Healthy wetlands offer economic opportunities, support jobs, and provide livelihoods, but they are being lost. Business as usual is not working. We need international partnerships to mobilise actors and scale finance and...
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The buildings and construction sector is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, accounting for a staggering 37% of global emissions. The production and use of materials such as cement, steel, and aluminum have a...
The SDG indicator 6.3.2 (SDG 632) methodology helps countries to report on ambient water quality in a consistent and straightforward manner and has undergone several iterations since conception in 2016. Gathering feedback from...
We kindly invite you to the 2nd EU-UN Annual Dialogue on Prevention, Stabilisation and Peacebuilding, to be held on 7-10 June 2022 in a hybrid format. While the event takes place at a difficult moment for international relations...
In 1945, world leaders gathered in San Francisco to sign the Charter of the United Nations, which gave birth to an organization that represented new hope for a world emerging from the horrors of the Second World War. Our founders...
This new report – Gender, Climate & Security: Sustaining Inclusive Peace on the Frontlines of Climate Change – by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Women, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Department of...
The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other stakeholders...
This brief highlights the intricate linkage between environmental degradation and conflicts and the potential of climate change to increase the risk of conflicts. The brief uses the case of South Sudan to demonstrate this feedback...
The purpose of this report is to highlight the results that the ECP programme has achieved in the field of environmental peacebuilding from 2008 to 2016 in seven thematic areas: Natural Resources and Peacebuilding Greening...
Livelihoods, poverty reduction efforts and economic growth in Africa are highly dependent on the quality and availability of natural resources, and are thus extremely vulnerable to degradation of those resources and to climate...