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Current patterns of crop and livestock production and of processing, trans- port and consumption, are not deliv- ering healthy, nutritious food to society. They are generating large and unacceptable impacts on…
Gender, Violence and the Environment When we turn on the tap, there is water. When we turn on the cook stove, there is fire. Such conveniences should not be taken for granted. For people living in rural areas…
Battle for Mosul triggers environmental disaster as Islamic State fighters use the environment as a weapon of war, setting fire to oil wells as part of scorched earth policy Qayyarah, Iraq In the fight to retake…
Squeezing past the pulley carts stacked high with goods, through the throng of people navigating the sweltering alleyways of Nairobi’s bustling informal industrial sector, Dr Faridah Were can’t hide her unease when…
By Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment When I took over as head of UN Environment in June, I knew I had no shortage of environmental challenges ahead of me. From polar to tropical, landlocked to coastal, countries…
This time was different. I had seen the devastation and destruction that conflicts and disasters cause. I had been on disaster response missions before and the images of the Nepal Earthquake were still fresh in my…
Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer will achieve the final phase-out of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) this year with the phase-out of CFCs used in metered-dose…
Investing in environmental sustainability can serve as an insurance policy for health and human well-being The degradation of the environment – the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and the…
Lead is a widely used metal that is harmful to human health and the environment
Lead is a widely used metal that is harmful to human health and the environment
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