The 2021 Global Waste Survey was designed as a first step to collect the mountain community’s opinion and first-hand experience on waste at a global level. Mountains and polar regions are experiencing the effects of climate change...
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The second edition of Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: From Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery aims to bring about change by showing how improved sanitation and wastewater management can benefit both humans...
For over a decade, the UNEP Emissions Gap Report has provided a yearly review of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avoid the worst impacts of climate change...
The impact of COVID-19 is transforming the way we live, from one day to the next. While national and local interventions are largely focused on protecting lives and economies, management of hazardous waste is also essential to...
This report collates lessons learned and good practices in Natural Resource Management in Sudan. The "Adapt for Environment and Climate Resilience in Sudan" (or “ADAPT!”) project aims to integrate environmental management...
In Africa, there is a high dependency on renewable energy; up to 70% of energy-consumption derives from renewable energy sources. It is estimated that 4 out of 5 households rely on biomass for energy consumption, mainly fuelwood...
To mark ten years of the Emissions Gap Report, and inform the Climate Action Summit, UNEP released Lessons from a decade of emissions gap assessments. The report finds that the last ten years have, in some ways, been a lost decade...
New Forsight Brief produced by UN Environmnent's Science Division Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures NEW Issue 013 - The potential of carbon sequestration in the soil This brief underscores the potential of carbon...
Much is at stake as global society approaches the final decade before the Sustainable Development Goals are fixed to be realized in 2030. The international community has set high ambitions for global prosperity, the protection of...
Published in time for the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve...