United Nations Environment Programme

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-nations-environment-programme

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding conference?United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, June 1972
2. What is the headquarters?Nairobi, Kenya
3. What is the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)?UNEP is a group that helps countries work together to keep Earth clean and healthy. It started in 1972 after the Stockholm Conference and talks to scientists and governments about how to protect nature.
4. Why was UNEP created in 1972?It was created to give the United Nations a strong voice on environmental problems. The Stockholm Conference showed that pollution and climate change affect people everywhere, so UNEP was set up to help solve those problems.

Global Environmental Governance: The complex system of institutions, rules, and processes that shape international environmental cooperation and action.
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): International treaties and conventions designed to address specific global environmental issues through collective action.
Green Economic Development: Economic growth that is environmentally sustainable and promotes resource efficiency and reduced pollution.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): A scientific body that assesses the science related to climate change, co-established by UNEP and WMO.