This report provides evidence that the environment plays a key role in the development, transmission and spread of Antimicrobial Resistance or AMR, considered one of the top public health problems globally. Since AMR poses an...
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Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is considered one of the top global public health problems. It also poses an urgent and critical threat to animal and plant health, food security and economic development. What’s new in this report...
The Summary for Policymakers - Environmental Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) launched on the sidelines of UNEA 5.2 taking place from 28 February to 4 March 2022. The report calls to strengthen environmental action...
The regional interagency Issue-based Coalition on Environment and Climate Change for Europe and Central Asia has just issued summary recommendations for COVID-19 recovery: “ BUILDING BACK BETTER- pathways for a more inclusive...
UNEP has been preparing several reports to be presented at the 5 th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly ( UNEA 5) set to take place on 22-26 February 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya. These reports provide several facets of...
UNEP has been preparing several reports to be presented at the 5 th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly ( UNEA 5) set to take place on 22-26 February 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya. These reports provide several facets of...
In this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important questions of how to respond to the ongoing public health crisis, or how to mitigate the...
In 2016 the UN Environment Programme identified the issue of zoonotic diseases as a key emerging issue of global concern in its Frontiers publication series. The chapter on zoonoses – diseases that can be passed on from animals to...
This novel publication provides an overview of the knowledge gap and enforcement challenges in the illegal trade of toxic, hazardous and severely restricted chemicals, as well as in non-existing or low areas of chemical...
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people. This collection of factsheets was prepared in cooperation with the Ministry...