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Once called “the world’s parliament on the environment,” the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) has a unique role in global environmental governance. It is high-level and universal—the only forum for stakeholders from all countries to discuss the environmental challenges we face.

Négocier des accords mondiaux sur l'action climatique, la restauration de la biodiversité, le contrôle de la pollution plastique et d'autres crises environnementales n'est pas facile dans le meilleur des cas - et 2021 en était loin. Pourtant, il y a eu des gains alors que le monde naviguait sur des vagues changeantes de COVID-19 et un partage inégal des vaccins. Notre rapport L'état des négociations environnementales mondiales 2021 explore les faits saillants et les points faibles de l'année écoulée. La lettre d'ouverture de la Dre Jennifer Allan met cette année tumultueuse en contexte tout en envisageant les jalons de négociation possibles en 2022.

Negotiating global agreements on climate action, biodiversity restoration, plastic pollution control, and other environmental crises is not easy at the best of times—and 2021 was far from that. Yet there were gains as the world navigated shifting waves of COVID-19 and unequal vaccine sharing. Our report The State of Global Environmental Negotiations 2021 explores the highlights and lowlights of the past year. Dr. Jennifer Allan's opening letter puts this tumultuous year in context while looking ahead to the possible negotiating milestones in 2022.

While a lot of attention has gone to climate talks at the end of 2021, countries are also negotiating biodiversity targets.

At the midway point of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP 26) where do negotiations stand?

With less than a month until the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, we ask: Is flexibility justified in environmental action?

What should you expect from the next UN climate change conference in Glasgow?

This week, global attention turned to the dire warnings of climate scientists. This is becoming a routine.

Net zero seems to be the hot new phrase. Companies and countries are pledging to be “net zero,” several by 2050; China by 2060.