About UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.Activities by UNEP
Identifying the potential applications of Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Management
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean EthiopiaHaitiIndiaIndonesiaUgandaThis project is aimed at the current state of play on the applications of 4IR technologies for disaster management and identifies opportunities and partners to promote these technologies for environmental emergency response in the future. The project includes conducting a comprehensive literature review, identifying research and technology partners, and preparing a training program on the potential applications of 4IR technologies.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsNetworks/Mentorship/ExchangeHola ISUD plan (Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan for Hola Town, Tana River County, Kenya).
Africa KenyaThis project, part of the "Go Blue project," used AI, specifically machine learning, for remote sensing to extract land cover information from satellite imagery to prepare an integrated strategic urban development plan for Hola Town, Kenya. It used open-source datasets from AI processes to fill data gaps.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsTechnical assistanceFocus Group AI for Natural Disaster Management (FG-AI4NDM)
GlobalThis Focus Group laid the groundwork for best practices in the use of AI for natural disaster management, including data collection, modeling, and communication. It concluded its work in 2024.
Activity Type Policy/Regulatory GuidanceResearch/Reports/AssessmentsPredictive analytics to support governments in transforming food systems (TEEBAgriFood)
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean BrazilChinaIndiaIndonesiaMexicoThailandMalaysiaColombiaKenyaTanzaniaThis project catalyzes the use of predictive analytical tools to support governments in transforming food systems. It allows decision makers to compare future policy intervention options in the food system, illuminating the full impacts of a policy decision on natural, social, human and produced capital. Modeling techniques and tools are becoming more efficient through machine learning and the use of Earth Observations.
Activity Type Policy/Regulatory GuidanceResearch/Reports/Assessments