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Chinese CEOs Visit UNEP to Share Views on the Green Economy
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16 top CEOs from China have attended a workshop at the UN Environment Programme headquarters to learn more about what the agency is doing in the Green Economy initiatives, combating climate change, international campaigns, green construction, reforestation and the green technology. (Thursday 2 July 2009) |
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UNEP Chiefs Past and Present Seal the Deal!
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In an historic first, all five Executive Directors of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) gathered together in Glion, Switzerland for the Global Environmental Governance Forum on 29 June 2009 where they lent their voices to the global UN-led campaign to Seal the Deal on an effective climate agreement in Copenhagen this December.
Add your voice to the Seal the Deal campaign by visiting www.sealthedeal2009.org (Thursday 2 July 2009) |
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UN Agencies 'Deliver as One' To Realize a Green Economy
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At least 21 UN agencies today backed the call for a world-wide transition to a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy able to deliver multiple economic, social and environmental opportunities in the 21st century.
Such a transition is needed to catalyze a sustainable global economic recovery while generating decent jobs, enhancing food security, and reducing dependence on finite fossil fuels.
A Green Economy can also address multiple persistent and looming crises from overcoming poverty and combating climate change to reversing the degradation of multi-trillion dollar ecosystems and their services, experts argue. (Thursday 25 June 2009) |
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Action on HFC Gases 'Low Hanging Fruit' Opportunity to Combat Climate Change Says UN Environment Chief
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A scientific paper, highlighting the need to accelerate action over a group of gases known as Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) as part of the climate change agenda, was today welcomed by the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The findings, by an international team of researchers are published in the Proceeedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The scientists argue that HFC use could climb sharply in the coming years in products such as insulation foams, air conditioning units and refrigeration as replacements for ones being phased-out to protect the ozone layer. (Monday 22 June 2009) |
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Climate Change Picks Pace New IPCC Report Warns
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"The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts," was the conclusion of report by international scientists issued on Thursday.
The 36-page document summarized over 1,400 studies which were presented at a climate conference last March in Copenhagen attended by some 2,000 scientists from over 70 countries.
The research, which was written and reviewed by many of the scientists who compiled the benchmark UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2007, presents the newest scientific evidence that warns that ocean temperatures, sea levels, extreme climate conditions and the retreat of the Arctic sea ice have picked up more pace than experts predicted two years ago. (Monday 22 June 2009) |
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Climate change in our back yards - New report shows how climate change is affecting the US
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For the past few years Americans have been dealing with erratic and often extreme weather conditions. And now according to a new report titled Global Change Impacts in the United States, there is evidence that these patterns are attributable to global warming.
Average temperatures in the US have risen by1.5F (-17C) over the last 50 years, according to the report. It also warns that physical infrastructure on the US Gulf Coast could be threatened with storm surges and sea level rises of up to eight inches. (Friday 19 June 2009) |
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Sports plays a growing role in quest for sustainability
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The crucial role played by Sports in various aspects of sustainable development was discussed by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in an address to the 'Forum on Productive Youth Development through Sport in Africa'. (Thursday 18 June 2009) |
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Turning the Land Degradation Tide on World Desertification Day
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Improved varieties of the tropical, nutritious 'Sahel Apple' tree allied to the setting up of market gardens and community nature reserves are helping to turn the tide of land-degradation and desertification in some African countries, a new study shows. (Tuesday 16 June 2009) |
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Investing in Carbon Capture and Storage Nature's Way
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Boosting investments in the conservation, rehabilitation and management of the Earth's forests, peatlands, soils and other key ecosystems could deliver significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and avoid even more being released to the atmosphere, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says. (Thursday 4 June 2009) |
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UNEP, LG Electronics Agree to Partner on Champions of the Earth Awards
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and LG Electronics (LGE), a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, agreed to be partners in the recognition of outstanding global environmental leaders through UNEP's Champions of the Earth Awards. (Saturday 30 May 2009) |
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Time to Get Tough on Alien Species
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International Biological Diversity Day 2009 spotlights perhaps one of the least know threats to biodiversity and economies-alien invasive species. (Friday 22 May 2009) |
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UNEP completes fieldwork in the Gaza Strip
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A team of UNEP experts is leaving the Gaza Strip after completing fieldwork in the area, as part of a post-conflict environmental assessment undertaken following the escalation of hostilities there in December 2008 and January 2009. (Thursday 21 May 2009) |
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UN Chemicals Conference Ends on Positive Note
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The second International Conference on Chemicals Management has ended with significant progress in several key areas and greater clarity on its priorities for future work. (Monday 18 May 2009) |
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Safer Chemicals Management Moves Closer
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The world has taken significant steps this week towards ensuring that chemicals are produced, used and disposed of as safely as possible. (Friday 15 May 2009) |
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Stemming the Tide of Marine Waste with Market-Based Instruments
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From paying fishermen to 'fish for litter' to laws banning food vendors from using plastic cups and plates in coastal parks, governments and local authorities around the world are increasingly turning to market-based instruments to cut litter and waste entering the sea. (Wednesday 13 May 2009) |
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Ban, Barroso: urge 'Seal the Deal!'
