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    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was formed in 1972 at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm. UNEP aims to provide leadership and encourage international cooperation on environmental issues such as climate change, ecosystem management, disasters and conflicts, environmental governance, resource efficiency, chemicals and waste management, and monitoring the state of the global environment. Some of UNEP's major functions include developing global environmental conventions and treaties, promoting environmental science, implementing projects, engaging with governments and organizations, and awarding achievements in environmental protection. UNEP's governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, meets every two years to set international environmental priorities and develop laws.

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    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was formed in 1972 at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm. UNEP aims to provide leadership and encourage international cooperation on environmental issues such as climate change, ecosystem management, disasters and conflicts, environmental governance, resource efficiency, chemicals and waste management, and monitoring the state of the global environment. Some of UNEP's major functions include developing global environmental conventions and treaties, promoting environmental science, implementing projects, engaging with governments and organizations, and awarding achievements in environmental protection. UNEP's governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, meets every two years to set international environmental priorities and develop laws.

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    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was formed in 1972 at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm. UNEP aims to provide leadership and encourage international cooperation on environmental issues such as climate change, ecosystem management, disasters and conflicts, environmental governance, resource efficiency, chemicals and waste management, and monitoring the state of the global environment. Some of UNEP's major functions include developing global environmental conventions and treaties, promoting environmental science, implementing projects, engaging with governments and organizations, and awarding achievements in environmental protection. UNEP's governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, meets every two years to set international environmental priorities and develop laws.

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    LUCAS DE LUCENA

    DANIEL TRANCOSO
    WHEN WAS IT CREATED?
    The rising pollution levels of the 1960s and 1970s prompted the international
    leadership to think about having laws and regulations in place for environmental
    concerns, along the likes of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the world
    Health Organisation (WHO), etc.
    These concerns were addressed at the 1972 United Nations Conference on Human
    Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference). The Conference led to the
    adoption of the Declaration on the Human Environment.
    The Conference also resulted in the formation of a management body for these
    concerns, which was later called the United Nations Environment Programme.
    WHAT IS THE UNEP?
    Is an international environmental authority engaged in establishing a
    global environmental agenda and promoting the efficient implementation
    of the environmental dimension of the United Nations Sustainable
    Development Programme.
    UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in
    caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations
    and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of
    future generations.
     
    WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE
    UNEP?
    The UNEP has a few focus areas, in which they prioritize work. They are:

    1. Climate change

    2. Ecosystem management

    3. Disasters and conflicts

    4. Environmental governance

    5. Resource efficiency

    6. Chemicals and waste

    7. Environment under review


    WHAT ARE THE MAYOR FUNCTIONS OF UNEP?
    The UNEP engages in developing global conventions on the environment and related issues. It hosts the secretariats of
    various conventions such as:
    o
    Stockholm Convention
    o
    Rotterdam Convention
    o
    Montreal Protocol
    o
    Vienna Convention
    o
    Convention on Migratory Species
    o
    Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

     It promotes environmental science and related information.

     It finances and implements developmental projects related to the environment.

     It engages with national governments, NGOs, etc. in relation to environmental policy and implementation.

     The UNEP also formulates treaties and guidelines in the domain of international trade in harmful chemicals, international
    waterways pollution and transboundary pollution of air.

     It also awards and honours individuals as well as institutions that do stellar work in this field.
    UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY
    (UNEA)
    The UNEP’s governing body is called the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is said to
    be the world’s highest decision making body on the environment.

     It meets once in two years to establish priorities for international environmental policies and
    develop international environmental law.
     Formed in 2012, it is headed by a Bureau and its President (Inger Andersen-Denmark).
     The Bureau comprises ten environment ministers of various countries who all hold two-year
    terms, based on geographical rotation.
     Currently, it has 193 member states (all UN member countries).
    50 YEARS OF UNEP
    Why 50 years of UNEP shows it's possible to save the planet

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