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04 Feb 2021 Story
Glass Fire burns as an employee installs fiber optic cable in Calistoga, California, September 2020
Alarming rise in global temperatures

The past six years have been the warmest on record since 1880, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) press release on 15 January. The year 2020 was 1.2…

04 Feb 2021 Story
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Paving the way for electric mobility in South-East Asia

At a major intersection in Jakarta, Indonesia during a recent morning rush hour, a low rumble permeates the sticky air. Dozens of motorbikes and scooters idle impatiently at a stoplight. As the light turns green,…

03 Feb 2021 Press release
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Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss

A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss.  Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further…

03 Feb 2021 Story
Нзамби Мати, кенийский предприниматель и победитель премии "Молодые чемпионы Земли" ЮНЕП 2020 года, создает строительные материалы из пластиковых отходов
Survival of the greenest: businesses must reduce their footprint

Companies that ignore their impact on the environment don’t just alienate customers and turn off investors. Ultimately, says a new business brief from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), they face “…

03 Feb 2021 Story
Tea plantation in South India
India implements framework to calculate nature’s economic contribution

To combat environmental degradation and promote sustainability, India is implementing a new national statistical framework that measures the services that natural ecosystems provide. This reflects a global shift…

03 Feb 2021 Press release
Electric car
UNEP, Tata Power and Central Railway launch electric vehicle charging points at Mumbai railway stations

Mumbai, 03 February 2021 - Central Railway, Mumbai, in association with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Tata Power have announced the launch of their novel green initiative for promoting e-mobility in…

03 Feb 2021 Story
Wildlife around Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Kenya’s wetlands: a financing challenge

Lake Naivasha in southern-central Kenya is famed for its flower farms, fisheries and diverse wildlife, including buffalos, hippos and Eurasian migratory birds. The main inflow into the lake is from the Malewa river…

02 Feb 2021 Press release
EE Selva en Panamá
Latin American, Caribbean ministers commit to build back better and greener

Bridgetown, Barbados, February 2, 2021 - The Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean today signed the Bridgetown Declaration, in which they called for the integration of environmental issues…

02 Feb 2021 Press release
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Latin America and the Caribbean region launches 10-year Action Plan to restore ecosystems

Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 February 2020 – Latin America and the Caribbean today adopted regional plan containing 10 actions to promote the recovery of terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems in the next decade.…

02 Feb 2021 Press release
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New sanitation and wastewater management benchmark tool highlights opportunities to boost health and economic growth in Africa

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 February 2021 — The African Development Bank, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the inaugural Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa, a tool to…

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