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced in Brussels last Thursday that the UN is launching a worldwide campaign under the slogan 'Seal the Deal!' (Wednesday 29 April 2009) |
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand named UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
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World-renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme on Earth Day in recognition of his outstanding advocacy work for the environment. (Thursday 23 April 2009) |
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Speech by Achim Steiner on the Global Green Economy and Israel
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Many of the transformational technological opportunities emerging
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processes - were originally incubated in the world's universities,
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Powering a Global Green New Deal
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More than 700 leaders from business, civil society, international organizations and government are set to meet at the Business for the Environment Global Summit in Paris on 22-23 April to discuss ways of powering green growth around the globe. (Wednesday 15 April 2009) |
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Billion Tree Campaign passes three billion mark
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The Billion Tree Campaign has passed the three billion planted tree mark following a confirmation from the Government of Turkey that it planted over 300 million trees in 2008. (Monday 30 March 2009) |
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Forest Fires Destroy Kenya's Key Water Catchments
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Extensive forest fires are affecting several of Kenya's key moisture reservoirs including the 400,000-hectare Mau Forest Complex, Kenya's largest forest and the source of water for at least twelve rivers. Important Rift Valley Lakes, including Lake Victoria, the source of the River Nile, depend on the rivers which are fed from the forest. (Wednesday 25 March 2009) |
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New UN report warns of increasing pressures on water
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A global water crisis could be triggered by increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuel production, according to the UN World Water Development Report entitled 'Water in a Changing World'. (Monday 16 March 2009) |
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New UN report warns of increasing pressures on water
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Population growth, climate change, widespread mismanagement and increasing demand for energy could lead to a major global water crisis, according to the UN World Water Development Report. (Monday 16 March 2009) |
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Beijing Olympics Get Big Green Tick
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The Beijing Olympics met if not exceeded many of its pledges on the environment, according to an assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (Wednesday 18 February 2009) |
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Realizing a "Green New Deal"
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One third of the around $2.5 trillion-worth of planned stimulus packages should be invested on 'greening' the world economy.
This would assist in powering the global economy out of recession and onto a Green, 21st century path a new report released today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says. (Monday 16 February 2009) |
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Good jobs, green jobs
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Speech by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference in Washington, D.C. (Thursday 5 February 2009) |
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UN Appeals for $613m in Gaza Aid
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An appeal for $613m to help the UN provide emergency relief and humanitarian aid to 1.4 million war-torn Gazans was launched, by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. (Thursday 29 January 2009) |
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Surf's Up for Going Carbon Neutral
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Australia Day - marked nationwide on 26 January - is all about going carbon neutral for some of the country's best-known cities, companies and community initiatives. (Friday 23 January 2009) |
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Japan and the Republic of Korea Launch Green New Deals
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Japan and the Republic of Korea have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in green projects to create jobs and spur economic growth, in the latest sign that the Green New Deal advocated by the United Nations is gaining momentum. (Friday 9 January 2009) |
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Geothermal Energy Rocks!
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A project, testing advanced seismic and drilling techniques in Kenya, uncovered wells of steam able to generate 4-5 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity and one yielding a bumper amount of 8MW. The project is carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), in cooperation with the Kenyan power company KenGen. (Wednesday 24 December 2008) |
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Arctic Ice Hits a Low as Globe Continues to Warm
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Ice volume in the Arctic in 2008 dropped to its second-lowest level since measurements began, according to new figures released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). (Wednesday 17 December 2008) |
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Crafting a Blue-Print for a Green Global Economy
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Leading environmental economists researchers, business leaders and senior figures from international organizations are to meet in Geneva to take forward the United Nations' Green Economy initiative. (Tuesday 2 December 2008) |
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Africa-Wide Action Plan Focus of Year of the Gorilla 2009
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Projects promoting super-efficient 'Rocket Stoves', encouraging alternative livelihoods to reduce poaching and federating successful eco-tourism programmes across Africa are among a range of initiatives to be promoted under the Year of the Gorilla 2009. (Monday 1 December 2008) |
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Surveys call for Unity to Combat Climate Change
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The environment remains a top concern for people around the world despite the financial crisis, according to a global poll by the HSBC Climate Partnership, which includes HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF. (Thursday 27 November 2008) |
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International Wildlife Conference Rome/Italy: 1-5 December 2008
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The 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) will be held in Rome, 1-5 December 2008. 300 representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as scientists will come together to discuss urgent conservation responses to address the rapid decline of migratory animal species across the globe (Monday 24 November 2008) |
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Chinese Children to Paint Their Message for the Planet
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'Climate Change: Our Challenge' is the theme of the 2nd Chinese Children's Painting Competition on the Environment which was launched today in Beijing. The competition is organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Luo Hong Foundation, and is held in conjunction with UNEP's International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment. (Tuesday 11 November 2008) |
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Do You Know a 2009 Champion of the Earth?
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Whether it be combating climate change or stemming the accelerating loss of biodiversity or promoting sustainable agriculture and recycling - some people and organizations are making a real and landscape - shifting difference. (Friday 7 November 2008) |
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How to Address the Growing Nature Crunch and Ecosystem Crisis
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Close to one hundred governments meet in Putrajaya, Malaysia from 10 to 12 November to discuss the best global response to the loss of biodiversity, ecosystems and the multi-trillion dollar goods and services they generate. (Friday 7 November 2008) |
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Alternatives to DDT on International Radar
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Boosting cost effective and environmentally-friendly alternatives to the malaria-controlling chemical DDT will be high on the international agenda when delegates meet in early November. Countries, industry, research institutes and non governmental organizations will review an interim report aimed at setting up a global partnership on alternatives to DDT and ways in which these can be distributed to countries and communities at risk. (Monday 3 November 2008) |
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Young People Urge World Leaders to Combat Climate Change
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Nearly 90 per cent of young people across the globe think world leaders should do "whatever it takes" to tackle climate change. This is among the top findings of a new poll conducted on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (Thursday 23 October 2008) |
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Global Green New Deal - UNEP Green Economy Initiative
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Those scheduled to attend include:
Achim Steiner, UN Under - Secretary General and Executive Director UNEP, Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mr Pavan Sukhdev, Head of Deutsche Bank's Global Markets business in India; leader of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study and now also of UNEP's Green Economy initiative.
