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PH e-vehicles help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Conclusion The transition, say experts, is crucial to reducing air pollution and reining in greenhouse gas emissions, which today spew from hundreds of millions of...

Nature-based solutions can make 32m jobs

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Investing in nature-based solutions (NbS) could create up to 32 million new jobs by 2030. This is according to a new report...

Six bold environmental leaders named 2024 Champions of the Earth by UNEP

Brazil’s first-ever Minister of Indigenous Peoples and an initiative promoting sustainable agriculture in Egypt are among the six recipients of the 2024 Champions of...

Degraded peatlands in 177 countries put climate goals at risk

Conclusion The report warns peatland degradation and subsidence due to drainage in the tropics for agriculture, livestock farming, and oil palm plantations. Thawing permafrost due...

Degraded peatlands in 177 countries put climate goals at risk

First of 2 parts BAKU, Azerbaijan—177 out of 193 UN member states have peatlands–critical carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots, yet agriculture, urbanization, deforestation and industrial...

How protecting freshwater ecosystems can help nations meet biodiversity targets

Conclusion 3. Embrace Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge   Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge has played an important role in preserving and restoring biodiversity worldwide, and incorporating this...

How protecting freshwater ecosystems can help nations meet biodiversity targets

First of 2 parts The world has mismanaged its freshwater reserves for decades, hampering progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Some 50 percent of countries...

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...

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