• UN urges clean-up following acute lead poisoning in Nigeria ( English - Français )


• Census confirms increase in population of the critically endangered Virunga mountain gorillas ( English - Français )


• Ministers Launch Pioneering Initiatives to Tackle Health and Environment Issues in Africa ( English )


• Luanda Hosts Preparatory Meeting of African Health and Environment Experts ( English )


• UNEP fieldwork in Ogoniland, Nigeria, still ongoing ( English )


• Sudan-South Africa cooperation to boost water supply security ( English )


• "30 Ways in 30 Days" rolls out more solutions to climate change challenge ( English )


• Extension of UNEP- Bayer Partnership on Youth and the Environment ( English )


• Green Economy & Carbon Market Growth Crucial for Africa's Development ( English )


• UNEP launches '30 Ways in 30 Days' to inspire action on climate change ( English - Français )


• UNEP launches Young Environmental Journalist Award for Africa ( English )


• Historic New Treaty Lays Out Ground Rules for Sharing Benefits of World's Wealth of Genetic Resources ( English - Français )


• Nagoya 2010: UNEP Report Shows Rising Threats to Marine Biodiversity ( English )
  


• Nagoya 2010: Carbon Mapping to curb climate change and boost biodiversity ( English )


• UNEP unveils SEED Award Winners( English )
  


• Africa seizes Green Economy opportunity ( English )
  


• Tree-planting campaign takes root in Africa ( English )
  


• Killing the cures: how biodiversity loss is harming medical science ( English - Français)
  
  
• Libreville, Gabon to host African environment ministers and UN ahead of Convention on Biological Diversity COP 10 ( English - Français)
  
  
• UNEP backs action on e-waste in East Africa ( English)
  
  
• AMCEN Gets a New Tool for Communicating Climate Change and Promoting Effective Response in Africa (English)


• Bamako Declaration: Road Map for Africa’s Climate Change and Biodiversity Strategies (English)


• African Countries Showcase Green Economy Initiatives at UNEP Event and Launching of the 2010 SEED Awards (English)


• Focus on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification Interlinkages to Strengthen Sustainable Development Efforts in Africa (English)


• UNEP Announces Top African Winner for its 19th International Children Painting Competition ( English - Français)
  
  
• African Youth Take Firm Stand to Protect Biodiversity ( English)
  
  
• From Kigali to Haiti - People around the planet gear up for World Environment Day ( English - Français)
  
  
• PUMA & UNEP Kick Off Africa Unity Experience ( English - Français)
  
  
• Headquarters of West Africa Marine Agreement Officially Transferred to Cote D'Ivoire ( English)
  
  
• High Level Forum on the Rehabilitation of the Mau Forest Ecosystem ( English)
  
  
• Multimillion Dollar Response to Mau Appeal Brings Restoration Hope to Kenya and the Region ( English - Français)
  
  
• UNEP First Ozone Africa Media Award Kicks off ( English)
  
  
• Ministers Launch Rejuvenated Nairobi Convention to Protect the Western Indian Ocean's Environment ( English - Français)
  
  
• Future for Gorillas in Africa Getting Bleaker ( English - Français)
  
  
• Africa source of growth, focus of interest for international emissions offset market (English)
  Nairobi, 5 March 2010
  
  
• Carbon Markets in Africa Moving Forward (English)
  Nairobi, 3 March 2010
  
  
• Rwanda Named Global Host of World Environment Day 2010 (English)
  Kigali (Rwanda)/Nairobi (Kenya), 17 February 2010
  
  
• Tree planting in Kenya's Mau Complex signals new beginnings for a critical ecosystem (English)
  Nairobi, 15 January 2010
  
  
• UN Carbon Markets Powering Green Energy Growth in Africa (English)
  Nairobi, 17 November 2009
  
  
• Africa Climate Change Talks Enter Decisive Week as Lead Negotiators and High Level Experts Gather to Refine Climate Platform and Position towards Copenhagen (English)
  Addis Ababa/Nairobi, 23 October 2009
  
  
• First Africa Gender and Climate Change Training of Trainers kicks off (English)
  Addis Ababa , 19 October 2009
  
  
• Carbon finance is key to better protection of gorillas and elephants to maintain health of African rainforests says UN Ambassador (English)
  Washington/Bonn, 13 October 2009
  
  
• Kenya Launches Multimillion Dollar Appeal to Restore Vital Mau Forest (English)
  
  
• Africa's First Children Conference on Climate Change Kicks off in Durban, South Africa (English)
  Durban/Nairobi, 08 August 2009
  
  
• Nairobi festivals go green for UN climate campaign (English)
  Nairobi, 31 July 2009
  