(Monday 20 October 2008) |
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UNEP Stands-up Against Poverty
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s message on this day is simple: investing in environmental management that benefits the poor will deliver strong results in terms of sustained poverty reduction and growth and achieving the MDGs.
For over three years, UNEP and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), through the joint Poverty- Environment Initiative (PEI), have been working with eleven countries in Africa and Asia to launch and sustain poverty-environment mainstreaming programmes. (Friday 17 October 2008) |
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Three Chemicals Considered for Trade 'watch list'
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The inclusion of a chemical on the PIC list is not a global recommendation to ban it or severely restrict its use. The PIC procedure gives developing country Parties the power to decide which of these chemicals they wish to receive and to exclude those they cannot manage safely. Exporting Parties are responsible for ensuring that no exports leave their territory when an importing country has made the decision not to accept the chemicals. (Thursday 16 October 2008) |
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Ecosystem Renovation - Bring Them On Back
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A 'lost' lake in Mali and a Kenyan forest that is the water tower for key rivers and lakes in East Africa are among two country projects aimed at bringing significant degraded and denuded ecosystems back from the brink. (Monday 6 October 2008) |
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World's National Parks and Protected Areas Go On-Line
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A new online database that will allow scientists to arm chair environmentalists monitor the world's national parks and protected areas was launched today at the 5th World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. (Monday 6 October 2008) |
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Clean Up the World Maps Communities Tackling Climate Change
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For the first time ever, communities worldwide taking action to protect the environment as part of the Clean Up the World Weekend, 19-21 September, will have the opportunity to plot their activities using a new online mapping function. (Friday 19 September 2008) |
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Migrant Birds in Hot Water!
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Launched today in Madagascar at the 4th Meeting of the Parties of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), the report highlights the need for more international co-operation in helping migratory species cope with climate change and other environmental problems. (Thursday 18 September 2008) |
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Hurricane Ike Batters US Mainland
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Hurricane Ike has left a trail of destruction throughout the southern United States, particularly in the city of Galveston, Texas, where an estimated one million people were evacuated to escape the storm. (Friday 12 September 2008) |
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World Heritage Push for Garden of Eden
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An initiative was unveiled today to list the Fertile Crescent, thought by some to be the location of the Biblical 'Garden of Eden', as a World Heritage Site. (Thursday 4 September 2008) |
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WHO and UNEP Join to Combat Environment-Related Disease in Africa
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Diseases caused by changes in the environment accounts for a significant number of deaths in the African continent. In 2002 alone unsafe water, pollution, poor sanitation, inadequate waste disposal, insufficient disease vector control and exposure to chemicals claimed about 2.4 million lives. (Friday 22 August 2008) |
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Marine Turtle Conservation Moves into High Gear
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Marine turtles traverse the seas for thousands of kilometers, returning after decades to nest in the same area where they entered the world as tiny hatchlings. They are threatened by degradation of critical habitats on land, interaction with fishing gear at sea, and excessive harvesting of eggs and for meat. (Wednesday 20 August 2008) |
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Give Beijing Some Breathing Space
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Real and hopefully long lasting achievements have been made by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, the city as a whole; the government and the six provinces concerned. (Friday 8 August 2008) |
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Tree Planting Campaign Launched in Thailand
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Thailand's 'Plant for the Planet, Plant for the Future' campaign was launched today at the opening ceremony of the Sirindhorn International Environment Park(SIEP). (Tuesday 22 July 2008) |
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Rock and Jazz Festivals Tune into Climate Friendly Concerts
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Two top Norwegian music festivals are joining the international fight against climate change. They are the Hove Festival, a rock event that this year featured acts including Beck, Duffy, and rapper Jay-Z, and Canal Street - a jazz and blues festival that opens today featuring legends John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, and The Waterboys.
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Protecting Mau Forest in Kenya's Economic Interest
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Kenya stands to lose a nature-based economic asset worth over US $300 million alone to the tea, tourism and energy sectors if the forest of the Mau Complex continues to be degraded and destroyed, the UN Environment Programme said today. (Friday 18 July 2008) |
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Three UNEP Projects Win UN-wide Awards
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Three projects by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have won UN-wide Awards.
