One of Australia’s largest oil and gas processing plants has been hit with a methane emissions warning by the UN.

The UN Environment Programme says the window to limit global warming to 1.5°C without exceeding the threshold, or with only a limited overshoot, has closed. Even the lowest-overshoot scenario would ...

Global warming is now set to breach the 1.5C target limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, after decades of insufficient ...

The UN Environment Programme says that even if every pledge is kept, the planet will warm by 2.6 degrees by 2100, well above ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) speaks during a High-Level Ministerial ...

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 United Nations Environment Programme on Dec. 10 announced its five “2025 Champions of the Earth,” the U.N.’s highest environmental honor. Since 2005, UNEP’s Champions of the Earth has recognized ...

From a landmark deal to fund conservation to chilling news about greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 was a rollercoaster year for the planet. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) takes us on a ...

Every year the world celebrates World Environment Day on June 5 to raise global awareness and encourage action for the protection of the environment. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, is calling on the international community to make a decisive change of course in environmental and climate policy. Humanity faces "a ...