  
• UNEP Promotes Online Science in the Developing World (English)
  Nairobi, 16 July 2009
  
  
• Strengthening Climate Adaptation for Africa: Efforts Underway Towards a Global Framework for Climate Services (English)
  Geneva, 30 June 2009 (WMO)
  
  
• UNEP Announces Top African Winner for its 18th Global Painting Competition (English)
  Nairobi, 5 June 2009
  
  
• Africa Needs Substantially Scaled-up Finance, Technology and Capacity-Building to Combat Climate Change (English)
  Nairobi, 29 May 2009
  
  
• Environment-Led Green Revolution Key to Future Food Security in Africa (English)
  New York/Nairobi, 14 May 2009
  
  
• Lake Victoria Communities Could Be Key to Millions of 'Climate' Dollars For Poor Around the World (English)
  Geneva/Nairobi/Washington DC, 6 May 2009
  
  
• A Big Step Forward towards a DDT-Free World (English)
  Geneva/Nairobi/Washington DC, 6 May 2009
  
  
• Projects to Save Africa's Rarest Ape Unveiled by UN and Wildlife Groups (English)
  ( London/Bonn/Nairobi, 15 January 2009 )
  
  
• Geothermal Energy Rocks! (English)
  ( Nairobi/Kenya, 24 December 2008 )
  
  
• Hot Prospect - Geothermal Electricity Set for Rift Valley Lift-Off in 2009 ( English - Français)
  (Poznan, 9 December 2008)
  
  
• Governments Gather in Poznan to Build Momentum in the Fight Against Climate Change (English)
  ( Nairobi/Kenya, 3 December 2008 )
  
  
• Africa-Wide Action Plan Focus of Year of the Gorilla 2009 ( English - Français)
  (Rome, 1 December 2008)
  
  
• Globalization and International Environmental Governance Tops African Civil Society Consultations Ahead of UNEP Governing Council ( English - Français) (Nairobi, 10 November 2008)
  
  
• Nature-Based Enterprises Can Help Rural Poor Adapt to Environmental Threats (English)
  ( Barcelona,Spain, October 8, 2008 )
  
  
• New CMS Agreement to Conserve Small Whales, Dolphins and Manatees in Western Africa and Macaronesia (English)
  (Bonn, 7 October 2008)
  
  
• Ecosystem Renovation - Bring Them On Back (English)
  (Barcelona/Nairobi, 6 October 2008)
  
  
• Mexico to Host World Environment Day Under the Theme 'Your Planet Needs You' (English)
  (Mexico City/Nairobi, 22 september 2008)
  
  
• How Can Sport Kick Climate Change into Touch? ( English )
  (September 2008)
  
  
• African Health and Environment Ministers Join to Defend Health from Environmental Harm ( English - Français )
  (Libreville, Gabon, 29 August 08)
  
  
• WHO and UNEP Join to Combat Environment-Related Disease in Africa ( English )
  (Brazzaville/Nairobi, 22 August 2008 )
  
  
• Protecting Mau Forest in Kenya's Economic Interest (English)
  (Nairobi, 17 July 2008)
  
  
• Climate Challenge to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa ( English )
  (Tuesday 1 July 2008)
  
  
• Environmental Change Re-Draws Atlas of Africa ( English - Français )
  (Johannesburg/Nairobi/London, 10 June 2008)
  
  
• Strengthening Partnerships for Low Carbon Lifestyles in Kenya In Celebration of World Environment Day (English)
  
  
• African Farming Fails to Reach Potential (English)
  
  
• UNEP Picks Top African Winners in the 17th Children Global Painting Competition
  ( English - Français )
  
  
• Communities, Corporations and Countries Deliver on Planting of One Billion Trees (English)
  
  
• UNEP Brews Up Green Energy Revolution in Tea and Sugar Industries (English)
  
  
• Nairobi Convention Gets New Tools for Enhanced Performance (English)
  
  
• Conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in Western Indian Ocean Streamlined through a New Consortium Launch in Johannesburg (English)
  
  
• Parties to the Abidjan and Nairobi Conventions Address Marine Pollution from Land-Based Activities and Oil and Gas Exploration in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)
  
  
• UN Environment Programme to Assess 300 Oil-Polluted Sites in Nigeria's Ogoniland (English)
  
  
• Sustainable Future for DRC's Nature-Based Resources Aim of New UNEP Project
  ( English - Français )
  
  
• Africa Rubbish Tip Major Hazard to Children and the Environment ( English - Français )
  
  
• "Think Globally Clean Locally" ( English - Français )
  
