RT Report T1 UNEP in 2021: Planetary Action: Climate, Nature, Chemicals & Pollution [Annual Report] T2 El PNUMA en 2021: Acción Planetaria: Acción Climatica, Acción pour la naturaleza, Acción contra las sustencias Químicas y la contaminación [Informe Anual] T2 Le PNUE en 2021: Action pour la planete: Action climatique, action pour la nature, action contre les produits chimiques et la pollution [Rapport annuel] A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 climate change K1 nature conservation K1 environmental protection K1 chemical K1 pollution K1 methane K1 building K1 energy efficiency K1 nature-based solution K1 ecosystem K1 biological diversity K1 natural capital K1 food system K1 air pollution K1 plastic waste K1 environmental damage K1 lead YR 2022 FD 2022-01 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37946 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37946 NO 2021 was a year in which environmental issues reached an unprecedented prominence on the global stage. The eyes of the world focused on the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.While our leaders did not fully deliver, they have kept the door open to holding global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Negotiators continued to flesh out the post-2020 global biodiversity framework – so that nations can reach an agreement at COP15 in 2022. Momentum to address pollution and waste grew, with nations increasingly looking at a global framework to address plastic pollution and all its impacts, alongside existing frameworks and conventions on chemicals. Progress was also made at the COPs focused on the ozone layer, mercury and hazardous waste. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 20, 2026