Tag:United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

News

Actor, model Amber Valletta named UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, named the American supermodel and actor Amber Valletta as Goodwill Ambassador. The designation was announced on...

Michael Simire - September 25, 2025

Waste Management

Nigeria, UNEP partner on sound chemicals, waste management

The Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are collaborating to strengthen national infrastructural and human capacity for sound chemicals...

Michael Simire - August 12, 2025

Marine

From ridges to reefs, small island states lead with big environmental moves

From rising seas to disappearing forests, the world’s small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout from the triple planetary crisis...

Michael Simire - July 8, 2025

Climate Change

GCF, UNEP boost climate adaptation with $120m for new projects

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over $120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania. At...

Michael Simire - July 3, 2025

Cover

Nigeria looks to industry in a bid to limit plastic pollution

Amble down a side street or canal in Nigeria’s bustling commercial capital of Lagos and chances are you’ll find empty water sachets, used takeaway...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2025

Cover

Nations establish new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on chemicals, waste, pollution

Against a challenging geopolitical backdrop and in a major move to protect people and planet, countries on Friday, June 20, 2025, came together to...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2025

Conservation

UN recognises World Restoration Flagships in East Africa, Mexico, Spain

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) have named the first World Restoration Flagships for this...

Michael Simire - June 11, 2025

Pollution