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Technologies, innovation and circularity Technological advances are key to overcoming some of today’s pollution challenges, both when it comes to creating non-polluting alternatives and for restoring degraded landscapes. The healing powers of nature, so far largely underestimated, should also be harnessed and widely disseminated.

Capacity, incentives and integrated policies Addressing pollution requires a mix of cross-sectoral policies, to support assessment of health risks and impact, fiscal reforms and prevention.

Science for evidence-based policy and action Decision makers are often faced with a lack of pollution data, and an overall low national capacity for anayzing data and assessing pollution’s social and environmental costs.

Shady Rabab is the Young Champion of the Earth for Africa. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro.

Every year on or around 22 September, cities across the globe celebrate World Car-Free Day, encouraging motorists to give up their cars for a day.

The world is being dredged of its natural resources, with much of what we rely on for our livelihoods at risk from a new threat: environmental crime (

Miranda Wang is Young Champion of the Earth for North America. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro.

Miao Wang is one of two Young Champions of the Earth for Asia and the Pacific. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro.

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Marine plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.

Assigning green number plates to electric and other low-emission vehicles may encourage people to buy and use less polluting cars.

Arpit Dhupar is one of two Young Champions of the Earth for Asia and the Pacific. The Young Champions of the Earth Prize is powered by Covestro.

The environment is oftentimes a casualty in conflict. Destruction of natural resources, contamination and land use pressure are all potential conflict consequences.

Ben Morison’s epiphany came early one morning as he set out for a swim on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast. The Kenyan tour operator counted 13 pieces of plastic, including bottles and flip flops, as he walked to the sea.

Lamu, Kenya 15 September 2018 – Amid the rising momentum to beat plastic pollution globally, Kenya will today see the launch of the world’s first 100% recycled marine plastic boat into the Indian Ocean.

The Montreal Protocol, the international treaty that protects the ozone layer, has been also keeping our planet cooler for years: it helped phase out ozone-depleting substances that are also potent warming gases.

During almost two decades, participating countries of the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET) have been working closely to tackle the adverse impact of acid deposition and air pollution.

Sometimes you can’t even see it, but air pollution is everywhere.

Florida in the United States of America recently declared a state of emergency as a red tide of toxic algae bloomed along its western coastline killing marine animals, disrupting tourism and causing respiratory problems.

Picking up trash is not thought of as fun, let alone cool. Yet, Yassine Zegzouti, a young sustainability expert from Marrakech, Morocco, has found a way to make it trendy.