ROME—Reducing food loss and waste is crucial for improving food security and nutrition, promoting the efficient use of resources, protecting the environment, and fostering...
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In half the world’s countries one or more types of freshwater ecosystems are degraded, including rivers, lakes and aquifers. River flow...
THE Kenya-based United Nations Environment Program or UNEP is raising the alarm on the severity of the global plastics crisis.
Environmentalists warn plastics, which include...
The UN Secretary-General has called for safeguarding Earth’s vital ecosystems from rampant pollution, worsening climate impacts and “biodiversity decimation”.
António Guterres, in a message marking...
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Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste a year.
When improperly managed, much of that refuse―from...
Dirty air alone is responsible for 6.7 million deaths globally every year, while conservative estimates suggest that in 2019, 5.5 million people died from...
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the...
CONCLUSION
Africa Climate WeekSeptember
UNEP and partners organized Africa Climate Week alongside the first Africa Climate Summit, which brought more than 10,000 people, including 20 heads...
PART 2
Protect freshwater sourcesMarch
UNEP and several partners launched the Freshwater Challenge, which aims to safeguard and revive 300,000 km of rivers and 350 million...
The building sector, responsible for an astonishing 37 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, has been lacking climate-focused development funding, according to a report...
It has been another season of extreme weather, with everything from record temperatures to devastating floods hammering countries around the world. But one of...
Collaboration between governments, development organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia is crucial to reducing pollution and improving air quality given the transboundary...
