Mongolia: Protecting the Saker Falcon Among the rich fauna and species found in Mongolia is the iconic Saker Falcon, which, through conservation management techniques, is being protected and bred sustainably. One such effort is a project providing 5,000 artificial nests throughout 2o ...
AFRICA DR Congo At the University of Kinshasa, UNEP will make a presentation on the impact of food waste on the environment (''Impact du gaspillage alimentaire sur l'environnement - Notre responsabilité à tous") UNEP programme advisor Dieudonné Musibono, will discuss the food waste an...
UN Calls for Accelerated Action with 1,000 Days to Go on Millennium Development Goals Thu, Apr 4, 2013 People around the world invited to join in boosting momentum for most successful global anti-poverty push in history | Français    | 中文   New York, 3 April - The United N...
Conscious Consumption is a social movement which centres on the understanding that our consumption impacts ourselves, our communities and our world at large. It covers not just choosing what to buy and where to buy it from, but also how to use what we buy and dispose of waste. Simply ...
Final Showdown Begins for World Environment Day Blogging Contest – Get Voting! Winner to Travel to Mongolia to Cover Global Celebrations for WED 2013 The votes are in! The winner of the Rio+20 Big Blog Off! is Scott Bartlett, an aspiring fiction writer and environmental activist. Read...
Building on impacts, lessons learned and the interest of local partners, the ten new micro-watersheds in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru also stand to benefit from the implementation of the ARA model. The model is simple: downstream water consumers contribute to a local conservatio...
Hundreds of Runners Celebrate Nairobi as Global Environment Capital Sun, Feb 24, 2013 Dickson Chumba and Philes Ongori Claim Top Prizes in UNEP Half Marathon Young runners warm-up ahead of the race in Nairobi Nairobi, 24 February 2013 - Close to two thousand star athletes, up-and-comi...
“Yet its government is also determined to meet these challenges and seize the opportunities of a less-polluting and more-sustainable future - from a moratorium on new mining pending improved environmental regulations to plans to become a renewable energy power-house and exporter of cl...
The report also raises similar concerns on the impact of EDCs on wildlife. In Alaska in the United States, exposure to such chemicals may contribute to reproductive defects, infertility and antler malformation in some deer populations. Population declines in species of otters and sea ...
"In order to follow this example, and to ensure a fair share of the world's resources for all, governments, industry, and others must also commit to firm actions that can place the world on a more sustainable path. Through the TUNZA Conference, young people can deliver a clear message...
In 2010 the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) World Environment Day campaign sponsored an amazing trip for a green blogger, Tuesday Phillips, to go to Rwanda. In 2011 it was Ximena Prugue who won the prize to go to India. For 2012, Scott Bartlett got to blog about World Environment Da...
The study shows that Asia is one of the regions that could most benefit from SLCP mitigation. About 1.9 million premature deaths from outdoor air pollution could be prevented each year by 2030 by implementing black carbon measures addressing the transport and residential sector and op...
''FoodDrinkEurope's Environmental Sustainability Vision Towards 2030 identifies that working on the reduction of food wastage is a key priority for Europe's food and drink industry. Resources and the environmental impacts linked to the production of food, such as raw materials, water ...
- Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director - Ms. Eugenia Serova, Director of the Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division, FAO - Mr. Dominique Kohli, ADG of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture - Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Env...
“Everyone in the world stands to benefit from the decisions taken this week in Geneva- in particular the workers and families of small-scale gold miners, the peoples of the Arctic and this generation of mothers and babies and the generations to come. I look forward to swift ratificati...
Since its founding February last year, the Coalition has grown from six to 25 State partners from both developed and developing countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh, Mexico, Norway, Japan, and the U.S. In May the G8 countries agreed to join, and commissioned the World Bank ...
Metal and cement production, through fuel extraction and combustion of fossil fuels Consumer products such as electronic devices, switches, batteries, energy-efficient light bulbs and cosmetics such as skin-lightening creams and mascara. Mercury contained in such goods can also enter ...
22nd International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment Theme - Water: Where does it come from? Sub-theme: Source of life The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the ...
"The decision by the General Assembly to strengthen and upgrade UNEP is a watershed moment. Universal membership of UNEP's Governing Council establishes a new, fully-representative platform to strengthen the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and provides all governme...
"The decision by the General Assembly to strengthen and upgrade UNEP is a watershed moment. Universal membership of UNEP's Governing Council establishes a new, fully-representative platform to strengthen the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and provides all governme...
"Doha has opened up a new gateway to bigger ambition and to greater action - the Doha Climate Gateway. Qatar is proud to have been able to bring governments here to achieve this historic task. I thank all governments and ministers for their work to achieve this success. Now government...
UNEP Executive Director Receives Top German Sustainability Award Sat, Dec 8, 2012 The honourary category of the award recognizes global actions by environmental leaders. Dusseldorf, 7 December 2012 - Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, received Friday a ...
From Peru to the Philippines, UNEP Presents Grassroots Solutions to the Impacts of Climate Change Sat, Dec 1, 2012 Seeds of Knowledge Provides Lessons Learned From 17 Countries for a Sustainable Environment Apart from providing additional income, planting garlic during the fallow peri...
Food, Water and Livelihoods in Pacific Islands under Increasing Threat from Climate Change Fri, Nov 30, 2012 Invasive Species, Waste, and Extreme Weather Events among Key Challenges Doha (Qatar), 4 December 2012 - Island communities in the Pacific Ocean are facing unprecedented challe...
Chapter 6: Chemicals and Waste Chapter 7: An Earth System Perspective Chapter 8: Review of Data Needs Chapter 9: Africa Chapter 10: Asia and the Pacific Chapter 11: Europe Chapter 12: Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter 13: North America Chapter 14: West Asia Chapter 15: Regional ...
Commission a Special Report on Permafrost Emissions : The IPCC may consider preparing a special assessment report on how carbon dioxide and methane emissions from warming permafrost would influence global climate to support climate change policy discussions and treaty negotiations. Cr...
Commission a Special Report on Permafrost Emissions : The IPCC may consider preparing a special assessment report on how carbon dioxide and methane emissions from warming permafrost would influence global climate to support climate change policy discussions and treaty negotiations. Cr...
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment Full Report - English Full Report - Español Press Release Printer Version (70.8 MB) The Story of Data on the Environment Full Version of the UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner talking on the launch of the 'Keeping Track' report [09:26] Vide...
