The Food Waste Index Report is tracking country-level progress to halve food waste by 2030 (SDG 12.3). First published in 2021, the current report builds on recent and greater datasets and provides an update on the scale of food...
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The world is in the midst of a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the...
Our latest report, a collaborative effort with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), delves into the critical realm of global waste generation and management. Released as an update since 2018, this report not only...
The recently launched UNEP Annual Report for the year 2023 offers a sobering yet hopeful reflection on the state of our planet. Last year witnessed a troubling trend of broken records and broken promises. From soaring greenhouse...
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...
Greening the Blue Report is a UNEP initiative to engage and support the UN system in the transition towards greater environmental sustainability in the management of its facilities and operations. It provides information on the...
Sand plays a strategic role in delivering ecosystem services, vital infrastructure for economic development, providing livelihoods within communities and maintaining biodiversity. It is linked to all 17 Sustainable Development...
This global synthesis report is the most comprehensive knowledge review on kelp to date, revealing the state of science on the world’s kelp forests and providing recommended actions to build the recovery of the world’s kelp...
In 2022, the devastating impacts of the triple planetary crisis were compounded by widening inequality, conflict and rising food and energy prices. Yet, it was also a year of renewed vigour on environmental action. UNEP marked its...
World Environment Day Report 2022 World Environment Day is one of the largest global platforms for environmental public outreach, with millions of people in more than 150 countries participating. It is led by the United Nations...