In response to the rapid rise in the scale, intensity, frequency and impacts of extreme heat, UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently called for an urgent and concerted effort to enhance ...

Partners and friends—members of the Geneva environmental community. Firstly, my huge thanks to Geneva, to Switzerland and to every member of the Geneva Environment Network, or GEN, for their powerful ...

Last week, severalprominentscientificorganizationsconfirmed what had been predicted for months: 2024 was the hottest year on record. This sparked renewed calls for ...

The rupture of Europe’s Nord Stream gas pipelines more than two years ago resulted in the planet’s largest human-caused release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, finds a new studycoordinated by ...

In cities, a circular economy model implies a systemic shift. Services, such as water, waste or energy, are provided making efficient use of natural resources as primary materials and optimizing their ...

Biodiversity is the complex web that sustains all life, including human existence. Yet, this web is unravelling – 1 million ...

A global treaty to end plastic pollution is within reach, but action on chemicals, production and financing is critical.

Kagimu is one of a growing number of Ugandans who in recent months have switched to electric cooking technologies. The ...

Experts say limiting the release of nitrous oxide is crucial for keeping warming below the critical 1.5°C threshold of the ...

The Global Tailings Management Institute (GTMI), an independent, multi-stakeholder governed organisation dedicated to ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), with the support of the Italian ...