The UN21 Awards, announced today, are given out every year by the UN Secretary-General to recognize outstanding initiatives across the organization. This year, more than 70 projects were nominated from across the global UN Secretariat. (Friday 11 July 2008) |
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Capsized Ferry in the Philippines
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A joint European Union-United Nations expert team is being deployed today to the Philippines at the request of national authorities to assess the situation of a capsized ferry containing large quantities of highly toxic chemicals. (Thursday 10 July 2008) |
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Missed Opportunity for G8 Leaders on Climate Change
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As the G8 Summit wrapped up in Japan, Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said the world's richest countries had shown insufficient leadership on climate change. (Wednesday 9 July 2008) |
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UNEP Partner Green.tv to Host New WWF Channel
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WWF has launched its own dedicated television channel to bring high quality campaign and conservation videos to a worldwide audience. The new WWF channel is hosted by the online environment channel green.tv, a partner project of the United Nations Environment Programme. (Tuesday 8 July 2008) |
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Russia Moves Sochi Olympic Sites Following UNEP Recommendations
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The organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi have decided to relocate several facilities away from a protected wilderness area following recommendations from the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP). (Friday 4 July 2008) |
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Clean Energy Investments Charge Forward Despite Financial Market Turmoil
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Climate change worries, growing support from world governments, rising oil prices and ongoing energy security concerns combined to fuel another record-setting year of investment in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in 2007, according to an analysis issued Tuesday July 1 by the UN Environment Programme(UNEP). (Tuesday 1 July 2008) |
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Child Activists Tell their Story
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A young Australian film maker, an Indian child combating water waste, a 13-year-old organizing clean-ups in Cameroon, and a teenage American recycler are among 700 children from around the world attending a UN environment conference in Stavanger, Norway. (Tuesday 17 June 2008) |
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Boost for hazardous waste management in Cote d'Ivoire
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A new project launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme will help the Government of Côte d'Ivoire and others in the region to manage hazardous waste, both within their countries and across borders (Monday 16 June 2008) |
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UNEP Supports "World Class Vision" for Nairobi
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A wide-ranging new initiative to assist in greening Kenya's capital city has been drawn up by the UN Environment Programme(UNEP) in cooperation with the government, the city council, donors and UN-Habitat. (Monday 16 June 2008) |
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Environmental Change Re-Draws Atlas of Africa
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Africa's rapidly changing environmental landscape, from the disappearance of glaciers in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains to the loss of Cape Town's unique'fynbos'vegetation, is presented today to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment(AMCEN). (Tuesday 10 June 2008) |
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Forging African Strategies on Climate Change Adaptation
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Africa, the continent most vulnerable to climate change, contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions. How will the vulnerable populations, sectors and regions cope with the consequences of climate change? African environment ministers are poised to take action, what should they do? (Tuesday 10 June 2008) |
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"Kick the CO2 Habit" - UNEP Says It May Be Easier Than You Think
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Adopting a climate-friendly lifestyle needn't require drastic changes or major sacrifices. People in the developed world, as well as some rapidly developing countries and cities - from Manchester and Manhattan to Moscow and Mumbai - can start right away to "Kick the C02 Habit", the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says.
(Wednesday 4 June 2008) |
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The Green Ribbon Awards
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Environmental leaders in New Zealand were recognized today at the 18th Green Ribbon Awards in Wellington. The 2008 winners of the Green Ribbon Awards reflect the many different areas in which New Zealanders contribute to reducing the impacts of climate change and assisting the country in becoming a sustainable nation. (Tuesday 3 June 2008) |
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UN Envoy to Visit Sahel to Draw Attention to Regional Challenges
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A senior United Nations envoy heads to West Africa next week for a three-country mission aimed at spotlighting the effects of climate change, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and other challenges facing the countries of the Sahel. (Saturday 31 May 2008) |
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The International Day For Biological Diversity 22 May 2008
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As the world's growing population faces rising food prices and pressures from climate change affect the fields and orchards that feed the world, celebrations of the International Day of Biological Diversity today will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world's biodiversity in order to ensure a secure supply of food for a growing world population. (Thursday 22 May 2008) |
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Working towards a greener postal sector
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have agreed to work together to slash the CO2 emissions caused by members of the postal sector. (Monday 5 May 2008) |
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Biodiversity Loss - It Will Make You Sick
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A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning bone disease and kidney failure, and new cancer treatments may all stand to be lost unless the world acts to reverse the present alarming rate of biodiversity loss a new landmark book says. (Wednesday 23 April 2008) |
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Food for Thought: A Thought for Food
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For two centuries, Australians have coped with the challenge of producing food on a continent where 70 per cent of its surface is at best semi-arid. The legendary Australian ingenuity has met this challenge through a combination of innovation, determination and world-class science. (Monday 21 April 2008) |
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Agriculture - The Need for Change
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The way the world grows its food will have to change radically to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse. (Tuesday 15 April 2008) |
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International Seminar Shapes Path Towards Sustainable Tourism
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An international seminar on climate change adaptation and mitigation in the tourism sector concluded today in the United Kingdom after involving 30 high level tourism and environment officials from developing countries and Small Island developing states. (Friday 11 April 2008) |
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Climate Change will Erode the Foundations of Health
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Scientists tell us that the evidence the Earth is warming is "unequivocal." Increases in global average air and sea temperature, ice melting and rising global sea levels all help us understand and prepare for the coming challenges. In addition to these observed changes, climate-sensitive impacts on human health are occurring today. They are attacking the pillars of public health. And they are providing a glimpse of the challenges public health will have to confront on a large scale, Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
(WHO), warned today on the occasion of World Health Day. (Monday 7 April 2008) |
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Environment crime now high on the world agenda
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The illegal international trade in environmentally sensitive items such as ozone depleting substances, toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and endangered species is a serious problem with global impact. This scourge which affects all countries threatens human health, deteriorates the environment, and results in revenue loss for governments in some cases. (Friday 28 March 2008) |
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Meltdown in the Mountains
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The world's glaciers are continuing to melt away with the latest official figures showing record losses, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. (Sunday 16 March 2008) |
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European Commission and UNEP Working Together for the Environment
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The partnership between the European Commission(EC)and the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)continues to strengthen as they work together for the environment. The joint EC-UNEP brochure:"European Commission and United Nations Environment Programme working together for the Environment" was recently released, and this 20-page document highlights the cooperation between the two organizations at both political and project levels on environment. (Friday 14 March 2008) |
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Holidays for a Living Planet
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Green travel tips for the world's growing number of international tourists were launched today by UNEP. The internet-based campaign, "Green Passport", aims to raise tourists' awareness of their potential to contribute to sustainable development by making responsible holiday choices. (Friday 7 March 2008) |
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Early Recovery of Nature-Based Tourism Good for Kenya and Good for Biodiversity Says UNEP Head
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Tourism can play a key role in restoring economic activity and employment in Kenya and in doing so play its part in bringing peace and stability to the East African country, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.
