Frontiers

The UNEP Frontiers reports draw attention to emerging issues of environmental concern. Novel environmental issues are constantly arising, and there is a need to produce scientific assessments for the attention of policymakers and practitioners for their timely and effective action. The issues presented in the report are considered ‘emerging’ based on new scientific information and knowledge, new methods of addressing existing issues, or mounting impacts of existing issues. The issues presented in the Frontiers reports may be local and relatively small-scale today, but they have the potential to become issues of regional and global concern that impact the environment and people’s livelihoods considerably.