NEW! The Executive Director's Report: Towards a Pollution-Free Planet UN Environment calls for concerted global action on pollution based on its most comprehensive assessment to date of the links between pollution, health and...
- We must inspire people into action and not depress them into inaction - On the 5 th-7 th of September, Jorge Laguna-Celis, Director of the UN Environment Governance Affairs Office, visited Brussels to brief and exchange views...
On October 12, UN Environment and GLOBE EU co-organized a high-level event, at the European Parliament, on the preparations for the Third UN Environment Assembly that will take place in Nairobi on 4-6 December 2017. About 100...
On 4-6 Dece mber 2017, the third UN Environment Assembly will take place in Nairobi, under the overarching theme " Towards a Pollution-Free Planet". The Assembly provides a groundbreaking platform for leadership on global...
Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries can support Paris Agreement, and benefit people Paris pledges only a third of what is needed, putting world on course for 3 oC global temperature rise Renewable energy...
Governments and non-state actors need to take urgent action to meet Paris Agreement goals Paris pledges only a third of what is needed to avoid worst impacts of climate change Adopting new technologies in key sectors, at...
Environmental pollution is the single largest cause of disease and death in low- and middle-income countries. Despite its importance and preventability, environmental pollution has not received the priority it merits in the...