The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is hosting a solution forum under the theme, Green Economies for Sustainable Economies at the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo this week, which brings together solution providers and seekers as well as over 20 UN agencies and partners to look at how South-South Cooperation (SSC) can contribute to sustainable development.

Genoa, Italy – As the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) closes its 19th special meeting, WWF expresses concern over the rapid increase agreed for the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing quota, especially while little progress has been made to strengthen traceability in this fishery.

By 2030, the Protocol may be preventing 2 million cases of skin cancer each year. It will have prevented significant loss of food crops which in turn would have compounded future severe food security challenges.

Governments participating in the sixth session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC6) to prepare a global legally binding treaty instrument on mercury, closed the week long negotiations with encouraging agreements and guidance to the GEF on how to prioritize financial support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

Parliamentarians, media and deforestation experts come together in the effort to save Indonesia's forests

The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated to the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that took place from October 6-17, 2014 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea.

Air Pollution, Sustainable Fuels, Road Safety to be addressed by Ministers of World's Most Rapidly Urbanizing Continent

As global shipping intensifies and technological advances provide more opportunities to access the resources of the high seas and the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), the catalog of threats to the marine environment and its biodiversity increase commensurately. Beyond these threats, new and emerging uses of ABNJ including more intrusive marine scientific research, bio-prospectin...

Today in Pyeongchang, Korea the GEF addressed the plenary of the UNCBD COP12 to report on its activities in the area of biological diversity . Mark Zimsky, head of GEF delegation and Biodiversity cluster leader presented the report that focused on programming efficiency, programming trends, portfolio performance, and resource mobilization beyond the biodiversity focal area. It also highlighted ...

The steady build-up of garbage in the world's oceans is a "tremendous challenge" and a growing threat to the planet's marine ecosystems with the potential for "significant socio-economic consequences," the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) heard today.

The bulk of world trade, 90% by volume, is transported by ship (MKC, 2012). Shipping is perhaps the most international of all the world's industries and is an essential component of our modern way of life. Globally, three to five billion tonnes of ballast water are transferred by ship each year (IMO, 2014). Ballast water can carry thousands of different species of marine plants, microbes and a...

On behalf of the French Government, Mr. Xavier sticker, Ambassador for the Environment, signed on 4 September 2014, an agreement with the United Nations Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) on the coastal zone management of the department of Var.