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Twenty-eight chemicals that cause health problems including cancer and reproductive disorders – and sometimes death – are banned or restricted under the Stockholm Convention, one of the most critical international…
More than 600,000 people in Burkina Faso rely on small-scale gold mining to earn their living. The vast majority of these artisanal miners use mercury and other toxic substances in their work, a practice that has…
Every year, 1.7 million children die because they live in unhealthy environments. More than one in four deaths of all children under the age of five are the result of air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe water…
The countdown is on until Kenya’s national ban on plastic bags takes effect, with retailers across the country instructed to be ready to comply with the new law when it goes into force on 28 August. “We have served…
Minister, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Every year the world produces over 300 million tonnes of plastic. That’s a little less than one million tonnes of plastic produced every day! Some of it is incredibly…
Picking up trash on a beach isn’t how most kids like to spend their weekends. But dozens of people – including local school children – turned up for a clean-up on Kenya’s Watamu Beach, where participants collected…
Ministers, Excellencies, Executive Secretary, Ladies and gentlemen, Ostrava is the perfect place to host this conference. Not just because of the legacy of heavy industry that brought prosperity and pollution in…
Versova Beach in Mumbai was once an idyllic, palm-fringed strip of tropical urban coastline. These days, the remarkable thing about the beach is that you can actually see it. Relieved of about 5.5 million kilograms…
The Sixteenth Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) will be held from June 12-16, 2017 in Libreville, Gabon, under the theme: "Investing in Innovative Environmental Solutions to…
By Dianna Kopansky, UN Environment peatlands coordinator Smoke from peatland fires contributes to global air pollution, which causes nearly 6.5 million deaths annually. Indonesia has suffered from seasonal peat…
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