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Press Releases
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UNEP launches Ozone Protection Award for Customs & Enforcement Officers in Africa
Lusaka, 22 May 2012 - The UN Environment Programme, OzonAction/Compliance Assistance Programme today launched an Ozone Protection Award for Customs & Enforcement Officers in Africa.
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Ozone Africa Media Award opens to the Arabic speaking journalists
Anjouan, (Comoros)/Nairobi (Kenya), 10 May 2012 - The UN Environment Programme, OzonAction/Compliance Assistance Programme today launched the 2012 edition of the Ozone Media Award for Africa in Anjouan, Comoros. [French]
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New Agricultural Biodiversity Project to Improve Nutrition and Food Security Worldwide
Rio de Janeiro, 28 April 2012 - Placing renewed emphasis on sustaining the natural variety of crops and animals contributing to agriculture, including neglected yet nutritious traditional foods, can improve food security and address growing global concerns over poor nutrition and its negative health effects, officials said at the launch of a new international project at the World Nutrition Rio Congress 2012.
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Greening Africa’s Future - Carbon market actors connect at the 4th Africa Carbon Forum
Addis Ababa, 18 April 2012 - The 4th Africa Carbon Forum (ACF), this year in Addis Ababa, opened its doors today to over 1,000 registered participants from across the globe to foster a discussion on climate change and carbon finance in Africa.
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14th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)
Arusha, 10 - 14 September 2012 - First Announcement: Tanzania is preparing to host the 14th session of AMCEN, pursuant to the decision made by African Ministers of Environment at the 13th regular session in June 2010 in Bamako, Mali. As host, the government of Tanzania is working with the AMCEN Secretariat hosted by UNEP to ensure
the success of the meeting.
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Celebrating Forests for Community Livelihoods
Nairobi, 21 March 2012 - Kenya today joined the international community in celebrating World Forest day. In Nairobi, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), the Green Belt Movement (GBM) and United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) planted trees at the Freedom Corner at Uhuru Park in recognition of Professor Wangari Maathai’s immense achievements in the fields of environment, sustainable development, peace and women’s empowerment.
On the photo: Mr. M.A.M Wa-Mwachai- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Forest & Wildlife.
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UK Government thanked for central role in environmental restoration and peacebuilding in Sudan
Khartoum, 2 March 2012 - The Republic of Sudan is facing serious natural resource challenges in the face of population growth, urbanisation, climate change and the legacy of conflict.
Photo: British Embassy, Khartoum
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Cape Verde Vulnerability to Climate Change Chronicled in Landmark Assessment
Nairobi/Praia, 21 February 2012 - Cape Verde presents a dual vulnerability to climate change, both as a small island developing State, and as an arid country in the Africa’s Sahel region, and is already battling with increased pressure on scarce water resources, and more frequent extreme events.
On the photo: from the left, Mr. Mounkaila Goumandakoye Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for Africa (ROA, Ms. Amina Mohamed: UNEP Deputy Executive Director and Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms. Eva Ortet, Minister of Rural Development and Agriculture of Cape Verde, and Mr. Phosun Kallee, Vice Director of Environment of Mauritius.
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Smart Public Policies Key to Powering Up Africa's Clean Energy Potential
Nairobi, 21 February 2012 - Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive renewable energy potential, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Nigeria's Ugochi Anyaka Wins UNEP Young Environmental Journalist Award
Nairobi, 21 February 2012 - A radio journalist from Nigeria has won the United Nations Environment Programme's Young Environmental Journalist Award (YEJA), beating over 120 entries from reporters across Africa.
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Capacity-building workshop for North Africa and the Middle East on mainstreaming the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) into national planning and decision-making
Montreal, 17 February 2012 - Understanding the economic value of nature and integrating thios into planning is the subject of a region-wide workshop that begins in Beirut on 21 February 2012. [French]
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Identifying barriers for developing national Technology Action Plans (TAPs) in Africa
Zambia, 14th to 17th February - As part of the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Project, UNEP and UNEP Risø Centre (URC) facilitated a Regional Capacity Building Workshop in Fringilla, Zambia from 14 to 17 February 2012.
