This Earth Day and over the crucial months ahead, let’s rise together to this moment.

A new report by UNEP and Oxford University of Oxford paints a not so rosy picture

Researchers found green spending is concentrated in wealthier countries and populations, threatening to reinforce dangerous pre-pandemic inequities.

“From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs,” says Bimsen Beeharry.

— Amanda Serumaga, UNDP’s Resident Representative for Mauritius and Seychelles.

Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still headed for global warming of more than 3°C this century.

Countries accelerate use of renewable energy and are leading energy transition efforts.

— Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change

Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa

Annual restoration of 8.2 million hectares and US$4.3 billion may be needed to achieve the planned 100 million hectares by 2030.