UNCOVERED: Un environment programme - The Untold Story

Ahead of COP31, UN sees higher global warming, even in best-case scenario

Global warming is now projected to exceed previous estimates, with average temperatures expected to rise significantly. Urgent and stringent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are crucial to achieve best-case outcomes by mid-century. Current national emissions reduction plans fall far short of the necessary targets outlined in the recent UN report.…

The Economic Times · Oct 21

Oil giants accused of dodging Niger Delta clean-up as UN panel intervenes

Oil giants stand accused of walking away from decades of pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta without cleaning up the damage. A UN-appointed panel of experts wrote to Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, warning the companies cannot sell off their assets and dodge their responsibilities to local communities.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 5, 2025

More consumption, more demand for resources, more waste: why urban mining’s time has come

Pollution and waste, climate change and biodiversity loss are creating a triple planetary crisis. In response, UN Environment Programme executive director Inger Andersen has called for waste to be redefined as a valuable resource instead of a problem. That’s what urban mining does.

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2024

Iran’s climate efforts derided as MENA nations take action

Nonexistent government action on climate change as iconic lakes such as Urmia in northwest Iran disappear.

Al Jazeera · Nov 10, 2022

David Attenborough, 96, has one of most lucrative years of his career with £1.8m profit

Knighted in 1985, David Attenborough has continued to support a wide variety of environmental and wildlife charities including WWF, World Land Trust and Cool Earth

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2022

Global warming ‘turning landscapes into tinderboxes,’ UN wildfires report warns

Wildfires to rise by 50% this century and governments are unprepared, says UN Environment Programme

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022