Inger Andersen

Inger Andersen is the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Climate Change Activists Social Distancing Protest In St Ives Cornwall

COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Bigger Problem: Our Planet’s Ailing Health

The COVID-19 outbreak is a global tragedy. Hundreds of thousands have died,...

The COVID-19 outbreak is a global tragedy. Hundreds of thousands have died, healthcare systems are buckling, and the future is uncertain for millions of people whose livelihoods are collapsing. It is absolutely right that the...

Members of Christian youth groups from the Americas hold a demonstration at the COP25 climate conference in Madrid, Spain on Dec. 3, 2019.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Need to Fall Over 7% Each Year. We Must Stop Procrastinating

We are doing nowhere near enough to limit climate change. Greenhouse gas em...

We are doing nowhere near enough to limit climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising when they should be falling. Countries need to urgently increase action or we will face a future of rising seas,...