CCAMLR Convention | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
...Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living ResourcesA. OverviewAntarctica is surrounded by an unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the Southern Ocean, which constitutes about 10% of the world's total ocean surface. For about 200 years, Antarctica's resources have been unsystematically harvested. In many cases the intense level of exploitation resulted in the severe ......
https://www.unep.org/ccamlr-convention
Rebuilding the ozone layer: how the world came together for the ... - UNEP
...But in 1985, a hole was confirmed in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The world?s natural sun shield, which protects humans, plants, animals and ecosystems from excessive ultraviolet radiation, had been breached....
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/rebuilding-ozone-layer-how-world-came-together-ultimate-repair-job
Protecting & Restoring Blue Carbon Ecosystems - UNEP
...We work to protect and restore coastal ?blue carbon? ecosystems for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services to people and environment. Mangroves and seagrass meadows are coastal ecosystems that cover a small portion of the total ocean area but collectively are widely distributed on every continent except Antarctica. Mangroves are found in 123 countries worldwide with an estimated ......
https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/oceans-seas/what-we-do/protecting-restoring-blue-carbon-ecosystems
Debunking eight common myths about climate change | UNEP
...Here?s a closer look at some of the most popular misconceptions around the climate crisis....
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/debunking-eight-common-myths-about-climate-change
How the pact to protect the ozone layer is helping counter ... - UNEP
...In 1985, three British scientists published a paper in the journal Nature that revealed there was a large hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic. The research sent shockwaves around the world. The ozone layer shields the planet from the sun?s harmful ultraviolet radiation and its loss would decimate life on Earth....
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-pact-protect-ozone-layer-helping-counter-climate-change
Could microbes, locked in Arctic ice for millennia, unleash a ... - UNEP
...Some researchers believe the outbreak is a sign of things to come. As climate change rapidly warms the Artic, scientists say it could unleash a wave of potentially deadly microbes that for centuries have been trapped in ice....
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/could-microbes-locked-arctic-ice-millennia-unleash-wave-deadly-diseases
Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming ... - UNEP
...NAIROBI, 9 January 2023 ? The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel of experts, presented today at the American Meteorological Society?s 103rd annual meeting. Examining novel technologies such as geoengineering for the ......
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/ozone-layer-recovery-track-helping-avoid-global-warming-05degc
Annual Report 2023 - UNEP - UN Environment Programme
...In 2023, the world saw new highs of greenhouse gas emissions, temperature records tumbling and climate impacts arriving stronger and faster. At the same time, most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were off track at the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development....
https://www.unep.org/resources/annual-report-2023
Ecosystem management | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
...Ecosystem management Ecosystem management focuses on sustaining and restoring ecosystem health while balancing ecological, economic and social needs. By recognizing the interconnectedness of natural systems and human activities, the integrity and resilience of ecosystems can persevere in the face of challenges like climate change, habitat degradation and over-exploitation. This approach is ......
https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action/conservation-restoration-and-sustainable-use/ecosystem-management
About the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
...Safeguarding the environment for future generations The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations? leading global authority on the environment, driving transformational change on the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste....
https://www.unep.org/who-we-are/about-us