UNEP
Organizations & Companies abbreviation · International Organization
| Stands for | United Nations Environment Programme |
|---|---|
| Categories | Organizations & Companies |
UNEP stands for United Nations Environment Programme, an international organization abbreviation.
UN body that sets the global environmental agenda, assesses environmental trends and supports countries on climate, biodiversity, pollution and chemicals.
Example: A UNEP report found that current climate pledges put the world on track for well over 2 degrees of warming.
Usage notes
It was created after the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and was the first UN agency headquartered in the Global South, in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosts the secretariats of several treaties, including the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances. It also publishes the annual Emissions Gap Report.
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