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UN Announces SEED Award Winners 2011 With Focus on African Entrepreneurs-Women Win Recognition for Innovative Businesses
Nairobi, 15 December 2011 - From a company that transforms groundnut shells into fuel briquettes in Gambia, to an enterprise that has developed solar ovens in Burkina Faso, to an initiative that trains and employs street youth to collect waste materials in Ghana, which they then transform into handmade designer products, to a business in Kenya where women produce aloe-based skin care products, these are just some the 35 winners of the 2011 SEED Awards, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.
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African Youth Tackle Continental Climate Challenges
Johannesburg / Nairobi – 23rd November 2011 - TUNZA Generation Earth Summit and Pre COP discussions kick off today in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Rwanda's post-conflict achievements provide inspiration for green economy transformation
Kigali, Rwanda, 16 November 2011 - A major report released today on Rwanda's post-conflict sustainable development urges the country to build on its rehabilitation efforts and seed more opportunities for a transition to a green economy.
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UNEP Africa Announces Laureates of the 2011 Ozone Africa Media Award
Nairobi, 27 October 2011 - The Jury of the Ozone Africa Media award has honored Line Renée Anaba, a Cameroonian radio and TV journalist, for her report “ Course aux frigos, congélateurs et autres commodités: Entre débrouille et protection de la couche d’Ozone”
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Africa Steps Up Efforts to Address the Challenge of HCFCs Phase Out
Nairobi, 25 October 2011 - About 70 participants including experts from African governments, international organizations and the media are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe to discuss how best to scale up efforts for meeting the 2013 Freeze target for HCFCs.
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UNEP Pays Tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai
Nairobi, 26 September 2011 - Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement and patron of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign, has died in Nairobi. She was 71 years old.
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Environment Ministers to Gather this Week in Bamako to Firm Up Africa's Position ahead of Crucial Durban Conference on Climate Change
Bamako (Mali)/Nairobi (Kenya), 13 September 2011 - Lead African Climate change negotiators and high level experts from about 50 countries are meeting in Bamako, Mali to pave the way for African ministers to consolidate Africa's common negotiating on a comprehensive .... [Français]
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Tapping into the Geothermal Energy to Power the East African Region beyond Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya, 2 September 2011 - Ministers and technical experts in Ministries of Energy and/ or Mines from the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) member countries, are meeting at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya for a High Level Geothermal Meeting.
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Nairobi Students Selected as Environmental Envoys for Kenya
Nairobi, 10 August 2011 - Two Nairobi students have been selected as Young Environmental Envoys for Kenya by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bayer, a global innovator enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.
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UNEP Ogoniland Oil Assessment Reveals Extent of Environmental Contamination and Threats to Human Health
Abuja, 4 August 2011 - The environmental restoration of Ogoniland could prove to be the world's most wide-ranging and long term oil clean-up exercise ever undertaken..
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Horn of Africa Drought Needs Long Term Solutions
The Horn of Africa is in the middle of its worst drought in more than 60 years following two seasons with no rains that have led to crop failures, widespread loss of livestock, and rising food prices in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia and Uganda.
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Amina Mohamed Today Takes Up Her Post as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme
Nairobi, 25 July 2011- Amina Mohamed of Kenya today formally took up office as Deputy Executive Director (DED) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Statement on UNEP's Ogoniland Environmental Assessment Report
Nairobi, 18 July 2011 - In response to reports mainly in the Dutch media over the past 48 hours, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) wishes to clarify several points.
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Ratification of Amendments to the Montreal Protocol: Angola wins the race despite late start
Nairobi, Kenya, 11 July 2011 - Despite its late start, Angola takes a big leap forward as the UN treaty Depositary recently announced receipt of ratification documents for all the Amendments to the Montreal protocol.
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African heads of state stress importance of Rio+ 20 for continent
Mal abo, Equatorial Guinea, 30 June 2011 - African heads of state have stressed the need for a common voice on sustainable development in the run-up to next year's major Rio+20 conference. Heads of state and government ministers from 53 states were among 130 participants at a roundtable event.
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Statement by Achim Steiner to the Committee of African Heads of States on Climate Change
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 29 June 2011 - Your meeting here today comes some six months before the UN climate convention meeting in Durban, South Africa. And just under 12 months before Rio+20-20 years after the Rio Earth Summit of 1992...
