The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through its Major Groups and Stakeholders Branch (MGSB) and the Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC), have initiated a process to revise the Guidelines for Participation of Major Groups and Stakeholders in Policy Design at UNEP. The UN Charter formally recognizes three categories of participants in the UN: (i) representatives of [...]

How can challenges such as poverty, youth unemployment and lack of social cohesion be turned into an opportunity for addressing environmental degradation and climate change?

Intelligent Futures, based in Canada and founded by GEG Project Emerging Leader, John Lewis, has announced its latest collaborative initiative: the Environmental Translation Project.

Since 1972, 36 World Environment Day celebrations have been held around the globe. This year, the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been selected by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for North America to host the celebration in the United States on June 5th.

Since 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme commemorates World Environment Day on June 5th. This is the day when the first UN Conference on the Human Environment convened in Stockholm, Sweden.