American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making. By Eric Niiler In 2021, ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on the international community to make a decisive change of course in environmental and climate policy. Humanity faces "a simple choice," ...

The United Nations, through offices like UNEP, UN-Habitat, and UNON at the Nairobi duty station, has advertised over 40 job ...

Following her nomination by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the General Assembly today elected Inger Andersen of Denmark to a four-year term as Executive Director of the United ...

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) personnel are preparing for the world’s highest decision-making body for the environment: seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7).From 8-12 ...

Inger Andersen is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 26 August 2025 When you think of water, you might picture ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced Monday a new round of talks on a global treaty to limit plastic waste after the last negotiations in December ended in stalemate. Members of ...

In recent months, United Nations-led negotiations on climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss and desert expansion have largely stalled or delivered underwhelming results, failing to match ...