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 …
A task force to assist developing countries integrate environment, trade and development policies has been set up with the assistance of the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) and the un Conference on Trade and Development (unctad). The task force will use the technical expertise of the two agencies and their …
The United Nations (un) has asked for immediate steps for cleaning the River Danube of wastes generated by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato) bombing. Water from the Danube is used for drinking purposes in the downstream nations Romania and Bulgaria. According to Pekka Haavisto, head of the United Nation …
The United Nations Environment Programme (unep) in its Global Environment Outlook 2000 report has painted a devastating picture of the Earth's health on the eve of the new millennium. "The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. …
The Bangladesh government along with the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has decided to conduct a fresh survey to determine the extent of damage caused by the devastating accident at the Magurchhara gas well in 1997. uncoal, the us company which took over Occidental's operation in Bangladesh, has agreed to …
russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( cis ) are working with the United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ) to dispose of toxic wastes in an environmentally-sound manner. At two separate meetings held in July, experts from the cis and a number of organisations met …
The United Nations (UN) has launched a five-year US $25.83 million project in China to promote the use of renewable energy technologies. The United Nations Development Programme has a US $8.8 million stake in the project, and China has invested US $11.5 million. Australia and the Netherlands have provided the …
developing countries should ensure transfer of mechanism for environmentally sound technology, capacity building and financial transfer, so that they can reduce the potential for negative environmental impact from trade liberalisation. This was stated by Klaus Topfer, executive director of United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ). He was speaking at …
Why has the csd failed to produce results? It will be unfair on my part to pass judgement as I have attended only one session of the csd . However, one reason could be the way csd has functioned till now. The chairperson of csd , elected at the beginning …
If a country is using 20-40 per cent of available freshwater, it is said to be suffering from 'water stress" according to the estimates of the United Nations Environment Programme. About one-third of the population of the world is living in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water stress. …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) wants to focus more on international water disputes, despite it being a politically sensitive issue. "Water is not only a sensitive topic, but a potential area of conflict. We are optimistic and can help all the sub-regions resolve their water sharing problems," said the …
According to a common position paper adopted by 16 UN organisations, India has the largest number of child workers in the world. The paper was launched by the UN resident co-ordinator of India, Brenda Gael McSweeney and her counterpart at the International Labour Organisation, L P Passun. However, they recognised …
In the wake of the recent forest fire disasters the world over, Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has said that governments, UN agencies, on-governmental organisations and those directly involved in fire-fighting operations must strengthen their cooperation, in order to be better prepared and jointly …
WHAT do you do with chemicals that poison the Earth, travel fast, and do not disintegrate easily? Known as Persistent Organic Pollutants or POPS, these are toxic organic compounds that have many agricultural and industrial applications. But also pose a serious threat to all life as well as the environment …
Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has called upon various nations to implement practical measures to facilitate greater access to environmental information by the public. He emphasised the need to deliver timely, reliable, targeted and relevant information to policy-makers and the public so as to …
environmental and human disasters may be discussed at the United Nations Security Council. A special task force has been set up to formulate a un response to disasters and emergencies. The task force, formed at the behest of un secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is headed by Klaus Topfer, the former German …
Poor environmental conditions would increase human health risks, warns a study jointly conducted by the World Resource Institute (WRI), the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Bank. The WRI 1998-99 report, titled 'Environmental Change and Human Health', says that despite vast improvements in human …
since its inception in 1991, the Global Environment Facility, a joint-project of the United Nations Development Programme (undp), United Nations Environment Programme (unep) and the World Bank (wb) has become an arena for North-South bickering. The gef 's ambitious mandate of finding solutions to environmental problems remains all the more …
The United Nations (UN) has denounced human cloning saying that the universal declaration on human genome and human rights bans the practice as an offence against humanity. The declaration against cloning was adopted recently by 186 member states of the UN Educational, Scientific and Culural Organisation (UNESCO). UNESCO director-general Federico …
the Rio Earth summit is rapidly fading into our memories as an environmental event. The commitments made at Rio, the discussions of an Earth Charter in Rio +5 followed by the 19th United Nations General Assembly Special Session ( ungass ) for the overall review of the implementation of Agenda …
ten years after the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed, it is being hailed as a success story of cooperation between policy makers, scientists, industry and non-government organisations. United Nations Environment Programme (unep) executive director Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Canadian member of parliament Clifford Lincoln, among …
