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Right to a Healthy Environment: Good Practices - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
(2020)
The present report highlights good practices in the recognition and implementation of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The term “good practice” is defined broadly, to include laws, ...
State of Environment and Outlook Report for the occupied Palestinian Territory 2020
(2020)
This report provides an overview of the current state of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territory. Building on earlier work by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the report includes analysis of ...
Faith for Earth Updates - June 4, 2020
(2020)
It is with a heart full of joy that on 5 June, on the occasion of the World Environment Day, the first national-level chapter of Faith for Earth will be launched in India led by our capable and energetic team of the India ...
Faith for Earth Updates - May 12, 2020
(2020-05-12)
While we are unable to conduct joint activities that require physical presence, we have been busy with our partners planning many digital events that are important for our continuing fight for a better and healthy earth.
Quarterly Report to the 150th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives: Eight Issue - February to March 2020
(2020)
This quarterly report focuses on the implementation of the Programme of Work for the current biennium (2020–2021). It also shares progress made in implementing the decisions of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The ...
Programme Performance Report 2018-2019
(2020)
The health of our planet and humanity’s future are inseparable. Around half of global GDP depends on nature, but increased human and economic activity is putting natural ecosystems under immense pressure. This puts us in ...
Faith for Earth Updates - July 9, 2020
(2020)
What a great news to share! It is with pleasure to inform you that the Government of Iceland has approved convening a Global Faith for Earth Conference “Faith Action for Nature” during the first week of October 2020. This ...
Strengthening Synergies: How Action to Achieve Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation Targets Can Contribute to Mitigating Climate Change
(2020)
The essential contribution of nature to addressing climate change provides an opportunity to strengthen the links between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. ...
Gaps and Opportunities for Synergies in International Environmental Law on Climate and Biodiversity to Promote the Sustainable Development Goals - International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2019 Chapter 3
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action is required as the sustainability challenges ...