The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has identified 10 first flagship initiatives that illustrate the breadth and promise of restoration work already underway. Together, the 10 flagships aim to restore more than 60 million hectares − an area roughly equal to the whole of Madagascar or Ukraine − and create more than 13 million jobs.
The fashion sector is not on track to meet its sustainability targets, nor contribute to the global intention of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement on climate change or the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Its basis in unsustainable patterns of consumption and production is contributing directly and significantly to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste (UNEP 2021c; UNEP 2023).
Appeal to world leaders, urge your city, your bank and your employer to take urgent action toward net-zero emissions.
Empowering women is an essential first step on the road to more just and resilient societies.
Our planet is choking on plastic. It is time to change how we produce, consume and dispose of the plastic we use.
This report is the 13th edition of an annual series that tracks where greenhouse gas emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
Since 2016, UNEP’s Frontiers reports have cast a spotlight on emerging environmental issues. This year’s edition, Noise, Blazes and Mismatches looks at three concerns: urban soundscapes, wildfires and phenological shifts.
What do the deepest point in the ocean, the Mariana trench, and the highest mountain peak in the world, Mt. Everest, have in common?
UNEP has created a dynamic data visualization that distills the report findings with an aim to generating increased interest and awareness.
The world is in a climate emergency – “a code red for humanity” according to the UN Secretary-General. The concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere is wreaking havoc across the world and threatening lives, economies, health and food.
Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to public health globally and accounts for an estimated 7 million premature deaths every year. Air pollution and climate change are closely linked as all major pollutants have an impact on the climate and most share common sources with greenhouse gases. Improving our air quality will bring health, more net development and environmental benefits, along with mitigating climate change.
