Kigali

United Nations Environmental Conservation Programme (UNEP)

UNEP is the principal UN body in the field of the Environment, assisting governments to address global,  regional  and  national  environmental  challenges.  Its  mandate  was  reinforced  at  the  United  Nations  Conference  on  Sustainable Development  (Rio+20)  and  through  the  Rio+20 outcome  document  “The  Future Want” . As a follow up to the Rio+20 Conference, UNEP has … Read more

Kigali Agreement

The Kigali Agreement is an agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris, France. The agreement’s central aim is to substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to … Read more