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UNEP head Responds to Questions on Global Plastics Agreement
Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme does a Q&A on the deliberations by Member States on a global agreement on plastic pollution at the upcoming UN Environment Assembly
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IEA works with Italy and UNEP in push for projects that use digital technologies to support flexible and resilient energy systems
The International Energy Agency is teaming up with the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition (IMET) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to call for pilot projects on how digitalisation can contribute to flexible...
Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions: a New Key Piece to UNEP’s Forest Mitigation Arsenal
Forests soak up 30 percent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels and are our best natural ally in the fight against the climate emergency. However, the ongoing deforestation and degradation, especially...
UNEP and Google Partner to Hunt for Plastic Pollution With Machine Learning
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that it is working to fight plastic pollution using citizen science and machine learning, with technical advisory support from Google. With Google’s support, UNEP will...
UNEP Launches a Virtual Journey Through Three Iconic Forests
The COVID-19 pandemic might have scotched your vacation plans this year. But you can still bound through some of the world’s most iconic landscapes in a new online journey launched by the...
Mediterranean Basin Facing Irreversible Environmental Damage, Warns new UNEP Report
Rising inequality, biodiversity loss, the growing impact of climate change and unrelenting pressure on natural resources could lead to irreversible environmental damage in the Mediterranean basin, according to a new report by...
Partnership Between UNEP and ReNew Power to Increase Access to Clean Energy in India
India’s largest renewable energy company, ReNew Power, and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed a partnership agreement to promote increased access to renewable energy and improved energy efficiency.The strengthened partnership between...
UNEP Start-Up Challenge Winners Show How Business Can Build Back Better From COVID-19
The 2020 winners of a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) start-up initiative are demonstrating business solutions that will help Asia build back better and greener after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The nine entrepreneurs selected by...
Railsponsible Becomes a Member of the 10YFP Sustainable Public Procurement Program Led by UNEP
Railsponsible, a non-profit business organisation formed by seven companies in the rail industry: Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, SNCF, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and SKF, becomes the 109th partner of the...
In Europe’s Wild Carpathian Mountains, Prospect of Drought Rises
Stretching across seven Central and Eastern European countries, the Carpathian mountain range is home to some of the continent’s largest intact forests. It boasts nearly 4,000 plant species, as well as large...
Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis
Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year.
When improperly managed, much of that refuse—from food and plastics to electronics and textiles — emits greenhouse gases...
DESALINATION SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF WATER SHORTAGE BUT REQUIRES THE USE OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF ENERGY
The UN Environmental Protection Program (UNEP) has noted that drought is becoming a worldwide problem, which is why a state of emergency has been declared in some countries. According to relevant reports,...
NEW INITIATIVE AIMS TO CURB THE TOXIC IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURE
The governments of Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam have come together to launch a 379 million dollars initiative to combat pollution from the use of pesticides and plastics in...
MUNICIPAL WASTE REDUCTION – FACTORS AND METHODS
In its 2024 report „Global Waste Management Outlook - Beyond an Age of Waste: Turning Rubbish into a Resource“, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has analysed the relationship that humans have...
Rise in used heavy-duty vehicles a major contributor to pollution, prompting calls for more stringent regulations
While heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) exports represent a modest 3.6 per cent of the global automotive trade's total value, their associated CO2 emissions have surged by over 30 per cent since 2000, with...
THE WORLD’S FIRST PLATFORM FOR MONITORING OCEAN SAND EXPLOITATION
The problem of mining sand from the ocean is not a new one. Large quantities of sand are mined and transported to be used in construction and other industries, however, not without...
