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Plastic is cheap, light and mouldable. We use it everywhere. However, the durability and low cost that make it so useful also make it such a common and dangerous pollutant. Plastic doesn’t biodegrade. Rather it…

At a retreat of the AU Executive Council, Ibrahim Thiaw, discussed fighting illegal trade in wildlife with African Foreign Ministers Mekelle, Ethiopia, 25 January 2016 – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP…

Hundreds of volunteers have gathered for three plastic pollution clean-ups in the Russian Arctic. Norwegian and Russian youths took part in today's event in the Murmansk Sea area together with a UN Environment…

New Action Plans for Seabirds, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Crowned Crane, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Bald Ibis, Shoebill and Taiga Bean Goose Adopted Bonn, 16 November 2015 – 22 resolutions, including action plans for…

Marine exploration and environmental awareness-raising run deep in Pierre-Yves Cousteau’s family. As the youngest son of the legendary marine explorer, author and documentary-maker Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he took…

In May 1956, four people went to hospital suffering from fever, slurred speech, convulsions and other symptoms. More and people from fishing villages near Minamata - on the southern island of Kyushu in Japan -…

Hiking through a dense forest with leaves rustling in the wind; paddling across a crystal clear lake with bright pebbles underneath; or reaching up for a gap in the rocks while climbing, tense with the fear of…

This chapter makes the case for increasing investment to green the energy sector with a focus on the renewable energy supply. It describes the current world energy supply and the growing role of renewable sources of energy within it, as well as…

Soria, Spain - 28 September 2016: The owner of a recycling company has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to the illegal handling of electronic and toxic waste and releasing ozone-…

This chapter examines the role of transport in a green economy. Drawing on the Avoid, Shift and Improve strategy, it highlights the challenges and opportunities of shifting to a greener transport system. It also examines the various options and…