AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do
Nov 13, 2025 · This week, UNEP released an issue note that explores AI’s environmental footprint and considers how the technology can be rolled out sustainably. It follows a major …
Global leaders meet in Kenya to wrestle with environmental crises
Dec 8, 2025 · The three planetary environmental crises of climate change, nature, land and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are pushing natural systems to their breaking point, …
Global Environment Outlook (GEO) - UNEP
Sep 12, 2025 · Since 1995, UNEP’s flagship Outlook Report has watched the horizon of environmental change, alerting us to how our actions influence our planet. The Global …
Explore Topics | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Sustainable Development Goals We deliver on the environmental dimension of each of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Unsustainable fashion and textiles in focus for International Day of ...
Mar 27, 2025 · Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, …
Why Environmental Policy - UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Apr 23, 2025 · UNEP supports Member States and stakeholders in shaping effective environmental policies by strengthening science-policy interfaces, enhancing policy …
Everything you should know about microplastics - UNEP
Jun 2, 2025 · Led by UNEP and held annually since 1973, the event has grown to be the largest global platform for environmental outreach, with millions of people from across the world …
Greening the Blue Annual Report 2025 - The environmental
The UN system has achieved notable reductions in emissions and environmental impacts in the past years, and since 2019. Notably: total GHG emissions dropped by 7.2% from 1.54 million …
UNEP releases guidelines to curb the environmental impact of …
Jun 12, 2025 · Environmental impacts Since 2019, internet users worldwide have more than doubled, while global internet traffic has expanded to 5.5 billion people worldwide. Edge …
Looking back at the environmental highs - and lows - of 2024
Dec 30, 2024 · UNEP announces the six winners of the 2024 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour. The awards recognize environmental pioneers helping to …