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Rajeshwari Singh, a 32-year-old from Vadodara in western India, is on her way to Delhi. But this feisty young woman hasn’t chosen the easiest way to get to the capital. As temperatures soar across North India, with…
Do we really need all the plastic wrapped around the things we buy? The Ekoplaza store in Amsterdam has decided that we don’t. Shoppers there can now choose from 700 products – including fruit and vegetables - in…
How do we prepare for the doubling of the global urban population by 2050? By dramatically rethinking urbanism and its governance. That means designing cities for people, not cars; allowing everyone access to urban…
A new cooperation has been launched in Nairobi between UN Environment and the World Economic Forum. This cooperation was articulated alongside a similar agreement with Philips Lighting. The memoranda of…
World governments called for “rapid, large-scale and co-ordinated action against pollution” on Wednesday, capping the United Nations Environment Assembly with a strong commitment to protect human health and our…
How pollution produces antimicrobial-resistant germs, the threat from sand and dust storms, the importance of protecting our oceans: the United Nations Environment Assembly served Tuesday as a launch pad for a new…
The third UN Environment Assembly officially kicked off on Monday morning, with over 4,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives coming together in Nairobi to…
By Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment The smoke that billowed from the burning oil fields was so thick it blocked out the sun. By the time I reached Qayarrah, where Islamic State fighters had set fire to 18 oil…
According to the latest edition of the Greening the Blue report, released today, a record number of United Nations entities – 39 – were climate neutral for 2016. The report also notes an uptick in recycling across…
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