Tourism can play a key role in restoring economic activity and employment in Kenya and in doing so play its part in bringing peace and stability to the East African country, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.
Tourism can play a key role in restoring economic activity and employment in Kenya and in doing so play its part in bringing peace and stability to the East African country, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. (Thursday 6 March 2008) |
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IPCC Author to strengthen Climate Change work at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and California State University, Chico are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeff Price as Senior Fellow for Climate Change and Biodiversity at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, UK. Paul Zingg, President of CSU Chico, said today "I am delighted with this new relationship with UNEP-WCMC because it will allow Jeff Price to inject an important new international perspective to his teaching and research". (Friday 29 February 2008) |
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Renewable Energy Accelerates Meteoric Rise
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The renewable energy industry is stepping up its meteoric rise into the mainstream of the energy sector, according to the REN21 Renewables 2007 Global Status Report. Renewable energy production capacities are growing rapidly as a result of more countries enacting far-reaching policies. (Thursday 28 February 2008) |
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Warmer World May Mean Less Fish
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Global Warming Adding to Pollution and Over-Harvesting Impacts on the World's Key Fishing Grounds Says New UNEP - "In Dead Water" - Report. At least three quarters of the globe's key fishing grounds may become seriously (Friday 22 February 2008) |
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Ninth Session of the Global Civil Society Forum Convenes in Monaco
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On 19 February 2008, the Ninth Session of the Global Civil Society Forum will convene in the Principality of Monaco. This Forum precedes the 10th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS.X/GMEF) which will take place from 20 to 22 February 2008. (Monday 18 February 2008) |
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Tara will soon exit the ice
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Tara, the schooner caught in pack ice, reached the 500th day of her expedition. In one and half years she has covered 5,200 kilometers in the Arctic. She has drifted at an average speed of 10 km/h. Tara will soon exit the ice. (Thursday 17 January 2008) |
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Let's plant One Billion more trees in 2008!
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Under the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, people, communities, business and industry, civil society organizations and governments are encouraged to enter tree planting pledges online with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide each year.
(Thursday 3 January 2008) |
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Kicking the CO2 Habit at Climate Convention Meet
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The United Nations has become part of the growing worldwide effort to become climate neutral. Members of the UN attending the crucial climate convention meeting in Bali today announced that they are offsetting their greenhouse gas emissions linked with travel to and from the event.
(Wednesday 12 December 2007) |
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Cities Play the Green Card to Achieve Success
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From the use of horse-drawn carriages to solve public transport shortage in Bayamo, Cuba to an emissions trading scheme in Taiyuan, China, cities around the world are providing inspiring examples in the global quest for sustainability and the fight against climate change. (Tuesday 11 December 2007) |
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Peatlands are Quick and Cost-Effective Measure to reduce 10% of greenhouse emissions
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Clearing, draining and setting fire to peatlands emits more than 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide every year - equivalent to 10% of global emissions from fossil fuels, according to Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change, the first comprehensive global assessment of the link between peatland degradation and climate change. (Tuesday 11 December 2007) |
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Mainstream Renewable Energy Continues Double-digit Growth
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In less than a decade since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, renewable energy has evolved rapidly from an 'alternative' source of energy to a mainstream energy option, according to the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2007. (Saturday 8 December 2007) |
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Silver Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs
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As representatives from over 180 countries gather in Bali to map a post 2012 agreement, new research shows the challenge of climate change also presents opportunities for new industries and employment. (Thursday 6 December 2007) |
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Climate Action for a Low Carbon Economy
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Platform by UNEP and Sustainable Development International will assist business, governments and NGOs to reduce their carbon footprint. A new book launched today in Bali is set to serve as key reading for businesses, governments and NGOs looking for a way to reduce their carbon emissions.
