UNEP's Global Centre of Excellence on environmentally-sound waste management. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) was established in ...

Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to ...

The Republic of Colombia hosts this year’s global observance of Desertification and Drought Day, underscoring its commitment to addressing land degradation through nature-based solutions. Held ...

Hundreds of millions of people are not able to have the number of children they want, the UN warns.

Solutions to the fertility crisis The report warns against simplistic and coercive responses to falling birth rates, such as baby bonuses or fertility targets, which are often ineffective and risk ...

The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday has been condemned by Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as ...