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Korea picks Jeju province as site for World Environment Day 2025

The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) announced that Jeju Special Self-Governing Province will be the...

New fund to minimize harm from chemicals

One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework on Chemicals last week launched its first call for projects targeting the safe and...

Investing in clean air can save lives,beat climate woes

The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public...

Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems, says UN report

Conclusion Lakes and other surface water bodies are shrinking or being lost entirely in 364 basins worldwide. A continued high level of particles and nutrients...

2.5b people in East and Southeast Asia breathe dirty air

For the people of East and Southeast Asia air pollution has become an all too familiar sight. More than 90 percent of the region’s 2.5...

Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater resources, UN findings reveal

First of 2 parts In half the world’s countries one or more types of freshwater ecosystems are degraded, including rivers, lakes and aquifers. River flow...

How halting deforestation can help check the increasing temperatures

Conclusion Is the world making enough progress in the effort to end deforestation? No. Driven almost entirely by the expansion of agriculture, deforestation continues at...

How halting deforestation can help check the increasing temperatures

Two of 3 parts Here is a closer look at how forests can counter the climate crisis. How does deforestation feed the climate crisis? Trees are some...

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