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 in the Plan. The Plan aims to build synergies across the work of UNEP and to provide the glue across …
As we prepare to celebrate World Environment Day, let’s pause a while and take a look around us. What can we do to stem the damage? What can we do to save our world? All through the year we tend to take the environment for granted. However, on June 5 …
Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Shell, will go to Nigeria this week to try to restore his firm's tarnished reputation by winning local support for a clean-up strategy to tackle old oil spills in the Delta. The Dutchman, who took over at the company at the start of …
Protecting the environment to make it a better place to live in is the prime responsibility of every citizen. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which is the apex international authority in propagating ways of protecting the environment, promotes celebration of World Environment Day (WED) on June 5 every year, to …
Brasilia: Brazil announced a package of pollution-cutting measures aimed at making this year's World Cup more environmentally friendly, ranging from an emissions-trading scheme to a "green passport" smart-phone application. "We want to score green goals," Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said at a press conference on Tuesday, announcing the initiative. The …
Businesses across the country now have access to the world's first guidance document which outlines how to design effective food waste prevention programmes based on proven experiences across the globe. The new tool - Think.Eat.Save Guidance Version 1.0 - has been released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the …
May 12, Colombo: Meeting of the South Asia Network of Ozone Officers will be held from May 27 -30 at the Grand Oriental Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The meeting is organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) in collaboration with the National Ozone …
The Directorate of revenue Intelligence has seized a record over 2.4 lakh kg of ozone-depleting restricted refrigeration gas ‘R-22’, which was being smuggled into the country. Taking note of its efforts in checking the smuggling of R-22 gas into the country, the DRI has been chosen for a United Nations …
Hyderabad: Lack of adequate recycling capacity for electronic waste is costing the country several thousands crore of rupees each year. About 10 states, including Andhra Pradesh, annually generate about 70 per cent of the estimated eight lakh metric tonne of e-waste in the country, but only about three lakh metric …
Donor nations, rainforest-rich countries and multilateral institutions will have to spend tens of billions of dollars in the next few years to ensure that nations undergoing deforestation will have incentives to halt the practice, a report released on Monday said. Without the money to buy forest-based emissions reductions, the mechanism …
Potentially toxic chemicals are ubiquitous in the textile industry and children may be most at risk. Greenpeace wants action No parent would want toxic materials in their children's clothing. Yet according to a new Greenpeace study a range of hazardous chemicals is being used in the production of kids' wear …
The sun shines for around 3,600 hours a year on average in Pakistan making it one of the most suitable countries to harness solar energy potential to the maximum, an expert said on Monday. And it was double the sunshine duration of Europe where, on average, sunlight is available for …
GUWAHATI: The residents of Doyang village in Nagaland have transformed a killing field of Amur Falcons into a successful conservation story by shunning traditional hunting last year. Now, their efforts have been recognized and lauded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s Convention on the Migratory Species and Animals. Millions …
The expert panel set up by the government to formulate Kerala’s response to the report of the Kasturirangan committee on the conservation of the Western Ghats is considering an economic compensation programme to protect the interests of farmers in the villages named Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs). Official sources said the …
Expert panel moots payment for ecosystem services The expert panel set up by the government to formulate the State’s response to the report of the Kasturirangan committee on the conservation of the Western Ghats is considering an economic compensation programme to protect the interests of farmers in the villages named …
An international team of ornithologists has declared Nagaland as the “Falcon capital of the world” after estimating that about one million Amur Falcons roost in the State during the small aerial predators’ annual migration on way to South Africa. The phenomenon is declared the largest in the world. An international …
WARSAW: Laughing gas is, indeed, no laughing matter. The United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday released an eye-opening report on the sidelines of the ongoing climate talks, warning that nitrous oxide (N2O) — commonly known as laughing gas — with 300 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide …
Warsaw: Sensing that government alone won’t be able to usher in climate change breakthroughs, the UN climate bodies on Tuesday launched a first-of-its kindplatform, where chief executives of major MNCs will join top government officials to share solutions, commitments and plans towards feasible action at the ongoing green talks which …
WARSAW: Sensing that government alone won't be able to usher in climate change breakthroughs, the UN climate bodies on Tuesday launched a first-of-its kind-platform, where chief executives of major MNCs will join top government officials to share solutions, commitments and plans towards feasible action at the ongoing green talks which …
Nagaland has taken another step forward in conserving Amur falcon, a migratory bird species that makes the state its roosting ground in its migration route from eastern Russia and China to southern Africa. With villagers in Wokha district, where large number of Amur falcons flock during winter no longer indulging …
GENEVA: Sea levels this year posted a record high, making low-lying coastal populations ever more vulnerable to extreme weather like super-storm Haiyan, the UN said Wednesday. In an interim report on the planet's climate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) also estimated that 2013 was on course to be one of …
