Global demand for sand is rising faster than natural systems can replenish it, threatening ecosystems, biodiversity and ...

American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making. By Eric Niiler In 2021, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, is calling on the international community to make a decisive change of course in environmental and climate policy. Humanity faces "a ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Dec. 10 announced its five “2025 Champions of the Earth,” the U.N.’s highest environmental honor. Since 2005, UNEP’s Champions of the Earth has recognized ...

The United Nations' Environmental Program has released a new report with yet more dire news about our odds of avoiding climate disaster caused by greenhouse gas emissions. According to this assessment ...

As geopolitical challenges and tensions escalate globally, one thing is clear: fragmented politics will not fix a fractured planet. This is why the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) – the ...

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) personnel are preparing for the world’s highest decision-making body for the environment: seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7).From 8-12 ...

Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has been named a member of a United Nations panel dedicated to protecting use ...