(Monday 3 December 2007) |
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Planet's Tougher Problems Persist, UN Report Warns
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The warning comes in UNEP's Global Environment Outlook: environment for development (GEO-4) report published 20 years after the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) produced its seminal report, Our Common Future. (Thursday 25 October 2007) |
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First Agreement that Might Save Mediterranean Monk Seal from Extinction
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A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the protection of the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal was concluded under the auspices of CMS. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Republic of Portugal and the Kingdom of Spain signed the agreement in Adeje in the margins of the CMS meeting on Western African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (WATCH). The agreement will be open for signature to all the Atlantic range states. (Wednesday 17 October 2007) |
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Africa Rubbish Tip Major Hazard to Children and the Environment
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One of Africa's largest waste dumps, the Dandora Municipal Dumping Site in Nairobi, is a serious threat to children living nearby and the city's environment generally, a new UNEP report shows. The study links lead and other heavy metals pollution to degrading health of children living around Dandora. (Friday 5 October 2007) |
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Davos Conference on Climate Change and Tourism
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The global challenge of climate change and action by the tourism sector in both adaptation of destinations and mitigation of its own impacts will be addressed at the 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism in Davos (Saturday 29 September 2007) |
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Combating Climate Change Given Big Confidence Boost in Canada
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An historic agreement to tackle the twin challenges of protecting the ozone layer and combating climate change has been agreed by governments. Nations signed up to an accelerated freeze and phase out of substances known as hydrochlorflurocarbons (HCFCs) under the 20 year-old Montreal Protocol. (Saturday 22 September 2007) |
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New Voices of Youth
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Nairobi/Leverkusen 30 August 2007 - The election of a new Youth Advisory Council today marked the culmination of the third biannual Tunza International Youth Conference, held in the German city of Leverkusen. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conference brought together more than 180 young people from 85 countries to discuss ways of promoting environmental awareness through technology. (Thursday 30 August 2007) |
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UNEP to Deploy Technical Mission to Virunga National Park
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner met today in Nairobi with H.E. Mr. Didace Pembe Bokiaga, Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, Water and Forestry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). (Friday 10 August 2007) |
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China Closes Ozone Depleting Chemical Plants
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China, the world's largest producer of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and halon, today shut down five of its six remaining plants, putting the country two and a half years ahead of the Montreal Protocol's 2010 deadline for phase-out of the two ozone depleting chemicals. (Monday 2 July 2007) |
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Investors Flock to Renewable Energy and Efficiency Technologies
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Climate change worries coupled with high oil prices and increasing government support top a set of drivers fueling soaring rates of investment in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, according to a trend analysis from the UN Environment Programme. (Wednesday 20 June 2007) |
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African Governments Reach Consensus on Ivory Sales
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Eighteen years after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) banned the ivory trade, Ministers from the African elephant range states have for the first time achieved a regional consensus on how to address this highly charged issue. (Thursday 14 June 2007) |
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Rapid Rise in Tourism New Challenge to Polar Environment
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Polar tourism has grown dramatically in the last ten years raising concerns about the possible negative impact on the environment and local communities, says new UNEP report released to mark World Environment Day. (Sunday 3 June 2007) |
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Bright Youngsters Get Green Light in Gothenburg
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Two teenagers from Surabaya, Indonesia, Miss Wening Pranaya and Miss Vania Santoso, alias Bright Youngsters were the first prize winners of this year's prestigious Volvo-UNEP Adventure Award for their project Useful Waste for a Better Future, and received an award of US$10,000. (Wednesday 30 May 2007) |
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Making Climate Change Work for Africa
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The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol is set to channel $100 billion of funds to developing countries for clean and renewable energy projects as well as certain kinds of forestry. A conference in South Africa taking place 28-30 May and involving UNEP is aimed at boosting Africa's access to such funds. (Monday 28 May 2007) |
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The 2010 Climate Challenge
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Article by Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme on climate change and biodiversity for International Biodiversity Day 22 May 2007. (Tuesday 22 May 2007) |
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UN Engages Banks to Light Up Rural India
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Rural financing supports move from kerosene lamps, unreliable power. Four-year, $1.5 million pilot drives 13-fold jump in rural solar installations. Expansion plans also target China, Algeria, Egypt, Mexico, Indonesia, Ghana (Monday 30 April 2007) |
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Buildings Can Play a Key Role in Combating Climate Change
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The new report, Buildings and Climate Change: Status, Challenges and Opportunities, says many opportunities exist for governments, industry and consumers to take appropriate actions during the life span of buildings that will help mitigate the impacts of global warming. (Thursday 29 March 2007) |
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Message by UNEP Executive Director for World Water Day
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Water scarcity is both a natural and a human-made phenomenon. There is enough freshwater on the planet for six billion people but it is shared unevenly and too much of it is wasted, polluted and unsustainably managed. (Thursday 22 March 2007) |
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Steiger Award for Achim Steiner
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Mr Steiner was awarded in the category of the Environment for his "commitment and important work for the protection of our planet". He was joined by other winners in categories, ranging from sports and music to journalism and politics. (Tuesday 20 March 2007) |
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Tapping Termite Technology for Green Gold Mining
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Editorial By Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, who is visiting Brazil between 5 and 7 March 2007- When the Presidents of Brazil and the US meet next week, the surprising topic of termites might be high on the agenda. (Tuesday 6 March 2007) |
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Governments to Consider New CITES Trade Controls
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The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has published a scientific assessment of 40 new government proposals for amending wildlife trade rules. (Wednesday 28 February 2007) |
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CITES to Release Recommendations for Amending Wildlife Trade Rules
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The secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will publish its provisional scientific and technical assessment of some 40 new government proposals for amending wildlife trade rules. (Friday 23 February 2007) |
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Worldwide Glacier Melting Underlined in Newly Released Data
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Zurich/Nairobi, 30 January 2007 – Mountain glaciers around the world continue to melt, with new, still tentative figures for 2005 indicating a further average thickness reduction for a set of reference glaciers of 0.6 metre water equivalent (w.e.). On average, one metre water equivalent corresponds to 1.1 metre ice thickness. (Monday 29 January 2007) |
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Steiner Announces Finalists for 2007 Environment & Development Awards
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World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland - 25 January 2007: Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), today announced the 10 finalists for one of five Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (Seed) Awards.
