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00:04:51

UNEP / UNEA7 OPENING

Saving the world’s glaciers. Reining in massive seaweed blooms. Reducing the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. These are just a few of the issues that are expected to be front and centre this week as representatives from more than 170 countries gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7). UNEP

Audio Languages: English

8 December 2025

00:00:47

UN / PLASTIC POLLUTION TREATY REAX

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed regret that, “despite earnest efforts, negotiations to reach an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in maritime environment, concluded without achieving a consensus.” UNIFEED

Audio Languages: English

15 August 2025

00:03:49

UNEP / INC-5.2 PLASTIC POLLUTION OPENING

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) on plastic pollution opened in Geneva, Switzerland. This pivotal gathering aims to finalize an international legally binding instrument addressing plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. UNEP / INC

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5 August 2025

00:03:43

UN / HLPF MINISTERIAL OPENING

Addressing the opening of the Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum 2025 (HPLF 2025), Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “are not a dream. They are a plan” stressing that they are “still within reach if we act with urgency and ambition.” UNIFEED

Audio Languages: English

21 July 2025

00:06:03

SEVILLA / FFD4 ADVANCER

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), to take place in Sevilla, Spain, will bring together world leaders to advance solutions to financing challenges threatening the achievement of sustainable development. UNIFEED / FILE

Audio Languages: English, Spanish

27 June 2025

00:04:15

UNEP / WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

This year’s World Environment Day focuses on solutions to plastic pollution, spotlighting upstream actions like rethinking product design, promoting reuse systems, and embracing circularity. UNEP

Audio Languages: English, Korean

5 June 2025

00:07:36

UNEP / REPUBLIC OF KOREA PLASTIC SOLUTIONS

World Environment Day will be marked on 5 June 2025, with the Republic of Korea as the official host—its second time leading the global celebration. UNEP

Audio Languages: English, Korean

29 May 2025

00:03:46

UN / GUTERRES CLIMATE CRISIS

Following the Leaders’ Session on Climate and the Just Transition convened by Secretary-General António Guterres and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the Secretary-General told reporters that “No group or government can stop the clean energy revolution.” UNIFEED

Audio Languages: English

23 April 2025

00:01:59

UNEP / CLOSING OF INC-5 IN BUSAN KOREA

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) concluded at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre in Busan, Republic of Korea. This pivotal meeting aims to finalize an international legally binding instrument addressing plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. UNEP

Audio Languages: English

1 December 2024

00:04:33

TIMOR LESTE / MANGROVE CONSERVATION

Rehabilitating Timor-Leste's mangroves has been a key focus of the Coastal Resilience Program, led by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The local NGO Konservasaun Flora no Fauna (KFF) with support from UNDP, built a mangrove study center and a tourist site in Hera, and has nursed between 30,000 to 40,000 trees every year to rehabilitate mangrove forests. UN NEWS

6 November 2024

00:04:29

UN / SEA LEVEL RISE

Secretary-General António Guterres said “our world is in dangerous waters,” and explained that the global sea level is now rising faster than at any time in the last 3,000 years as greenhouse gases are heating our planet, expanding seawater and melting ice.” UNIFEED

Audio Languages: English, French

25 September 2024

00:05:55

IFAD / TUNISIA WORLD ENVIRNOMENT DAY

World Environment Day focuses this year on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. In Tunisia, the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been supporting a new project that promotes a more circular, sustainable use of natural resources while improving the quality of soils. IFAD

Audio Languages: Arabic

6 June 2024