From shade‑giving street trees to reflective, permeable surfaces, nature‑based solutions can cool neighbourhoods, cut emissions and improve public health at a fraction of the cost. Join the May Cool ...

UNEP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Juan Bello talks about a new effort to equip students with the ...

On 12-13 May 2025, over 50 representatives from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are gathering in Geneva for the first in-person ISLANDS Forum, aiming to strengthen efforts toward sound chemicals ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the world’s leading authority on the environment, working with all of society across 193 countries to protect and restore human and planetary health.

In March 2022, the resumed fifth session of UNEA (UNEA-5.2) adopted a second resolution on “Sustainable nitrogen management” (resolution 5/2), encouraging Member States to accelerate actions to ...

Each year, an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean. Did you know that personal care products are a major source of microplastics? They get washed away into the oceans through our ...

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Um projeto do PNUMA está apoiando a conservação e a conscientização da biodiversidade em Istambul, na Turquia, destacando sua ...

Under the theme “Make visible the invisible: sound management of chemicals and wastes,” the 2025 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (2025 BRS ...