The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this ...

The world is spending far more money destroying nature than protecting it, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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," ...

For every $1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends $30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Thursday.

STORY: Plastic pollution is set to triple by 2040, adding 23-37 million metric tons of waste to the world's oceans each year. Despite that alarming prediction from the United Nations Environment ...

The world spends billions to protect nature, but trillions are being invested in business activities that harm the ...

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 ...

Global financing is heavily skewed to industries that harm rather than preserve nature, according to a new report that calls ...

NAIROBI, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Investments should grow 2.5 times to reach 571 billion U.S. dollars annually by 2030 to protect natural habitats from mounting threats, the United Nations Environment ...

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 ...