What is United Nations Environment Programme?
{{Infobox United Nations | name = United Nations Environment Programme | image = | image size = 150px | caption = | type = Programme | acronyms = UNEP | head = Inger Andersen {{flagcountry|Denmark}} (since 2019) | status = Active | established =1972 | headquarters = [[Nairobi]] | website = [http://www.unep.org/ www.unep.org] | parent = | footnotes = }} The '''UN Environment Programme''' ('''UNEP''') is in charge of the [[United Nations]] [[environmentalism|environmental activities]], helping [[developing countries]] in making environmentally [[wikt:sound|sound]] [[policy|policies]] and encouraging [[sustainable development]] through sound environmental practices. It began as a result of the [[United Nations Conference on the Human Environment]] in June 1972 and has its headquarters in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]. UNEP also has six regional offices and other country offices. UNEP has helped to develop guidelines and treaties on issues such as the international trade in potentially harmful chemicals, transboundary [[air pollution]], and [[contamination]] of international [[waterway]]s. The [[World Meteorological Organization]] and the UNEP established the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) in 1988. UNEP is also one of several Implementing Agencies for the [[Global Environment Facility]] (GEF). ==Other websites== *[http://www.unep.org United Nations Environment Programme] (UNEP) [[Category:United Nations]] [[Category:International environmental organizations]] [[Category:Nairobi]] [[Category:1972 establishments]]