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While the vast majority of UN agencies and programs listed on this page address climate change and/or biodiversity in some way, those with a core focus on one or the other are highlighted. Please note that this is a work-in-
progress; keep in mind that there is no straightforward widely accepted criteria for determining what constitutes “climate-focused” or “biodiversity-focused.”
UN
High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities
UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
UNEP
UN Environment Programme homepage
United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
· “This portal collects, shares and tracks information on international cooperative climate
initiatives driven by non-state actors such as businesses and cities, often with support
from national states. More than 50 data points are open for each initiative.”
World Environment Situation Room (WESR)
· Also available under https://uneplive.unep.org
World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC)
Global Resources Information Database (GRID) Network
· Also find UNEP at:
· Youth page
· Environmental disasters, emergencies & CBRN events page
· Climate change page
· Freshwater Institutions page
· Biodiplomacy page
UNFCCC
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change homepage
CBD
UN Convention on Biological Diversity homepage
Cross cutting issues: Climate change and biodiversity
Thematic database: Climate change adaptation
FAO
UN Food & Agriculture Organization homepage
· Also see:
· FAO @ Forest institutions
· FAO @ Freshwater institutions
· FAO @ Fisheries institutions
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Committee on World Food Security
High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure
· Full title: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land,
Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT)
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
· also known as the Farmers’ Rights Treaty or Seed Treaty
Land Cover Classification System (LCCS)
HPLF
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development homepage
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IOM
UN International Organization for Migration homepage
Environmental Migration Portal
· Database on the current environmental refugee crises, recent studies published by relevant
organizations, profiles on the environmental refugee activity in specific countries, and
policy briefs, explanations, and general information.
UNCTAD
UN Conference on Trade and Development homepage
Trade, environment, climate change & sustainable development
UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
UNDESA
UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs homepage
UNDP
UNDRR
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction homepage
UNEMG
Environment Management Group homepage
· “...a system-wide coordination body on environment and human settlements. It was
established in 2001 pursuant to the General Assembly resolution 53/242 in July 1999.”
UNESCO
UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization homepage
Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
UNESCO's Commitment to biodiversity
Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development
World Heritage Convention & Centre
· “UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural
and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity."
UNFPA
UN Habitat
Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
UN Harmony with Nature
UN Harmony with Nature homepage
UNHCR
UN High Commisioner for Refugees homepage
Environment, disasters and climate change
· UNHCR website on emergencies in different countries & general refugee information on a range
of issues includng education, public health, and asylum status. Also has information on NGOs,
other governmental organizations, and background on the work of the UNHCR. Not all of the
information has to do explicitly with environmental refugees so a little digging may be necessary.
UNICEF
UN Children's Fund homepage
· Originally established as the “UN International Children's Emergency Fund”
Climate change and environment
UNU
Institute for Water, Environment and Health (IWEH)
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
WIPO
UN World Intellectual Property Organization
Climate change and intellectual property
Green Technology Book: Solutions for climate change mitigation
Green Technology Book 2022: Solutions for climate change adaptation
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
United Nations
Key UN agencies are listed at the top, but most of this page lists them alphabetically
according to most commonly used acronym (this can be a judgement call, but it's
usually pretty obvious—for example, UNFAO is sometimes used, but FAO is much
more common).
United Nations system chart available here.
