Progress on adapting to a warming world requires urgent action, according to UNEP’s 2020 Adaptation Gap Report. It was released the same day as a set of leading international datasets agreeing that 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record. What can you do? Check Act Now for a virtual reality journey into choices to live in balance with nature.

The One Planet Summit for biodiversity will kick off on 11 January. Global leaders will mobilize commitments to protect ecosystems and make links to human health. Check out more.

Countries are increasingly linking national climate plans with a green recovery from COVID-19, according to a new report tracking efforts by 115 countries to scale up ambition on climate and implement the 2015 Paris Agreement.

More than 50 countries drop out of the very high human development group under a new index factoring in fossil fuel use and material footprint. It features in the latest edition of the Human Development Report, an urgent call for accounting for humanity’s immense pressures on the planet, and taking bold actions to reduce them.

Meeting the pledge by developed countries to mobilize at least US$100 billion a year to support developing countries requires urgent action, according to a new report. Press release. View the full report.

The UN Environment Programme today named seven 2020 Young Champions of the Earth. From harvesting water from air to recycling plastic into paving slabs, they are leading meaningful solutions to a planet in crisis.

The United Nations has released its latest annual stocktaking on its environmental impact. Greening the Blue 2020 finds a downward trend in emissions for nearly 60 UN system entities and 310,000 staff members. It also highlights advances in environmental management.