Held in Stockholm in 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was the first global environmental conference and the precursor to the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The purpose of the conference was not...

This United Nations division serves as the secretariat, or the research staff, of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, whose representatives meet periodically to develop policies for sustainable development in 40 countries. The division...

Formed in 1973 after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) coordinates environmental policies of various nations, nongovernmental organizations, and other UN agencies in an effort to protect the...

A committee of 53 nations created by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of implementing recommendations made during the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Its overriding goal is to develop economies around the world...

The UN Environment Programme (or UNEP) coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and encourages sustainable development through sound environmental practices. It...

"THERE IS A VERY, VERY BIG connection between the emergence of new diseases and environ-mental change", said Nick Nuttall spokesperson for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). "We are only just starting to really fully understand it." Rapid changes to the ecosystems mainly...

Top ranking government representatives and ministers from more than 100 countries attended the 19th session of the United Nations Environment Programme's Governing Council. The 'Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mandate of UNEP' embodies the future role of the organization. The nineteenth session...