behalf of Wetlands International Europe The world is in the midst of a lithium rush. Mining companies are scouring the planet to secure cheap supplies of the metal regarded as vital for making the...
 
  