  
• UNEP to Engage in Environmental Work in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  ( English - Français )
  
  
• UNEP to Deploy Technical Mission to Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo
  
  
• Climate Change, Loss of biodiversity, Desertification and Waste Top First Ever Gathering of African Children on the Environment (English)
  
  
• First African Regional Children’s Conference in Cameroon from 30th July to 2nd August 2007 (English)
  
  
• Africa’s Banks Starting to Rise to Challenge of Wider Environmental, Social and Governance Concerns (English)
  
  
• African Governments Reach Consensus on Ivory Sales (English)
  
  
• G8 Climate Commitment and Africa Aid Package Mutually Supportive Says UNEP Head (English)
  
  
• Making Climate Change Work for Africa (English)
  
  
• International Biological Diversity Day (IBD ) 2007: (English)
  
  
• Restoring the Health and Wealth of Africa’s Degraded Lands Key Focus of New International Initiative: (English - Français)
  
  
• UNEP announces Top African Prize for its 16th Global Painting Competition (English)
  
  
• Nairobi City Development Strategy Top Priority for 21st Century Future of the Kenyan Capital (English)
  
  
• Climate Proofing Africa Key Challenge for the Continent (English)
  
  
• Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) (English)
  
  
• Children Paint Climate Change - 16th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment. (English - Français)
  
  
• Kenya Launches a Bold Strategy to Mark this Year’s Clean up the World Campaign (15 - 17 September 2006) (English)
  
  
• Africa get's ready for the 12th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Washington, 21 August 2006 ) (English)
  
  
• Developing Country Cities Climb On Board for Sustainable Public Transport Push (Washington, 21 August 2006) (English)
  
  
• Ministers to Tackle Increasing Air Pollution in Sub-Saharan African Cities,
  (Nairobi, 25 July 2006) (English)
  
  
• Africa’s Natural Wealth Key to its Economic Prospects,
  (Nairobi, 27 June 2006) ( English - Français
  
  
• Africa Environment Outlook for Youth Launched at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Brazzaville.
  (Brazzaville, 24 May 2006) (English - Français)
  
  
• 11th regular session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
  (Brazzaville, 22-26 May 2006) ( English - Français )
  
  
• A Pioneering Initiative to Mainstream Environment and Sustainability in African Universities,
  (Nairobi, 4 May 2006) (English)
  
  
• Seventeen African Children among the winners of the 2005 International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment.(Nairobi, 3 May 2006) (English)
  
  
• Landmark Declaration to Boost Technology Support and Capacity Building on the Environment. (Khartoum / Nairobi, 24 January 2006) (English)
  
  
• 15th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment,
  (Nairobi, 20 January 2006) (English - Français)
  
  
• Over $400 million in Ozone Support to Developing Countries, (Dakar,12 December 2005) (English - Français)
  
  
• 15th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment,
  (Nairobi, 23 September 2005) (English)
  
  
• Green Customs Initiative Targets Environmental Crime, (Nairobi/Arusha, 14 November 2005 ) (English)
  
  
• African Lakes Atlas Launched at World Lakes Event, (Nairobi, 31 October 2005)
  (English - Français)
  
  
• African Ministers Weigh Environment’s Role in G8 Debt Cancellation Debate,
  (Nairobi, 26 October 2005) (English - Français)
  
  
• 15th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment,
  (Nairobi, 23 September 2005) (English)
  
  
• 2005 Clean up the World in Kenya, (Nairobi, 17 September 2005) (English)
  
  
• Celebrating World Water Day (Kyoto/Burlington, 22 March 2003) (English - Français)
  
  
• Note on side event at WSSD (1 August 2002) (English)
  
  
• Clean up the world, (Nairobi, 18 July 2002) (English)
  
  
• Africa Environment Outlook, (Kampala/Nairobi, 4 July 2002) (English)
  
  
• AMCEN 9th Sesssion, (Nairobi, June 2002) (English)
  
  
• World Environment Day, (Nairobi, 30 May 2002) (English)
  
  
• Children International Biosafety Day, (Nairobi, 21 may 2002) (English)
  
  
• World Water Day, (Nairobi, 21 March 2002) (English)
  
  
• African Common Position - WSSD, (Nairobi, 20 March 2002) (English)
  
  
• Climate Change Meetings, (Nairobi, 15 February 2002) (English)
  
  
• Drought in Kenya report, (Nairobi, 26 October 2001) (English)
  
  
• WSSD African Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on sustainable Development, (Nairobi, 15-18 October 2001) (English)
  
  
• WSSD-African Prepcom, (Nairobi, 15-18 October 2001) (English)