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UNEP supports clean-up of toxic waste dump in Sierra Leone
Nairobi/Freetown (Sierra Leone) - 27 June 2011- An environmental and public health hazard for the residents of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, has been contained following the successful removal of 93 barrels of toxic waste from a former oil refinery site on the city's outskirts.
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UNEP Launches Ozone Africa Media Award for 2011
Bamako (Mali)/Nairobi (Kenya), 27 June 2011 - The United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for Africa (UNEP-ROA) has today launched the 2011 Ozone Africa Media Award in Bamako, Mali. The award was announced at the thematic workshop...
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African Countries Accelerate Efforts to Phase Out HCFCs
Victoria, Seychelles, 23 June 2011 Delegates from several English speaking African countries are meeting in Victoria, Seychelles this week for the 17th ozone depleting substances officers’ (ODS) network conference. African countries are embarking on the ambitious plan to phase out HCFCs.
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African Laureate of UNEP 20th International Children Painting Competition Announced on World Environment Day
Nairobi, 5 June 2011 - The United Nations Environment Programme's Regional Office for Africa has today declared Monica Adhiambo Arego of the Limuru Girls High School in Kenya, the regional winner of this year's International competition on the Environment.
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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Message for the International Day for Biodiversity 2011
This year's observance of the International Day for Biodiversity falls during the 2011 International Year of Forests, declared by the United Nations General Assembly to educate the global community about the value of forests and the extreme social, economic and environmental costs of losing them.
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Amina Mohamed of Kenya appointed as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme
13 May 2011 - United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Amina Mohamed, a Kenyan national, as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Remarks by Achim Steiner at the Opening of the 23rd Session of the Governing Council of the UN-HABITAT
Nairobi, 11 April 2011 - Theme for this session is Sustainable Urban Development through Expanding Equitable Access to Land, Housing, Basic Services and Infrastructure.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tours Geothermal Plant in East Africa's Great Rift Valley
Nairobi, 2 April 2011 - The rise of geothermal energy in Kenya's Great Rift Valley was witnessed today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who toured the Olkaria plant northwest of the country's capital of Nairobi.
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Secretary-General welcomes new report on efforts to green the UN
Nairobi, 1 April 2011 - The United Nations has released details of its greenhouse gas emissions for 52 institutions, covering 200,000 employees, in a new report published as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the organisation's carbon footprint.
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UN Secretary-General opens new energy-neutral offices in Nairobi
Nairobi, 31 March 2011 - The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban
Ki-moon has officially opened the new offices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi, Kenya.
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UN Meeting Pushes for Stronger Measures to Protect Gorillas
Kigali, 31 March 2011 - An international meeting organized by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/CMS) called for better enforcement of wildlife law in the ten countries in Africa with gorilla populations.
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Media Advisory: Visit of UN Secretary-General to Nairobi
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, will visit Nairobi from Wednesday 30 March to Saturday 2 April 2011 for a meeting of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB).
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Smart investments needed to tackle drinking water crisis in DR Congo
Kinsasha/Nairobi, 22 March 2011 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) possesses over half of Africa's water reserves, yet 74 percent of its population - or approximately 51 million people - lack access to safe drinking water, according to a new study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Fast pace of African urbanization affecting water supplies and sanitation
Cape Town/Nairobi, 21 March 2011 - Rapid urbanization over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services, says a new UN report.
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Green Economy and Environment Governance reform backed by world's environment ministers
Nairobi, 24 February 2011 - A major sustainable development conference in Brazil next year offers a key opportunity to accelerate and to scale-up a global transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy...
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Support for Kenya's Mau Forest Restoration Project Spotlighted
Nairobi, 23 February 2011 - A wide-ranging new partnership aimed at furthering sustainable development in the 21st century was announced today by the European Union's (EU) Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik and UN Under-Secretary-General...
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Patricia Okoed-Bukumunhe wins UNEP Young Environmental Journalist Award
Nairobi, 21 February 2011 - A Ugandan radio journalist has won a prestigious new journalism award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), outclassing entries from over 100 correspondents from across the African continent.
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Opening of the 26th Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
21 February, 2011 - Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
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