Belgium is a key supporter of ground-level initiatives that are helping reduce poverty and ensure a just transition in climate-vulnerable parts of the world, such as Africa. One of those projects is the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM …
Protecting forests is also important to improve global air quality. New research now shows that trees, in addition to storing carbon and removing ozone and particulate matter from the air, serve as a net sink of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that also …
Protecting forests is also important to improve global air quality. New research now shows that trees, in addition to storing carbon and removing ozone and particulate matter from the air, serve as a net sink of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that also …
Supporting all these species requires having vast areas of healthy land, fertile soils and vegetation. In Saudi Arabia, development, overgrazing, rising temperatures and increasingly harsh climate-related shocks, such as sand and dust storms, have eroded …
Supporting all these species requires having vast areas of healthy land, fertile soils and vegetation. In Saudi Arabia, development, overgrazing, rising temperatures and increasingly harsh climate-related shocks, such as sand and dust storms, have eroded …
The campaign for 2024 World Environment Day officially kicks off on 28 April in Riyadh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. World Environment Day, which takes place every year on 5 June, is the biggest international day for the environment. Led by the …
While taking in the views around the monastery, Burhans started thinking about how much property the Catholic Church owned and how it could be used to protect nature, restore fragile ecosystems and fight climate change. Though the Catholic Church has one …
COP16 comes in a year that drought has wracked countries from Latin America to Europe to Southern Africa. “COP16 is a pivotal conference, one that must prioritize resilience-based responses to tackling the escalating crisis of land degradation,” said …
Welcome to the third authors’ meeting on the GEO-7. My thanks to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for co-hosting this gathering and to my colleague Mr. Nader Al-Tarawneh. My thanks also to the over 200 experts here in Nairobi, and to the reviewers across …
When the Olympic Games opened last week in Paris, France, they did so with the promise they would be the greenest in history. Among other things, organizers say the games will run entirely on renewable energy, feature mostly locally grown food and cut- …
Brasília, July 1 2024 — In a move to renew and increate collaboration on the propriety issues of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and waste and pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Ministry of Environment and …
“The blue swimming crab is key to our livelihoods,” says Hemmanee. “Since my grandfather's generation, we have been crab fishers. I worry about what the next generation will have left if we don't change our ways.” Investing in the future …
Friday, 3 May is World Press Freedom Day, which this year is dedicated to the importance of journalism amid a series of mounting environmental crises. Environmental journalists are often the chroniclers of the triple planetary crisis of climate change, …
The hope is that, over time, forest and farming communities will develop alternatives for sustainable landscape use that will reduce pressure on natural resources across the wider region—covering a target area of 53,000 hectares. The projects are part of …
My deep thanks to the Republic of Korea for the wonderful reception and treatment we have all received in the beautiful city of Busan. My deep thanks to the Chair and his team, who showed absolute determination in their efforts to land an instrument to end …
Busan, 2 December 2024 – Countries negotiating an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, adjourned their fifth session today with agreement on a ‘Chair’s Text’ that will serve as the starting …
Rome/Nairobi/Geneva/Paris, 1 November 2024 -The Quadripartite collaboration on One Health - comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the …
Nairobi, 1 October 2024 – One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework on Chemicals today launched its first call for projects targeting the safe and sustainable management of chemicals and waste. The selected projects are expected to work on …
In many ways, the country of 3 million is an environmental pioneer on the international stage. In recent years Uruguay has embraced novel financial instruments in its efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The country issued a sustainability linked …
UN Secretary-General António Guterres The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is “land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience.” Humanity depends on land. Yet, all over the world, a toxic cocktail of pollution, climate chaos, and …