(Thursday 25 January 2007) |
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France Joins the Billion Tree Campaign
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Paris, 18 January 2007 - From Paris, France, the United Nations Environment Programme launches a second appeal to the international community to join its first global tree planting project Plant for the Planet: the Billion Tree Campaign. (Thursday 18 January 2007) |
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UNEP reaffirms support to "Green" Olympics in Beijing
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Support to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee was among the main subjects discussed by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge and the head of UNEP, Achim Steiner when they met in Nairobi. (Thursday 11 January 2007) |
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2006 CITES Ban on Caviar Lifted
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The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has today published the export quotas for caviar and other sturgeon products from the Caspian for 2007. (Tuesday 2 January 2007) |
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Bidding the Baiji Adieu We Herald the Year of the Dolphin
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The baiji, a freshwater dolphin that has inhabited China's Yangtze River for some 20 million years, was declared extinct in December 2006. The end of the baji is a reminder of the sinister fate that awaits dolphins if greater species conservation measures are not adopted by the international community soon. (Saturday 30 December 2006) |
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Donor Assistance Critical to Cote D’Ivoire Clean-up Efforts
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Nairobi, 20 December 2006 - One of the world’s poorest countries, struggling to rid itself of thousands of tonnes of toxic waste dumped in its capital city from sources overseas appears to have run out of the funds needed to retrieve all the pollution and make it safe. (Wednesday 20 December 2006) |
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Donor Governments Should Support On-Going Côte d’Ivoire Emergency
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Abidjan/Nairobi, 14 December 2006 - An international mission to support Cote D’Ivoire finalize a strategic plan for dealing with toxic waste dumped in the country was launched today it was announced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (Thursday 14 December 2006) |
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Carpathian Action on Protected Areas & Sustainable Tourism
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Kiev, 13 December 2006 – The Carpathian Convention’s seven member Governments have adopted a wide-ranging programme of work containing immediate measures for promoting environment-friendly tourism and a regional network of protected areas.
(Wednesday 13 December 2006) |
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Kiev to Host Ministerial Conference on Carpathian Convention
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Kiev, 8 December 2006 – The seven member governments of the Carpathian Convention will meet in Kiev next week for a three-day conference on protecting the natural and cultural heritage of the mountainous areas of Central and Eastern Europe. (Friday 8 December 2006) |
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UNEP Reveals New Data on Iraqi Marshlands Recovery
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Tokyo, 7 December 2006 – Almost half the Iraqi Marshlands, considered by some as the original biblical “Garden of Eden” and an ecosystem of global importance, has recovered to its former 1970s extent. (Friday 8 December 2006) |
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Call for Global Action on E-waste
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Nairobi, 1 December 2006 – The member governments of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal have agreed to accelerate efforts to reduce the risks posed to human health and the environment by the dramatic worldwide growth in electronic wastes. (Friday 1 December 2006) |
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Greening World Cup Tournament 2006
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Lausanne/ Nairobi, 1 December 2006--Environmental considerations are now firmly part of the World Cup team as a result of measures taken to green the 2006 tournament, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. (Friday 1 December 2006) |
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Green Score Card for Winter Olympics
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Lausanne/Nairobi, 30 November 2006 --Close to 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the 2006 Winter Olympics have been offset, an international conference will hear today. (Thursday 30 November 2006) |
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Creativity in Sustainability Celebrated
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London, 29 November 2006 - The Green Awards, launched in April 2006 in cooperation with Green TV and UNEP, were created to recognise excellent creative work that illustrates and communicates the importance of environment, sustainable development, and ethical best practice. (Wednesday 29 November 2006) |
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Green Awards Recognize Creativity in Sustainability
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The Green Awards 2006 is a new and unique, inspiring national event that will showcase the value of sustainable development through powerful communications and marketing strategies. The awards will spotlight brands or organizations that have demonstrated their commitment to these issues in a creative way, across different media platforms and marketing disciplines. (Wednesday 29 November 2006) |
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Steiner on UNEP - UNIDO Inter-agency Cooperation
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Speech by Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme to the Industrial Development Board of the UN Industrial and Development Organization (UNIDO) (Wednesday 29 November 2006) |
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Basel Conference Addresses Electronic Wastes Challenge
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Nairobi, 27 November 2006 – Some 120 governments will meet at the United Nations Office in Nairobi from 27 November to 1 December to seek solutions to the world’s rising tide of hazardous wastes. (Sunday 26 November 2006) |
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Liability for Côte D’Ivoire Hazardous Waste Clean-Up
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Nairobi, 24 November 2006 --International financial assistance should be swiftly mobilized to pay for the clean up and rehabilitation of contaminated sites in Côte D’Ivoire as a result of fresh information indicating that the final costs of a dumping incident in August could reach into the millions of dollars. (Friday 24 November 2006) |
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UNEP Launches Campaign to Plant a Billion Trees
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Nairobi, 8 November 2006 –The vital importance of voluntary collective action in the fight against climate change is spotlighted today with the launch of a new campaign to plant a billion trees.
The Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign, coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will encourage all sectors of society—from the concerned citizen to the philanthropic corporation-- to take small but practical steps to combat what is probably the key challenge of the 21st century. (Wednesday 8 November 2006) |
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Climate Change Threat to Natural & Cultural Heritage
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Nairobi, 7 November 2006--Cultural and nature-based heritage sites-- from Charles Darwin’s favourite barrier reef in Belize and South Africa’s famous West Coast National Park to 600 year-old Thai ruins and archaeological sites in Scotland-- are increasingly threatened by climate change. (Tuesday 7 November 2006) |
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Desertification Campaigners Recognized
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New York/Nairobi, 30 October 2006 – The laureates of the 2006 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Prize are being honoured today for their efforts to combat desertification by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in a gala ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History, Rose Centre for Earth and Space, in New York, USA. (Monday 30 October 2006) |
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Facing the Climate Change Challenge
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An Editorial by Achim Steiner and Yvo de Boer Children on one of southern Africa’s mightiest rivers are playing the Limpopo board game, literally for their lives. Piloted in places like Zimbabwe's Matabeleland and Mozambique's Gaza Province, it uses the power of play to teach ways of reducing vulnerability to flooding. (Wednesday 18 October 2006) |
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Integrated Water Management Key to Cleaning-up Oceans
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Beijing, 16 October 2006 – An international conference to combat sewage, pesticides and other forms of pollution coming from the land into the seas and oceans got underway today in the Beijing, Peoples Republic of China. (Monday 16 October 2006) |
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No Consensus on Chrysotile Asbestos
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Geneva, 13 October 2006 – Unable to reach a consensus yet on adding chrysotile asbestos to a global trade “watch list”, the member Governments of the Rotterdam Convention have decided to postpone a final decision to their next meeting in 2008. (Friday 13 October 2006) |
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Chrysotile Asbestos to be Added to Trade “Watch List” ?
