The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on the international community to make a decisive change of course in environmental and climate policy. Humanity faces "a simple choice," ...

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Trillions of dollars could be gained every year and millions of lives saved from protecting the climate and environment, according to the UN. DW speaks to Inger Andersen about what might help us get ...

Elderly people are at particular risk from the consequences of climate change, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Thursday. "Heat waves are among the most frequent and ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 20, 2025 (ENS) – “Ultimately, I have heard from every country here in this room that you want to end plastic pollution. You want a deal,” Inger Andersen, head of the United ...

"We have succeeded in many areas. However, there are critical matters still need to be agreed." :: Inger Andersen, Executive director, U.N. Environment Programme "Nevertheless there is a degree of ...

UN Environment Programme chief Inger Andersen said the world is facing a 'massive plastic crisis' - Copyright AFP ANTHONY WALLACE UN Environment Programme chief Inger ...

Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program, attends a press conference at the convention center in Seogwipo on South Korea's largest island of Jeju on June 5, 2025, to mark the ...

Following her nomination by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the General Assembly today elected Inger Andersen of Denmark to a four-year term as Executive Director of the United ...