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 …
Climate change could adversely impact the fish production globally, a latest report by United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The report tilted
Removing investment barriers and developing markets for renewable energy and energy efficiency is the core focus of UNEP's sustainable energy and climate finance work. Creating the climate for change details UNEP's sustainable energy finance activities as part of an overall approach to strengthening the progression of finance needed to carry …
Statements from key players USA: President Bush announced on May 31 that the US and "other nations will set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases'. The US will convene meetings with countries that produce most greenhouse gases. "It's important to ensure we get results, and so we will …
The recovery of the depleted ozone layer may take 5-15 years more than that estimated earlier, says a recent study. It found that the regeneration of the protective layer will be pushed back from 2044 to 2049 over the mid-latitudes (300-600 North and South) and from 2050 to 2065 over …
The recovery of the depleted ozone layer may take 5-15 years more than that estimated earlier, says a recent study. It found that the regeneration of the protective layer will be pushed back from 2044 to 2049 over the mid-latitudes (30 0 -60 0 North and South) and from 2050 …
Following a truce between Israel and the Hizbollah, cleanup of the huge oil spill off the coast of Lebanon has begun. Around 15,000 tonnes of oil had spilled into the Mediterranean after the Jiyyeh power plant near Beirut was hit in an Israeli airstrike between July 13 and 15 (see
restoring lost and degraded wetlands could reduce the threat of bird flu pandemics, claims a study commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (unep). The study Avian Influenza and the Environment: An Ecohealth Perspective found that the loss of natural wetlands compels wild species to join domestic species in farm …
restoring lost and degraded wetlands could reduce the threat of bird flu pandemics, claims a study commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (unep). The study
Trade unionists and environment experts from around the world have agreed that environmental rights such as access to clean water, health care and energy be made part of workers rights. The decision was taken during a conference on labour and environment organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi …
the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has come out with a detailed map of wind and solar energy resources in 13 developing nations to pinpoint the best locations for renewable energy projects. The move is part of the first results of the project "Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (swera)', …
do polluted waters affect the livelihood of fisherfolk? Are farmers devastated when their land degrades? The answer, quite obviously, is yes. But scientific evidence that can confirm such linkages and impel governments to act is extremely weak. This was finally admitted by 195 of the world's top scientists and policymakers …
Our world did change in 2003. The US war on Iraq made sure that the rules of 'engagement' were changed, perhaps for a long time to come. The change I see most visible is that the world has become overtly aggressive and rude. And it is not just the US. …
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations Environment Programme (unep) recently released the findings of assessments conducted in the violence-wracked Occupied Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan. The reports have brought into sharp focus the …
http://www.unep.net This recently developed website from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) promotes the UNEP's programme of partnership and cooperation in preserving the environment. The programme seeks to bring together all specialized scientific institutions and communities under one umbrella to begin a new process of developing integrated solutions to environmental …
The storm set off by the United Nations Environment Progra mme (unep) report on the “Asian brown cloud” is yet to subside, with its authors and critics sticking to their guns. The moot point is the influence of particulate pollution over South Asia on the global and regional weather systems …
Environmental disasters, including drought and flood, cost the world more than us $70 billion in 2002, reveals United Nations Environment Programme (unep). This year floods ravaged Europe, China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh killing thousands of people and leaving millions homeless. "Natural catastrophes, a vast majority of which have been weather-related, …
