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Nairobi Convention COP10 agrees to new actions to protect critical habitats, improve climate preparedness
Enhancing children’s rights to safe climate, clean air and healthy environment free from all types of pollution
New report examines sea-based sources of marine litter
Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown
Sweden to host World Environment Day 2022
Promises ‘ring hollow’ when fossil fuels still receive trillions
Cooling community announces steps to beat global warming with GBP 12 million boost from UK
Era free of fossil-fuel powered vehicles comes into focus at COP26; draft outcome is met with calls for more ambition
UN-led partnership to accelerate electric mobility shift in 27 countries
UNEP, Government of India sign Host Country Agreement, aiming to enhance collaborative environmental action
Climate and Clean Air Coalition Ministers approve strategy to significantly cut short-lived climate pollutants this decade
Women bear brunt of climate crisis, COP26 highlights
Nature-based solutions for climate resilience receive €10 million boost
Indigenous peoples, protests, and call to end war on nature
COP26: Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation
Parties to Minamata Convention reinforce their commitment to stopping mercury pollution
Conserve and restore peatlands to slash global emissions – new report
Tourism unites behind Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action at COP26
‘Dramatic’ boost needed in climate adaptation: UN environment agency
Step up climate change adaptation efforts or face huge disruption: UN report
UN Unveils New Finance Mechanism to Boost Climate Action
UN issues new guidance to address warming in cities
Alliance for Clean Air Launches Today, Showing Private Sector Commitment to Reducing Air Pollution
Minamata Convention COP-4 focuses on global commitment to end mercury pollution
Global project empowers 80 states and regions to plan for net zero future
Financial Institutions and Agribusinesses Commit $3 Billion to Sustainable Production
Methane Observatory launched to boost action on powerful climate-warming gas
Reducing methane emissions vital for climate action, but not ‘get out of jail free card’
Postcard from 2050: cities and climate change in dystopian future
COP26 – what we know so far, and why it matters: Your UN News guide
Dine and dash? Global COVID recovery investment is not aligned with COP rhetoric
New financing mechanism will boost international response to climate change
WHO guidance to reduce illness due to lead exposure
Over 1,000 universities and colleges make net-zero pledges as new nature initiative is unveiled
Raising Adaptation Ambition by Closing Knowledge Gaps
Before COP26: Five technologies to get us on track
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net-zero pledges provide hope
Updated climate commitments fall far short, but net-zero pledges provide hope
Planet still on track for catastrophic heating, UN report warns
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
Comprehensive assessment on marine litter and plastic pollution confirms need for urgent global action
Major investors to reduce portfolio emissions 25-30% by 2025, inaugural Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Progress Report finds
Fossil fuel production ‘dangerously out of sync’ with climate change targets
Governments’ fossil fuel production plans dangerously out of sync with Paris limits
Pandemic caused dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak – UN report
Pandemic causes dip in building sector CO2 emissions but long-term outlook bleak
Early signs of collective progress as banks work to implement Principles for Responsible Banking