The UN environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution despite differences on production caps and a tax-like plastic fee.

Over 800 personnel of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) attended the end-of-year UNEP Global Town Hall on 13 December. UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen shared highlights from COP28 ...

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 ...

UNEP director: It will take more than recycling to solve plastic pollution Link Copied! Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, shares why it will take international ...

"Off Target," "Broken Record," "Closing Window": the UN Environment Program's flagship reports have been warning for years that emissions must fall faster to avoid dangerous climate impacts—but is the ...