In February 2024, the World Food Programme (WFP) Venezuela Country Office launched an innovative solution to reduce water consumption: a system to harvest water from office air conditioners. So far, the system has recovered 14,000…
Annual Report
The Greening the Blue Annual Report provides information on the UN system's environmental performance and the progress in the implementation of the Sustainability Strategy I.
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UN entities report on their environmental performance through Greening the Blue.
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Plastic waste is polluting our rivers, oceans and landscapes. It is threatening wildlife and entering our food chain. From the deepest of the oceans to the top of Mount Everest, plastic is found in every corner of the planet. And our…
Personnel-led actions across UNOPS offices drive awareness, collaboration, and behavioral change - all in the context of World Environment Day!
Resources and Publications
Waste composition analysis is a process of physically separating, weighing, and categorizing waste. This is done with the purpose to understand the composition of the waste generated, to estimate waste amounts generated in a year, and…
On an annual basis, Greening the Blue provides information on the UN system’s environmental footprint and the efforts to reduce it.This 2024 edition of the Greening the Blue report showcases the sustainability performance of the UN system…
Good Practices on Environmental Sustainability in the United Nations System 2024 compiles, for the first time, 16 good practices from 14 UN entities, including UNICEF, UNDP, ESCAP, FAO, IOM, UNHCR, UNOG, ECLAC, UNESCO, UNMISS, UNON, UNU,…