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Businesses, governments, and civil society organisations across Asia-Pacific must work more closely together to address escalating water risks, according to new research from WWF and GlobeScan.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific ministers adopt new roadmap to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution together
Governments across Asia and the Pacific today agreed a new regional agenda to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste
Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste on 30 March, 20 cities worldwide have been named the …
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP seeks young people with big ideas to protect the planet
UNEP seeks young people implementing ground-breaking solutions that address climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and …
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4 February 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?
22 January 2026
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Tracking the invisible: Monitoring air pollution from space
19 January 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Here’s the recipe for fixing the planet, according to a landmark new report from UNEP
5 January 2026
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
New funds to unlock millions for frontline environmental action
15 December 2025
UN Environment Programme
Seventh UN Environment Assembly commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
6 October 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
2 September 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Asia-Pacific environment leaders urge action for a sustainable and resilient planet
25 August 2025
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR integrates informal waste workers in solid waste management chain
12 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme
Resumed fifth session of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty opens in Geneva
3 August 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
As fashion's environmental toll mounts, these small clothes makers embrace sustainability
7 July 2025
6 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers
1 July 2025
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Nations come together to establish new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on chemicals, waste and pollution
25 May 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
5 May 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
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