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11 October 2006, Geneva/Rome – Officials from over 100 Governments are meeting in Geneva this week to decide whether to add chrysotile asbestos – which accounts for some 94% of global asbestos consumption – to a trade “watch list” that already contains 39 hazardous substances, including all other forms of asbestos. (Thursday 5 October 2006) |
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CITES Puts Ivory Sales on Hold
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Geneva, 5 October 2006 – The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has decided not to allow exports of elephant ivory from Botswana (20 tonnes of ivory), Namibia (10 tonnes) and South Africa (30 tonnes) to proceed at this time. (Thursday 5 October 2006) |
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UN Lebanon Post Conflict Assessment Begins
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Beirut/Nairobi, 2 October 2006 - An international team of experts will tomorrow begin an assessment of the environmental damage in Lebanon caused by the recent conflict.
(Monday 2 October 2006) |
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Leaders Press for Funds to Boost Urban Life in Africa
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Nairobi, 21 September 2006--Cities across Africa were today urged to push harder to access a growing range of global environment funds able to assist in the financing of sustainable public transport systems, up to cleaner, less polluting energy supplies.
(Thursday 21 September 2006) |
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Reducing Children's Ozone-Related Health Risks
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Nairobi/New Delhi/Santiago, 15 September 2006 – Looking at your shadow (the shorter it is, the more dangerous UV radiation is ), and covering up with hats, sunglasses and sunscreen, are among the practical tips for children contained in a new guide on the ozone layer for primary school teachers.
(Friday 15 September 2006) |
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UN Launches Year of the Dolphin 2007 Campaign
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Monaco/Bonn, 15 September - Threats for dolphins are on the rise. They face entanglement in fishing nets, marine pollution , prey depletion due to overfishing, deliberate hunting and disturbance from noise. These are only some of the causes why they might soon be extinct in the world’s seas. (Thursday 14 September 2006) |
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Flying Around the Globe on a Time Machine
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Nairobi, 12 September 2006 – 'Flying' around a virtual planet earth, zooming in on environmental hotspots and comparing today's crisis zones with yesterday's areas of natural beauty: All this has become a reality today thanks to a partnership between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Google Earth. (Wednesday 13 September 2006) |
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Millions of Volunteers to Clean Up the World’s Iconic Sites
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Sydney, Australia, 13 september 2006 – What do the Nile River, Copacabana Beach and Sydney Harbour have in common? All three will be among the many sites of community-led environmental clean ups taking place next weekend as part of the global Clean Up the World campaign. (Wednesday 13 September 2006) |
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Côte d’Ivoire Seeks Assistance to Mitigate Toxic Waste Crisis
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Abidjan. 8 September 2006 - Various sites in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, including a lagoon, the sewage system and areas close to water sources have been the dump site of toxic substances from the vessel ‘Probo Koala’ during the night of 19 August 2006. So far, three people have reportedly died and approximately 3000 affected after inhaling fumes from these substances. (Friday 8 September 2006) |
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UNEP Responds to Abidjan Hazardous Wastes Crisis
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Nairobi/Geneva, 8 September 2006 – At the request of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is investigating whether the wastes dumped in the densely populated city of Abidjan are linked to illegal exports from Europe.
(Friday 8 September 2006) |
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Project Sky Hole Patching Goes into Operation
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Bangkok/Beijing, 1 September 2006- A project to curb illegal trade in ozone depleting substances (ODS) and dangerous waste in the Asia Pacific region went into operation today. “Project Sky Hole Patching” is designed to monitor the movement of suspicious shipments of ozone depleting chemicals and dangerous commodities across several customs territories in the region. (Monday 4 September 2006) |
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Oil Spill Reaches Syrian Coastline
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2 August 2006, Nairobi/Athens -
First Satellite Imagery Shows that Oil Spill Reaches Syrian Coastline
Access is Needed for Immediate Clean-up (Wednesday 2 August 2006) |
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Climate Change Threat to Pacific Ocean Mangroves
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Nairobi, Apia, Honolulu, 18 July 2006 - Action is needed to conserve mangroves in the Pacific amid concern that rising sea levels, linked with climate change, are set to drown large areas of these precious and economically important ecosystems. (Monday 17 July 2006) |
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Tara Sails North
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Lorient, France, 11 July 2006 – The Polar Regions are some of the most hauntingly beautiful places on Earth. They are also nature’s early warning systems where issues like human-induced climate change, the thinning of the ozone layer and the impacts of persistent chemical pollution continue to be registered first. (Tuesday 11 July 2006) |
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Environment Among 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners
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Berlin/Nairobi, 3 July 2006 - A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly is proving a winning team, it was announced today.
(Sunday 2 July 2006) |
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Africa’s Natural Wealth Key to Economic Prospects
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Nairobi, 27 June - Poverty in Africa can be made history if the region’s wealth of natural resources is effectively, fairly and sustainably harnessed a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says. (Tuesday 27 June 2006) |
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Burying Urban Myths on Environment & Development
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Vancouver/Nairobi, 19 June 2006 – With over three billion people now living in urban areas, an innovative project to bring high quality public transport to some of the most polluted cities on the globe was announced today at the opening of the World Urban Forum III.
(Monday 19 June 2006) |
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