We promote sustainable, low-emission transport and work to reduce the sector’s contribution to air pollution and climate change.

In cities, a circular economy model implies a systemic shift. Services, such as water, waste or energy, are provided making efficient use of natural resources as primary materials and optimizing their ...

In response to the rapid rise in the scale, intensity, frequency and impacts of extreme heat, UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently called for an urgent and concerted effort to enhance ...

Biodiversity is the complex web that sustains all life, including human existence. Yet, this web is unravelling – 1 million ...

A global treaty to end plastic pollution is within reach, but action on chemicals, production and financing is critical.

Kagimu is one of a growing number of Ugandans who in recent months have switched to electric cooking technologies. The ...

Experts say limiting the release of nitrous oxide is crucial for keeping warming below the critical 1.5°C threshold of the ...

The Global Tailings Management Institute (GTMI), an independent, multi-stakeholder governed organisation dedicated to ...

Up to 485,000 tonnes of the greenhouse gas seeped from the Nord Stream pipeline network following a series of explosions in ...

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), with the support of the Italian ...