"The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), established in
1972, works to encourage sustainable development through sound
environmental practices everywhere. Its activities cover (...) the
promotion of environmental science and information, to an early warning
and emergency response capacity to deal with environmental disasters
and emergencies."
See also UNEP.Net , which "delivers authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers (...)".
(Source: UNEP website )