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 …
Paris — Cross River known for its support for forest conservation wants the review of the REDD scheme to meet community aspirations. The state also plans to establish green police to grow new trees and safeguard existing forest. BOTHERED that the implementation of the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation …
NGOs working for the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy today slammed the central government for its failure to take up the UN-aided assessment of current toxic contamination at and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory, the site of world's worst industrial disaster. Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh …
The research claimed that many biodegradable products are unlikely to ever fully break down in the ocean, while labelling products as biodegradable could also make people more likely to dispose of them carelessly in the first place. The executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Achim Steiner said: “Recent …
A sustainability-oriented approach is required to address critical threats to India's water security, experts suggested here on Wednesday. A panel of experts including members of Indian National Association of the Club of Rome, Development Alternatives and environmentalists sat here to discuss the new water security models. "A new, simple and …
UNEP says the world can still reach the 2-degree target with emissions of 52 billion tons by 2020 The U.N.’s environmental authority has quietly raised its assessment of the level at which global greenhouse gas emissions must peak to avoid dangerous climate change, as governments seek a new accord to …
Multi-national oil company, Shell, lied when it claimed it had cleaned up heavily polluted areas of the Niger Delta, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) said in a new report published on Tuesday. The report titled, "Clean it up: Shell's false claims about oil …
The youths of Ogoni land in Rivers State in south-eastern Nigeria have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of playing politics with the clean-up of Ogoni land, five months after the celebrated announcement of the exercise by the government. In a statement by the President of the National Youth Council of the …
A new WHO report has called for an urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane — as well as carbon dioxide — which all contribute to climate change. Frequently described as short-lived climate pollutants, these “climate killers” not only produce a strong global warming effect, but …
Most nations have strict controls on environmental waste, from arsenic to zinc. Yet no legal limits have been set to control pollution from drugs during their manufacture, use and disposal. That is despite evidence that pharmaceutical waste can wreak havoc in the environment — hormones found in contraceptives cause male …
South Korean climate change expert, Hoesung Lee, was on late Tuesday nightelected as the new chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), succeeding R K Pachauri who had to resign from this UN body in February in the wake of an allegation of sexual harassment against him by …
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a top UN environment award - Champions of the Earth (Policy Leadership category) - for 2015, the media reported on Tuesday. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said Hasina will accept the award at a ceremony in New York on September 27, bdnews24 reported. …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named one of the winners of the United Nations’ highest environmental accolade for taking steps to address climate change. The premier will accept the prize, the Champions of the Earth Award in the Policy Leadership, at a ceremony in New York on September 27, …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the highest environmental accolade of the United Nations, in recognition of Bangladesh's far-reaching initiatives to address climate change. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's name as one of the 'Champion of the …
Prakash Javadekar, Environment ministry, Environment projects, degraded forests, Wildlife Act, high-density tiger tourism, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Narendra Modi, Global Investors Summit Indore, Prakash Javadekar BJP, forest land, reforestation, new government projects, afforestation, Indian express The plan is to invite investment for developing, a safari road network covering at least 70 …
Nairobi — 2015 SEED Awards Honour African and Women-Led Enterprises As the world gears up to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) later this month, 27 trailblazing eco-enterprises are recognized at the 2015 SEED Africa Symposium in Nairobi for employing business models that bring social and environmental benefits to local …
The first ever worldwide waste report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says immediate action is required to shift from 'take-make-use-waste' to a circular economy. Global Waste Management Outlook - a report from UNEP and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) - found that seven to 10 billion tonnes …
Mr. Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has assured banks and other funding agencies that the Government of India has put in place an elaborate eco-system to support green projects and it was now up to the lending agencies to help bring down the cost of capital …
The South African Black Mamba anti-poaching unit, a ranger group mostly made up of women, has been named one of the winners of the United Nation's top environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award. With this award, made in the Inspiration and Action category, the United Nations Environment Programme …
Inadequate waste management has become a major public health, economic and environmental problem, with 7-10 billion tonnes of urban waste produced each year and 3 billion people worldwide lacking access to controlled waste disposal facilities. Fuelled by population growth, urbanization and rising consumption, the volumes of waste are likely to …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday unveiled in Nairobi a ground-breaking air quality measuring device that has the potential to revolutionize air quality measurement in developing countries and help prevent deaths from air pollution.The device is expected to cost up to 100 times less than existing solutions The …
