Stories written by Inger Andersen

Why the UN Environment Assembly is Essential to a Safer, More Resilient Planet

By Inger Andersen
As geopolitical challenges and tensions escalate globally, one thing is clear: fragmented politics will not fix a fractured planet. This is why the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) – the world’s highest decision-making body on the environment – is so critical to address our shared and emerging environmental threats.

Protecting Nature is Entirely Within Humanity’s Reach: The Work Must Start Now

By Inger Andersen
We have known for a long time that biodiversity, and the services it provides, have been in decline. It is on this background that ten years ago, the international community adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.

We Should Not Aim to Return to Normal

By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Inger Andersen
The world before COVID-19 looks very attractive right now. In light of the disease, mass unemployment and social distancing, a return to pre-pandemic normality seems appealing. Yet we should remember what normal was.
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