Tag Environment under review

13 June 2019, Mogadishu - A network of environmental journalists in Somalia – the first of its kind in the Horn of Africa nation - was today launched in the capital, Mogadishu. The Somali Environmental Journalists…

Every year since 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has produced annual science-based assessments of the gap between countries’ pledges on greenhouse gas emissions reductions and the reductions…

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today released a look back at ten years of its Emissions Gap Report—a hugely influential publication that compares where greenhouse gas emissions levels are headed to where they…

Bangkok, 13 November 2019 – A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of plastic waste policies has determined that limited packaging-related policies and weak enforcement are aggravating the problem of…

By 2020 the manufacture, import and export of mercury-added products is no longer allowed Parties agreed on a framework to monitor the effectiveness of the Convention in order to strengthen its implementation The…

Madrid, 13 December 2019 – As world leaders gather in Madrid to drive climate action, figures released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) show that the number of policy and regulatory measures backing green…

Representatives from Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) met in Brussels in December to take stock of the partnership and discuss the future. At the request…

INVEST in nature. CHANGE our habits. LISTEN to young people. What are three things that can save the world? UN Environment Programme’s Inger Andersen shares her thoughts as the United Nations kicks off its #UN75…

As the new year dawns, this is the perfect time to reset and rethink. As you make your New Year’s resolutions, keep the environment in mind. “The amount we consume to meet our needs and live our aspirations is…

Our planet needs urgent attention: huge numbers of species are on the brink of extinction and global temperatures continue to rise. As we plunge deeper every year into an unprecedented environmental crisis, the…