The Convention on Biological Diversity, known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity; the su
COP13 Mexico meeting
COP15 Canada meeting
The United Nations Environment Programme is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations System. Its mandate is to provide leadership, deliver science and d
Convention on Biological Diversity
…beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BBNJ treaty or High Seas Treaty). The notion of an international convention on biodiversity was conceived at a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts on Biological Diversity in November 1988. The subsequent year, the Ad Hoc Working Group of Technical and Legal…
UNEP Conference on Ozone Layer in The Hague, 1988
UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen at the UN Biodiversity conference, 2022
Presentation on climate finance by Søren E. Lütken, UNEP Senior Adviser, 2012
The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh, delivering the inaugural address at the Reporting Green: UNEP Media Workshop on Journalism and the Environment during the International Year of Forests, 2011