UN Environment Programme

50 Cities for climate action: avoiding and adapting to a 50°C world

More than 50 cities across the world have joined UNEP's new 50@50 activation to confront one of the world’s fastest-growing ...
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I’ve spent over a decade working on super pollutants. Here’s why climate and clean air action must go together.

These pollutants — including methane, black carbon and other powerful climate forcers — are responsible for roughly half of ...
UN Environment Programme

GRAMMY-nominated Brazilian musician Alok named UNEP Global Goodwill Ambassador

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today named GRAMMY-nominated Brazilian music superstar Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo, known ...
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In African cities, the bicycle is getting a lane of its own

Africa has 3 per cent of the world's cars and a quarter of its road deaths. A newly endorsed continental plan aims to change ...