The UNEP provides leadership, science and solutions on such environmental issues as climate change, the management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and green economic development.  It develops international environmental agreements, publishes and promotes environmental science.

The UNEP Knowledge Repository is an online platform for research content and knowledge products.  It gives open access to UNEP publications, technical and assessment reports, guidelines, newsletters, journal articles and other types of information.

The UNEP provides the digital knowledge products to improve access to and the visibility of UNEP’s body of published work among governments, scientists, NGOs, the private sector, students and civil society.