UNEP Medium-Term Strategy

UNEP Medium-Term Strategy

The Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) outlines the organization’s vision for addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution. It maps out the organization’s role in fulfilling the goals of the 2030 Agenda and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), as detailed in its outcome document, The Future We Want. The UNEP Programme of Work and Budget establishes the results framework for the specified period, focusing on the objectives outlined in the MTS.

UNEP/EA.7/3 - Medium-term strategy for the period 2026 - 2029

UNEP/EA.7/4* - Programme of work and budget for the biennium 2026 - 2027

Updated 2026-2027 Program of Work Results Framework

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Solutions for a healthy, prosperous and resilient people and planet: the UNEP Medium-term Strategy for 2026–2029

The Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) 2026–2029 sets out UNEP’s vision for a healthy, prosperous and resilient people and planet. It articulates how UNEP will fulfil its mandate as the leading global environmental authority, supporting countries to advance climate stability; living in harmony with Nature across land, ocean and freshwater systems; achieving land degradation neutrality; and a pollution-free planet – thereby delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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For people and planet: the UNEP strategy for 2022–2025

Three interconnected crises ‒ climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution ‒ are putting global economic and social well-being at risk. They undermine opportunities to reduce poverty and improve lives, and they complicate the response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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Medium Term Strategy 2018-2021

In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which cut across disciplines, sectors and institutional mandates.