The Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders were developed through extensive consultations and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders committed to ...
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 ...
A working paper released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) underscores the urgent need for increased sustainability in the extraction and use of critical energy transition minerals.
Greenhouse gas emissions are at their highest ever levels and this year is now almost certain to surpass 2023 as the warmest on record. The result is intensifying climate impacts, from intense ...
Climate crunch time is here. COP29has delivered a hard-fought deal. This is at a time when science tells us that without action, climate impacts will only intensify further. COP29 has now secured a ...
Baku, 19 November 2024 – Following the landmark launch of the Global Cooling Pledgeat COP28, ministers and leaders from over 30 countries, joined by partners from intergovernmental organizations and ...
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 ...
Despite their critical role in mitigating climate change and providing essential ecosystem services, peatlands face significant threats and remain among the most poorly understood and under-monitored ...
The Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a framework that enables collection of comparable monitoring data from all regions of the ...
20 November 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan – The UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) announced the establishment of the Intergovernmental Council for Buildings and Climate ...