The 2013 Annual Report lays out the highlights of UNEPs work in 2013, a year in which the organizations Governing Council met under Universal Membership for the first time and the strengthening process agreed the previous year began in earnest.
The report focuses on UNEPs achievement in the key focus areas of Climate Change; Disasters and Conflicts; Ecosystem Management; Environmental Governance; Harmful Substances and Hazardous Waste; Resource Efficiency; and Sustainable Consumption and Production. It also highlights the key role UNEP plays in providing environmental leadership to the UN system and the international community: for example, in 2013, nations adopted the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the first new global multilateral environmental agreement in almost a decade.