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The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution

Engage with UNEP's origin and vision and imagine its future

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The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution. UNEP at Fifty

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was founded in 1972 as a nimble, fast, and flexible entity at the core of the UN system—a subsidiary body rather than a specialized agency.

UNEP@50 Dialogue Series

Anniversaries offer opportunities to reflect on the past and imagine the future. In 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme turns fifty and has a chance to reimagine itself.

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Bridging Academia, Policy, and Practice 

We are a group of global scholars working together to produce and circulate research at the science-policy interface to inform environmental governance at the local, regional, domestic, and international levels.  

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The Untold Story of the World's Leading Environmental Institution. UNEP at Fifty

The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) was founded in 1972 as a nimble, fast, and flexible entity at the core of the UN system—a subsidiary body rather than a specialized agency.

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Our Projects

Creating Communities of Practice

UNEP has the comparative advantage of hosting 15 Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and maintains an administrative and programmatic collaboration relationship with them.

Environmental Conventions Index

Ten major environmental conventions with over 120 nation-state signatories each comprise the core set of international legal instruments for collective and coordinated action on global environmental challenges.

Reimagining Environmental Multilateralism

Creating a network of smaller nations to address global warming and environment management through multilateral actions. 

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Welcome to our environmental Forum. Join our community today and start reading what other users are sharing, or start your own discussion today. If you have any questions, please get in touch. We'll see you inside the discussion.

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