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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established by Maurice Strong , its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972.
Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a series of reports that review the state and direction of the global environment, issued periodically by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The GEO project is a response to the environmental reporting requirements of UN Agenda 21 and to a UNEP Governing Council decision of May 1995.
The synthesis report which summarises the entire document was finalised at the 58th plenary meeting of the panel at Interlaken in March 2023 and was published on 20 March 2023. It includes a summary for policymakers and was the basis for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. [1]
The International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) of the UN Environment Programme is an initiative [1] which tackles the problem of methane emissions by collecting, integrating, and reconciling methane data from different sources, including scientific measurement studies, satellites, industry reporting through the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0, and national inventories.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities. [1] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set up the IPCC in 1988.
The report was delivered at the United Nations' 48th session of the IPCC to "deliver the authoritative, scientific guide for governments" to deal with climate change. [1] Its key finding is that meeting a 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) target is possible but would require "deep emissions reductions" [ 1 ] and "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes ...
Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options is a United Nations report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 29 November 2006, [1] that "aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation". [1]
UN Food and Agriculture Organization. FAOSTAT [12] Population. United Nations Population Division [13] United Nations Database [14] Population Reference Bureau [15] American Association for Advancement of Science [16] Water. International Water Management Institute [17] Stockholm International Water Institute [18] United Nations Environmental ...