In 2021, rich countries vowed to spend more to help poor countries adapt to warming. That goal is unlikely to be met, a new report finds. By Brad Plumer Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether ...

To rescue itself, the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook says humanity needs to make dramatic changes to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nairobi, 1 March 2024 – The sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) concluded today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to ...

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has launched the seventh Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7), a flagship report developed with input from more than 300 scientists worldwide. GEO-7 provides an ...

From a landmark deal to fund conservation to chilling news about greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 was a rollercoaster year for the planet. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) takes us on a ...

In mid-December, the 7th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), the world’s highest-level environmental decision-making body, took place at the United Nations Environment ...

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 ...

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 ...

Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals. By Hiroko Tabuchi Rogue emissions from China of ...