Executive Summary The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MOEWR) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is carrying out the project “Sustainable Flood Management...
Executive summary The Arab region witnesses one of the highest rates of water scarcity globally and a very critical freshwater situation. More than 200 million people live under conditions of water...
Amir Beg Khusrawi still has vivid memories of a flash flood that swept through his village in Afghanistan’s rugged northeast a decade ago. “[It] destroyed around 20 houses, claimed livestock, and...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental...
Geneva/Nairobi/New York, 09 May 2022 - The World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal,...
In October 2021, an inter-religious message and appeal acknowledged the need to align financial investments with environmentally and socially responsible standards, ensuring greater accountability...
Click on here to find out more about this work. In Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities, families come to enjoy the scenic coastline along Barack Obama...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has developed an online, easy-to-use mapping tool that allows practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of adaptation to the climate crisis,...
Baghdad, 22 April 2022 – In recognition of the 52nd Earth Day today, the United Nations in Iraq renews its commitment to protect the environment, and jointly confront climate change. This is the...
Introduction The importance of climate risk assessments Societies, governments, and companies have justifiably recognized the threats climate change poses to the global economy. Physical risks such...