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World Environment Day 2025 Commemoration Ceremony in Nairobi
4 Jun 2025 | Speech
Lasting solutions to plastic pollution
Waste collection bin in mountains at Ayusai Visitors Center
3 Jun 2025 | Press release
UNEP helps tackle waste in Kazakh mountains as plastic pollution hits new heights

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Fish swimming under a blanket of plastic waste
4 Jun 2025 | Video
Messages from United Nations’ officials for World Environment Day 2025
 An aerial view of an island
4 Jun 2025 | Story
In pictures: how the Republic of Korea is taking on plastic pollution
An aerial view of a road lined by cherry blossoms
03 Jun 2025 | Story
How one Korean province is aiming to make plastic pollution history
 Small plastic balls on a fingertip
02 Jun 2025 | Story
Everything you should know about microplastics
A woman washes her face with water to cool off
30 May 2025 | Story
Amid scorching temperatures, India turns to ideas both old and new to beat the heat
UNEP ED at UN-Habitat Assembly opening session
29 May 2025 | Speech
Creating sustainable urban environments for all
River and forest in Kinshasa, DRC
29 May 2025 | Press release
New $15 million initiative launched to catalyse sustainable investment in the Congo Basin
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Woman stands in front of shelves with juice stored in reusable packaging
29 May 2025 | Story
By making producers part of the solution, France aims to rein in plastic pollution
Waste picker sifts through garbage at a dump site
26 May 2025 | Story
Amid efforts to end plastic pollution, millions of waste pickers become a focus
Небольшой каменистый ручей с чистой водой, стекающей по гладким камням в горной долине.
22 May 2025 | Press release
Kyrgyz Republic unveils 800,000-hectare ecological corridor for biodiversity
An aerial view of Obalende neighbourhood in Lagos.
21 May 2025 | Story
How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution
A beekeeper
20 May 2025 | Story
A sweet solution for adapting to climate change
A reflection of grass in a ball
14 May 2025 | Story
How training in green skills could help turn the tide against plastic pollution
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