Does unep.org block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
unep.org blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from unep.org/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 8
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,256)
Can AI assistants cite unep.org?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
unep.org opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on unep.org |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How unep.org compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; unep.org is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; unep.org is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; unep.org does not.
- Among 178 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: * Allow: /core/*.css$ Allow: /core/*.css? Allow: /core/*.js$ Allow: /core/*.js? Allow: /core/*.gif Allow: /core/*.jpg Allow: /core/*.jpeg Allow: /core/*.png Allow: /core/*.svg Allow: /profiles/*.css$ Allow: /profiles/*.css? Allow: /profiles/*.js$ Allow: /profiles/*.js? Allow: /profiles/*.gif Allow: /profiles/*.jpg Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg Allow: /profiles/*.png Allow: /profiles/*.svg Disallow: /core/ Disallow: /profiles/ Disallow: /README.md Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt Disallow: /modules/README.txt Disallow: /sites/README.txt Disallow: /themes/README.txt Disallow: /web.config Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /comment/reply/ Disallow: /filter/tips Disallow: /node/add/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /user/register Disallow: /user/password Disallow: /user/login Disallow: /user/logout Disallow: /media/oembed
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does unep.org block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, unep.org's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from unep.org?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does unep.org have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at unep.org/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: unep.org's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.