Tag: UNEP

Global chemicals fund helps countries turn commitments into action

Stuart Mitchell

As global chemical production is projected to double by 2030, countries are under growing pressure to strengthen systems that protect people and the environment from harmful chemicals and pollution. Yet many still face major gaps in the financing, technical capacity and institutional readiness needed to reduce exposure, strengthen monitoring, improve legislation and advance safer and more sustainable alternatives.  Exposure to harmful chemicals and pollution contributes to millions of deaths and significant disease burden every year. Addressing these risks increasingly requires stronger national systems, better coordination across sectors and sustained investment that can turn global commitments into practical…

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Health gains visibility in national climate plans, while opportunities for stronger implementation remain, report finds

Stuart Mitchell

As discussions on loss and damage advance at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP‑CCC) examines how countries are reflecting health-related losses and impacts within national climate policy frameworks. The report, Loss and Damage Beyond Economics, assesses how countries address non‑economic losses, particularly those related to health, in national climate plans, including Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Health National Adaptation Plans. The findings come as the health impacts of climate change intensify worldwide, with heat‑related deaths…

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New US$9.8 million initiative to boost climate resilience through Ethiopia’s Green Legacy

Stuart Mitchell

Ethiopia is scaling up nature-based solutions to tackle the growing impacts of climate change, with the launch of a new US$ 9.8 million project supported by the Least Developed Countries Fund of the Global Environment Facility and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Scaling up the Green Legacy Initiative best practices to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers and vulnerable groups in Ethiopia will strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities by expanding ecosystem-based adaptation approaches across the country, in a way that prepares for the future climate. “Restoration…

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USD 52.8 million in new GEF support to boost UNEP-led environmental initiatives worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced USD 52.8 million for four new UN Environment Programme (UNEP)–led projects during its 70th Council meeting. The funding will support practical solutions to some of today’s most urgent environmental challenges, including restoring critical ecosystems, expanding clean mobility and strengthening global climate transparency.  This announcement comes a week after the seventh session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-7) that brought together over 6,000 delegates from over 180 United Nations Member States. UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen welcomed the announcement, saying: “These new investments…

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Comoros launches new US $54 million initiative to scale up nature-based climate action

Stuart Mitchell

The Government of the Union of Comoros recently launched a major new climate resilience initiative backed by a US $10 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and US $44 million in co-financing from partners including the World Bank and the French Development Agency. The investment aims to help safeguard 140,000 coastal residents by restoring, protecting, and sustainably managing 6,200 hectares of mangroves, beaches, and upper watersheds that make up the islands’ natural defence system. The five-year project is being executed by the Comorian General Directorate of Environment and…

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