Why is Gender Equality Crucial for Tackling Climate Change?
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Climate change can also reduce access to education. Girls are often the first to be pulled out of school after climate impacts cause families to struggle with limited resources or an increased demand for unpaid care work
Secretary‑General appoints Ozonnia Ojielo of Nigeria as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Mr. Ojielo brings to the position more than 25 years of experience in sustainable development, governance, peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
Secretary-General appoints Garry Conille of Haiti as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Mr. Conille brings over 20 years of experience in international development, humanitarian affairs and public administration to the position.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Restore Dignity for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Under the Spotlight Initiative 2.0, over 77,000 children and youth in and out of schools across 17 districts have been reached with interventions.
Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals: Our Race to the Top
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )On 12 December 2015, the world reached consensus on the Paris Agreement – our legally binding, universal treaty to combat climate catastrophe.
Global commitment to mercury reduction: UNEP's role in advancing the Minamata convention
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Speech )Mercury has served our industries, our medicines, even our mirrors — yet it has also poisoned rivers, silenced birds, and entered the blood of generations.
New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Press Release )A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, leaving the world heading for a serious esca
Slow climate adaptation threatening lives and economies
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Press Release )Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries is putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk, according to the Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Running on Empty.