Technology helping reduce methane emissions, but more action needed
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )The splotch, hovering over a patch of desert in eastern Algeria, was the tell-tale sign of a release of methane, a colourless, odourless gas supercharging climate change.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the 20th IGF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Technical Highlight )The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the 20th IGF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Cooling the Planet: COP29 affirms global climate action
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )Ministers and leaders from over 30 countries, joined by partners from intergovernmental organizations and civil society, came together at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to chart a bold path forward for sustainable cooling.
Investing in early warnings systems to protect the world’s vulnerable
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )Greenhouse gas emissions are at their highest ever levels and this year is now almost certain to surpass 2023 as the warmest on record.