UNEP’s Environmental Governance sub-programme promotes informed environmental decision-making to enhance global and regional environmental cooperation and governance.

Linkages between human rights and the environment

This Technical Annex to Chapter 3 of the 2016 UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides technical background to the computations supporting the discussion in the chapter. It reproduces parts of the Annex to Chapter 2a of the 2015 ...

This fact sheet outlines the major achievements in sustainable development in Haiti from 2011 to 2016.

Factsheet on Promoting low-GWP Refrigerants for Air-Conditioning Sectors in High-Ambient Temperature Countries (PRAHA)

This is a site fact sheet for the Democratic Republic of the Congo ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key ...

This is a site fact sheet for the Haiti ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...

This is a site fact sheet for the Afghanistan ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...

This is a site fact sheet for the Sudan ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) project conducted by UNEP and the European Commission from 2012-2015. It highlights the project’s key partnerships, interventions ...

The world knows all too well the threat that climate change poses to human health, economies and the environment. United action is needed to hit the 1.5°C temperature rise target. Together, UN Environment and the GEF are ...