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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcome the…

Joint statement of support by the Global Environment Facility, United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme The Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Development…

The adoption of the resolution on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment by the UN Human Rights Council is a breakthrough moment for environmental justice. This right has been rooted in the 1972…

Statement prepared for delivery at the briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Yemen on 03 June 2021. Thank you, Mr. President. The risk of a massive oil leakage from the FSO Safer, a floating single-…

Human Rights Council, 46th Session. General Debate, Item 3 Thank you, Madam President. UNEP welcomes the opportunity to deliver this joint statement on behalf of 15 UN entities. See below the list of entities.   …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ligia Noronha of India as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme…

Statement prepared for delivery at the media launch of ‘Making Peace with Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies’. This new report from the UN Environment…

Statement prepared for delivery at the launch of the 2020 UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 was, in addition to COVID-19, the year of intensifying climate impacts. Floods, droughts and storms affected over 50…

Statement by Inger Andersen, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Thank you for joining us for the launch of a new report by the UN Environment Programme and the…

Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme. Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport.   COVID-19 has unravelled our way of life. The recovery…