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UN Environment today launched its combined Annual Report and Programme Performance Report for 2016. The report describes the organization’s accomplishments for the year, highlighting successes and detailing…
Human mobility has fundamentally altered the make-up and the character of the biological world, as more and more species, relocated from their natural home environments, have – as aliens – been introduced, either…
Luanda, Angola, 5 June 2016 – As the plane banks in off the Atlantic Ocean over Luanda, the capital of Angola, the chief driver of the southern African nation’s economy announces itself loud and clear. Dozens of…
The discovery of 40 frozen tiger cubs in a freezer in a Buddhist temple in Thailand is a shock to many around the world. While circumstances of their death remain unclear, sadly, 40 tiger cubs represent only a tiny…
Ramping up renewable energy generation to combat climate change could lead to the deaths of huge numbers of migrating birds and other wildlife unless governments and power companies reduce the dangers from new…
Stark warning from former president as world looks set to witness a spike in the number of people driven from their homes by environmental change The former president of Kiribati – a country that will be swallowed…
As hundreds of scientists, policy-makers and representatives of civil society gathered at the United Nations Environment Assembly Science-Policy Forum in Nairobi, New Zealand’s top scientist urged scientists and…
Will new tools that map greenhouse gas emissions give birth to the cities of the future? The map showed a large red blotch, indicating high levels of the greenhouse gas methane. Satellites zoomed in on the blotch…
One of UNEP’s activities involves helping countries draw up official plans for implementing their international commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). National Biodiversity Strategies and…
Minute of silence urged to honour the sacrifice of men and women fighting to improve the environment Nairobi, 21 and 22 May 2016 – Policymakers and key stakeholders meeting on Sunday ahead of the United Nations…
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