Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, UNEP will officially launch its annual Adaptation Gap ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, called for global backing of the Yerevan Platform to protect mountain and freshwater ecosystems and boost biodiversity action.

The Congo Basin spans about 3.7 million square kilometres and hosts Africa’s largest expanse of dense moist tropical forest. This ecosystem supports the livelihoods of nearly 60 million people and ...

The UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR) series tracks our progress in limiting global warming well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement. Since 2010, it has provided an annual ...

The world has already agreed a global plan to safeguard nature. This COP was about accelerating implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), and turning those targets ...

Nitrogen is in the soil under our feet, in the food we eat, and in our DNA, the building blocks of life. Without it, there would be no life on Earth. Nitrogen helps to make croplands fertile and is a ...

UNEP’s 2026 Adaptation Gap Report: Ready? Not finds that adaptation finance continues to fall short of needs, implementation remains constrained by institutional barriers, and losses and damages are ...

The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)—Barcelona Convention System works with Contracting Parties and partners to fulfill the vision of a healthy Mediterranean Sea and Coast that underpin sustainable ...

The Global Cooling Watch report demonstrates the potential and the pathways to achieve near-zero emissions from cooling. Using a model created specifically for this report, it presents pathways to get ...

In a single-minded pursuit of GDP growth, humanity is inadvertently feeding a series of environmental crises that over the long run threaten to make most of us poorer, sicker and more miserable. The ...

The Restoration Progress Report is the first-ever stocktake of countries’ efforts to bring degraded ecosystems back to life. It is the widest assessment of ecosystem restoration to date, spanning all ...