<p>It presents an update on the progress on the implementation of the Pollution Action Plan adopted at UNEA-4 in resolution 4/21, including some highlights in implementing the specific deliverables identified
A U.N. report on rising greenhouse gas emissions reminded world governments on Wednesday that their efforts to fight climate change are far from enough to meet their stated goal of limiting global warming to 2°C (3.6°F). The report by the U.N. Environment Programme, released just days ahead of a major climate conference, said the concentration of heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is up about 20 per cent since 2000.
Cambodian, Lao and Thai officials are taking a 14-day training course to beef up cooperation in the fight against wildlife smuggling across international borders. The programme is organised by the Asean
The U.N. has called in more than 40 contractors and shifted internal resources to help it unclog a bottleneck of requests from companies seeking carbon credits, officials at the body's climate secretariat
Food losses and waste amount to roughly $680 billion in industrialised countries and $310 billion in developing countries The total food wasted every year globally is enough to feed 500 million people without any extra burden on natural resources, a top official of United Nation's body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. "Around one third of all the food produced in the world is lost or wasted every year," FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva said, adding the elimination of this wastage is an important step in achieving zero hunger.
Countries are unwilling to embrace more conservation measures until they are sure that money will be available Negotiators from over 190 countries sat late into the night on Thursday, trying to end the stalemate in funding talks as the Convention on Biological Diversity draws to a close. It is hoped that a combination of rising pressure from poor countries, and lowered expectations from India and the U.N. may help to wring some monetary support from richer countries to help protect the world’s vanishing plants, animals and natural habitats.
Pavan Sukhdev for accounting that is inclusiveof real natural wealth Environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev, who stresses eco-friendly agriculture, solar power and protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services as free sources of income for the poor, is the new Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). An advocate of ‘GDP of the poor’ and biodiversity benefits going to millions of India’s less affluent citizens, Mr. Sukhdev spoke on many platforms at the ongoing Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity here on Wednesday. He was formally inducted by Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, to join such predecessors as Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand and American actor Don Cheadle.
Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and its impact on global biodiversity will soon come under the scanner of the United Nations Environment Programme. The UN’s environment arm has decided
Salt marshes around the world's coasts will help slow climate change until about 2050 by soaking up greenhouse gases but then risk making the problem even worse as sea levels rise, a study showed on Wednesday.
Around 42 percent of the city’s total population living in 539 slums is without having access to a proper toilet and appropriate sanitation system. The worsening sanitation system has affected the health
The Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) conferred a honor to the Chinese government for its contribution to ozone layer protection in an event marking this year's International
