Resources

​With the aim to educate each and everyone about the importance of sustainable land-use financing and how governments can use it to leverage a better future for earth and its inhabitants, the team at the Climate Finance Unit take part in a variety…

UNEP’s Climate Finance Unit is working with member states, as well as corporate and finance leaders, to unlock public and private finance for sustainable agriculture, forestry and landscape restoration. The Unit aims to do so by demonstrating ‘proof…

New call for nominations has already drawn over 80 expressions of interest worldwide Selected projects will be profiled globally and locally with UN support Three international star athletes join the call to…

Countries have promised to restore more than 1 billion hectares of degraded land – an area larger than China. Now is the time to turn commitments into action. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has launched a…

Whether it’s the Australian coast or the rainforests of Brazil, unrestrained wildfires – shrouded by black smoke and punctuated by the crackle of burning vegetation – have laid waste to some of the world’s most-…

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a range of new water quality monitoring and assessment courses on its eLearning platform, ahead of World Water Day on 22 March. These free, online self-paced…

The Mediterranean Sea region is suffering from the impacts of climate change on its coasts, worsened by rapid urbanization and high rates of deforestation and ecosystem degradation. A new project is strengthening the capacities of countries in the…

International Women’s Day on 08 March, offers an opportunity to call for climate action for women, by women – as the world comes together under the theme ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.’ See how…

On 8 March, International Women's Day will be celebrated under the theme 'Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.' The Day serves to raise awareness of gender inequality around the world and celebrate…

Rwanda is a landlocked country in East Africa with a topography characterised by steep hills and high mountains. Rwanda’s natural wetland, forest, and savannah ecosystems provide a wide range of services that increase the climate resilience of local…