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This World Environment Day, UN Environment Programme Executive Director, Inger Andersen calls for urgent climate action to protect people, nature and future generations.
From record-breaking heat to polluted air, degraded ecosystems and biodiversity loss, the impacts of climate change are already being felt around the world.
The Secretary-General urges governments, businesses and communities to accelerate climate solutions, including cutting emissions, expanding renewable energy, reducing methane pollution, protecting nature and supporting vulnerable communities through climate finance and adaptation.
This is the moment to act, for our environment and for our future.
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About UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment and the United Nations' voice for environmental action. Working with governments, businesses, civil society and communities around the world, UNEP drives efforts to tackle climate change, nature, land and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Through leadership, partnerships and innovation, UNEP inspires, informs and enables nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
Learn more about the UN Environment Programme and global environmental action at https://www.unep.org.