‘Pretending not to care is not maturity’: IITian-turned-ISKCON monk Gauranga Das on building healthy relationshipsGauranga Das, an ISKCON monk, highlights how nonchalance damages relationships. He explains that pretending not to care is a sign of immatu...
06 May, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
Monday Motivation by Anand Mahindra is Supriya Sahu. Here's whyMonday Motivation by Anand Mahindra focuses on Supriya Sahu after she won the UNEP Champions of the Earth 2025 award. Anand Mahindra praise...
22 Dec, 2025, 06.52 PM IST
World already 'paying terrible price' for climate inaction: GuterresUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that humanity is suffering severely from global warming inaction, with time running out to corr...
24 Oct, 2024, 10.19 PM IST
Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UNThe UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges are putting the Earth on track for catastroph...
20 Nov, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
Dia Mirza teams up with Hollywood star Edward Norton for UNEP documentary seriesThe actress, who is UNEP's Goodwill Ambassador, narrated 'Big Ocean States' in the documentary.
07 Apr, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
Use latest science, tech to deal with environmental crisis: India at UNEARepresenting India at a special session of the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to commemorate 50th anniversary of the UN Env...
04 Mar, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
United Nations Environment Programme to set up office in IndiaIndia and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have entered into an agreement to set up the body's country office, Union Environment...
10 Nov, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Covid pandemic result of degradation of natural areas, species' loss, exploitation: UNEP IndiaIndia has taken the path of short-term economic interest over decades and this has diminished the ability of ecosystems to provide and supp...
20 Jun, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Guterres appoints Indian economist Ligia Noronha as Assistant SG & Head of UNEP NY OfficeNoronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is "grateful for his leaders...
26 Feb, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
UNEP extends Dia Mirza's term as Goodwill Ambassador till 2022The actres, who is also a United Nations Sustainability Development Goals Advocate, said she views the extension as an opportunity.
07 May, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
UN hails India for championing phase-out of single-use plasticsIn a letter to Environment Secretary C K Mishra, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Deputy Executive Secretary Joyce Msuya commend...
24 Mar, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
CO2 emissions on the rise for first time in three years, UN agency warnsThe 'Emissions Gap Report' comes just days before the key UN climate change conference known as COP 24 in Katowice in Poland, which starts ...
28 Nov, 2018, 08.52 PM IST
Toxic carbide waste: Centre red-flags UNEP study offerUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) offer for a comprehensive assessment of depth and spread of contaminants in and around Union Ca...
10 Apr, 2015, 07.29 PM IST
- UNEP to evaluate UCIL cleanup, compensation
After a nod from union government, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) would undertake evaluation of the spread of toxic waste in a...
24 Feb, 2015, 01.20 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh named member of board providing policy advice to UNEPThe IETC was established with the mandate of providing support to developing countries in transition with environmentally-sound technologie...
14 Dec, 2014, 11.29 AM IST
- India 9th in world tree planting
India has been ranked ninth in the tree planting roll of honour in a campaign to plant a billion trees, which was launched by the UNEP in N...
23 Sep, 2009, 03.48 AM IST
- Sewage, coastal destruction threaten marine life
Sewage is a growing threat to oceans and seas, putting at risk marine life and habitats as the pollution problem escalates, the United Nati...
05 Oct, 2006, 12.10 AM IST