The Champions of the Earth award honours individuals and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the ...

In a move to strengthen global environmental cooperation in increasingly challenging geopolitical circumstances, European Commissioner for th, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy, ...

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

The Paris Agreement in 2015 introduced the concept of a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), a parallel to the global mitigation goal aimed at limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Unlike mitigation, ...

This year’s theme, Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles, focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and ...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s mission is to inspire, inform, and enable nations and peoples to improve their quality of ...

UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen says the EU’s leadership is vital in addressing climate change, pollution and ...

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, highlighting the environmental ...

Many are hopeful an emerging group of eco-conscious designers can help end the sector’s obsession with cheap, disposable ...

Registration is required to participate. Registration closed on 22 March. This flagship event is part of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025 celebrations. International Day of Zero Waste, ...

Temperatures in the country have risen twice as fast as the global average Adaptation policies will be key to protect water ...

Antes do Dia Internacional do Resíduo Zero, conversamos com uma especialista do PNUMA sobre como reduzir a pegada do setor da ...