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Published on July 9, 2024 - 09:56 GMT

Clean Air Day highlights urgent need to invest in air pollution solutions for global prosperity

Nairobi, 7 September 2024 – The world marked the fifth annual International Day of Clean Air for blue skies today with calls for investment in clean air solutions now, as air pollution causes increasing public health, environmental, and economic harms. …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 15:48 GMT

How Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is helping to counter the climate crisis

Article 6 is a key part of the Paris Agreement on climate change and, arguably, one of the pact’s most complex sections. It focuses on the development of carbon markets, places where countries, companies and individuals can trade what are known as …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 14:54 GMT

Shaping an agile and responsive UNEP

Your excellency, Mr. Firas Khouri, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and colleagues. Welcome to the Eleventh Annual Subcommittee meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR). The timing of this Annual …

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Published on July 8, 2024 - 14:07 GMT

Joint Statement on Sustainable bioenergy for climate and development goals

Sustainable bioenergy is a component of the bioeconomy. It can be produced from biomass resources in multi-functional, integrated agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture systems, along with food, feed and/or bio-based products, from biogenic waste …

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Published on July 4, 2024 - 16:15 GMT

UNEP UNV Young Talent Pipeline begins its second phase

The second phase of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Young Talent Pipeline starts on 25 June 2024. It builds on the efforts of the first phase from 2023 and aims to engage young talented individuals to …

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Published on July 2, 2024 - 15:51 GMT

Republic of Azerbaijan to host World Environment Day 2026

Baku, 27 June 2024 – The Republic of Azerbaijan will host World Environment Day 2026, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Republic of Azerbaijan announced today in the capital, Baku, during an official visit by the Executive Director of UNEP, Inger …

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Published on June 28, 2024 - 18:38 GMT

UK Supreme Court ruling hailed as victory for climate action

It could be more difficult for oil and gas companies to build new wells in the United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, experts said this week following a landmark UK court decision that some believe may also set a precedent for other …

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Published on June 27, 2024 - 15:55 GMT

UNEP Executive Director announces Azerbaijan as World Environment Day 2026 hosts

It is wonderful to be here in Azerbaijan – a country tackling the triple planetary crisis head on. The crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. In recent months we have seen record …

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Published on June 27, 2024 - 10:18 GMT

From problem to solution: waste management can help address triple planetary crisis

Check against delivery H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources and COP29 President Designate. Excellencies, delegates, It is a pleasure to join you here today in Baku, a city that will, in just over 130 days, host the 29th UN …

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Published on June 25, 2024 - 18:00 GMT

Tanzania’s smoke-spewing three-wheelers face new electric competition

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Published on June 24, 2024 - 15:29 GMT

Tanzania’s smoke-spewing three-wheelers face new electric competition

Standing on a bustling street in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last year, bakery owner Gloria Laizer made what would become a fateful decision. The 29-year-old resolved to ditch her noisy, petrol-burning three-wheeled vehicle, known locally as a bajaj, and …

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Published on June 22, 2024 - 18:54 GMT

Negotiations advance towards global intergovernmental science-policy panel on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention

Geneva, 22 June 2024 – Governments gathered in Geneva have advanced in the process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention, agreeing to continue negotiations to further develop the proposal for this body, akin to …

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Published on June 21, 2024 - 22:23 GMT

A new light to guide action on chemicals, pollution and waste

As delivered Excellencies and distinguished delegates, I'm going to try to be very expedited, but also try to see if I can help make some suggestions for how you may be able to move forward. First, however, let me give a big thanks to the government …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 14:55 GMT

Making good on the right to a healthy environment

The international community has, since the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, acknowledged that a healthy environment is linked to the enjoyment of all human rights. We saw further recognition of this link in the 1992 Rio Declaration, in …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 13:57 GMT

Why making buildings greener is crucial to countering climate change

Alongside the hum of traffic, the soundtrack of most cities includes the noise of construction workers drilling, hammering and digging as they furiously erect new buildings. In fact, every five days the world adds structures equivalent to the size of …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 09:30 GMT

World Environment Day turns global gaze towards land restoration

The 51st edition of World Environment Day was a record-breaking success, with an unprecedented 3,854 official events and tens of millions of online engagements drawing attention to how humanity can counter three often-overlooked perils: land degradation, …

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Published on June 20, 2024 - 09:30 GMT

Action on environmental crises more urgent than ever

Your excellency, Mr. Firas Khouri, Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors and colleagues. This is time of great sadness for UNEP and the wider environmental family, as we mourn the passing of former Executive Director Dr. Klaus …

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Published on June 19, 2024 - 17:57 GMT

How science-policy bodies are driving solutions to planetary crises

There are already two global science-policy panels addressing major environmental issues. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses the science of climate change and the focuses on the science of biodiversity and nature’s contributions …

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Published on June 19, 2024 - 07:42 GMT

‘A precious oasis in the cosmos’, astronaut celebrates World Environment Day

Everyone can help protect the planet, from reducing plastic use to starting a home compost heap, highlights NASA astronaut Jessica Meir in a video released ahead of World Environment Day 2024. In the video, Meir shares her memories of seeing Earth from …

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Published on June 18, 2024 - 12:04 GMT

Damage to Gaza causing new risks to human health and long-term recovery - new UNEP assessment

Nairobi, 18 June 2024 – The environmental impacts of the war in Gaza are unprecedented, according to a preliminary assessment published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), exposing the community to rapidly growing soil, water and air pollution …

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