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Over 4,000 key players gather to consider new policies, leadership and funding options Environmental degradation accounts for nearly one in four of all deaths, or 12.6 million people a year, as well as other human…

By Ligia Noronha, Director of UN Environment’s Economy Division Pollution is, in every way imaginable, a dirty word. It conjures up images of clouds of choking smog hazing city skylines, chemicals slicking the…

UN Environment and its partners work tirelessly to make our world a healthier one. From tackling air pollution to recovering the ozone layer, when you invest in UN Environment, you invest in a Healthy Environment…

Dan Stothart, Regional Humanitarian Affairs Officer for UN Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean, gives a first-hand account of the challenges facing the Caribbean island of Dominica. Many people have…

Early adopters can make air quality, climate gains. On the stock market, electric car maker Tesla is worth more than Ford. From 2019, all new Volvo models will be powered by electricity. France and India are among…

World Food Day on 16 October is an opportunity to reflect on how healthy ecosystems can help to reduce the number of people who don’t have enough to eat. Food security is notoriously complex. It is more about…

The amount of farmland irrigated with untreated wastewater is much greater than previously thought, new research suggests. The findings of a study published in Environmental Research Letters have serious…

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word pollution? Billowing dark clouds rising out of a smokestack at a local factory. Thousands of cars on a highway adding to the smog layer above. Or maybe…

In Sudan, a country with less than 18 days of rain per year, access to water resources and healthy pasture is especially vital to the survival of rural pastoralist tribes, for whom herding camels and sheep is a…

Simply by removing the flowers of an invasive species, researchers in Mali were able to drastically reduce local cases of malaria. The nectar of the plant, Prosopis juliflora, is an important source of food for…