Newsletters from UNEP and MEAs hosted by UNEP

To promote and facilitate sound environmental management for sustainable development, UN Environment Programme’s global and cross-sectoral outlook is reflected in its organizational structure, its activities and its personnel. UNEP has a few newsletters which are periodically sent out. More information on the offices, bodies, agencies, secretariats and divisions – mentioned in this article – can be found here.

Keep up to date on UNEP news and stories here.

1.** NEW: 2022: Stockholm+50 **

2022 marks an important year for environmental milestones, including in June, the Stockholm+50 international conference will take place from 2-3 June followed by celebrations of World Environment Day(5 June).

Subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter on Stockholm+50 here: https://www.stockholm50.global/subscribe

Issue 1 - 21 Jan 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/1f44322f8261/newsletter-1-the-road-to-stockholm

Issue 2 - 2 Feb 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/fe8b613b6b0d/newsletter-2-the-road-to-stockholm

2. Regional Offices

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has six regional offices – the Africa Office; Asia and Pacific Office; Europe Office; Latin America and the Caribbean Office; and the West Asia Office – who contribute to the corporate newsletter.

Subscriptions to the corporate newsletter is free, and you can sign up at the bottom of any region’s page:

• Africa Regional Office
• Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
• Europe Regional Office
• Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
• North America Regional Office
• West Asia Regional Office

UNEP's Brussels Office has a quarterly newsletter called UNEP Connect. You can register here.

3. Secretariats

UNEP also hosts several environmental conventions, secretariats and inter-agency coordinating bodies. Below are some examples of the newsletters of such conventions, secretaries and coordinating bodies according to their field of expertise: 

Climate Change

• Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) has newsletters, subscribe through mail
• Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) has a newsletter, subscribe here, find the latest edition here
• Global Adaptation Network newsletters can be found here, join the mailing list

Ecosystem Management

• Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) E-Newsletters can be found here
• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) has newsletters, subscribe 
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has various publications (a wide variety of information), to be found here
• The Nairobi Convention Secretariat also has a newsletter, more information here

Chemicals and waste

• Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions (on waste, chemicals and persistent organic pollutants) have one collective (synergy) newsletter here, latest one can be found here
• Minamata Convention (on mercury) news can be found here

4. Other

• Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) news can be accessed here