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.
Africa’s critical minerals poised to power global green energy transition.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )At Africa Climate Summit 2025 leaders called for positioning of Africa to reap from its vast resources through value addition rather than continue with raw extraction.
Explore global investment data and changing trends.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )The UNCTAD FDI Explorer shows tracks shifts in global investment flows. Users can explore data by region or economy and compare trends since 1990.
Global trade up 2.5% in second quarter, on track for record highs in 2025.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Resilient growth continues despite policy uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. Barring major shocks in the final months of the year, global trade is on track to surpass its 2024 record.
‘A pivotal moment to reshape the global economic agenda’ – Rebeca Grynspan.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Speaking ahead of the 16th UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16), the secretary-general underscored the meeting’s importance amid mounting global uncertainty and inequalities.
