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At a ceremony last week, the United Nations Office at Nairobi and Mobike, the world’s largest smart bike-sharing company, launched a bike-sharing scheme for the UN’s Nairobi compound.

By Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment It’s not always easy to be optimistic about the future of our planet.

To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, we spoke to three Young Champions of the Earth - women who are already changing the world.

Of the more than 100 videos we produced in 2017, here are seven that bring out some of the highlights of the year. 

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jeff Orlowski is a UN Environment Champion of the Earth for insipiration and action. 

Nairobi, 5 December 2017 – Six inspirational environmental leaders today received the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the Champions of the Earth award, during the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kaya Dorey wins Young Champion of the Earth prize for her sustainable apparel business innovation Kaya is one of six inaugural winners from around the world to be announced throughout November Winners receive US15,000 seed f

Zhejiang province derives its name from the Zhe River, meaning “crooked” or “bent” river.

Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are joint winners of the Champions of the Earth Award, in the Science and Innovation category.   

Joan Carling is an indigenous rights activist and environmental defender from the Philippines. She has been defending land rights from grassroots to international levels for more than 20 years.

Announced today, the Champions of the Earth Awards, the UN’s highest environmental honor, will be presented to six outstanding environmental changemakers. The champions are recognized for their achievements in the categories including

Champions of the Earth laureate Boyan Slat and his Ocean Cleanup team launched their revolutionary marine litter cleanup system today. Research shows that a scaled-up fleet of 60 systems could eventually clean up 50% of the Patch in t

BEIJING, 13 September 2018 – Propelling the recognition for the world’s most outstanding environmental achievements, UN Environment this week announced a three-year partnership with Weibo – China’s microblogging and social media gi

The Thought For Food team likes a challenge – encouraging innovation in agriculture, and changing the way we eat.

Cochin International Airport is the world’s first solar power airport. Its entire operations are powered by solar energy.

In a remote village of the Himalayas, Kristin Kagetsu was struggling with a recipe. Not your average recipe for cooking up a delicious meal. This one was for making sustainable colored crayons.

“Service is my guiding value. One day we will leave this earth, and what remains is what we do for people,” says Omer Badokhon, the Young Champion of the Earth for West Asia.

Young entrepreneur Badr Idrissi never waited to be told what to do. Instead, he looked for innovative solutions to problems. He would often take the family TV or video recorder to pieces.