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UNEP to release 10th edition of "Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2025/2026" on 19tth May 2026

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Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2025/2026

19 May 2026
9:00 EAT/8:00 CEST/6:00 GMT

 

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) will launch the 2025/2026 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction on 19 May 2026 at 09:00 EAT/08:00 CEST/06:00 GMT.  

 

The 10th edition of this flagship report evaluates ...

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Date: 14 May 2026    Comments: 0

Nigeria's "Rising and Community Development Foundation" Expands in Kenya with a Humanitarian Outreach at the Sidelines of UNEP's UNEA7 2025

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During the just Conclused United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) and the 21st Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum, Nigeria’s leading nonprofit organization, Resilience Rising and Community Development Foundation, based in Festac Town, Lagos, carried out a humanitarian outreach in Kenya.

 

The Executive Director, Mr. Folorunso Steven Akinola, alongside members of the foundation’s delegation, paid a compassionate visit to Bethel Children’s Home, located at P.O. Box 1162, Ruiru, Kenya.

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Date: 16 December 2025    Comments: 2

International Funding for "30x30" Biodiversity Target Remains Billions Short of Global Goals-#UNEA7

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International Funding for "30x30" Biodiversity Target Remains Billions Short of Global Goals*

_New report and interactive dashboard reveal that while funding has increased since the 2022 Global Biodiversity Framework, a $4 billion annual gap* threatens the protection of the planet's land and ocean_

 

*The funds* are needed to pay for a gamut of activities, including: 

1. Legally establishing new protected areas, 

2. Providing capacity to rangers who protect existing protected and conserved areas, and 

3. ...

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Date: 12 December 2025    Comments: 0

UNEA7 -Seventh UN Environment Assembly opens, aiming to advance solutions for planetary resilience

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Seventh UN Environment Assembly opens, aiming to advance solutions for planetary resilience

Nairobi, 08 December 2025 – The seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) kicked off today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, bringing together Ministers of Environment, intergovernmental organizations, multilateral environmental agreements, UN system entities, civil society, young people, and the private sector from across the globe to advance solutions for a resilient planet through multilateralism.

 

The UN Environment Assembly is the world’s highest decision-making body on ...

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Date: 08 December 2025    Comments: 0

Azerbaijan to Host the 13th session of the World Urban Forum WUF13 in 2026: from 17th-22nd May 2026 at the Baku Olympic Stadium under the theme “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities.”

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Media briefing for the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum Nairobi, 19 November 2025 — The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHabitat), together with the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SCUPA), will host an international media briefing to inform journalists and correspondents on the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13). As the world’s premier global conference on sustainable urbanization, WUF13 will take place from 17 to 22 May 2026 at the Baku Olympic Stadium under the theme “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities.” This briefing will provide an overview of the Forum’s programme, outline opportunities for media engagement and ...

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Date: 02 December 2025    Comments: 1

Closing of COP30: Statement by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen on the closing of COP30

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Statement by UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen on the closing of COP30

 

"At the gateway to the Amazon, COP30 took place as geopolitical tensions continue to rise. Achieving progress in such uncertain and challenging times is never guaranteed, yet the talks in Belém have shown that the Paris Agreement is working and delivering results, including a call to triple adaptation finance by 2035, a Just Transition Mechanism to ensure the emerging green economy benefits everyone, and new dialogues on how trade can support climate-resilient economic transformation and how to integrate the protection of mountains into climate ...

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Date: 02 December 2025    Comments: 0