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Nairobi, 22 January 2021 – ‘Reset Earth’ is an innovative educational platform for adolescents about the fundamental role of the ozone layer in protecting the planet. The platform launches on World Education Day (…
Opening remarks by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme. Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen Allow me first to extend my deep appreciation to the President of COP11, Ms. Nicole…
Every 16 September, World Ozone Day reminds us of the need to protect the ozone – a thin, protective layer of gas that absorbs most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet light. In doing so, the ozone layer helps protect…
16 September is World Ozone Day. Thanks to international cooperation, this year we celebrate 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of global ozone layer protection. World Ozone Day shows that collective…
16 September is World Ozone Day. The theme for 2020 is Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection. It marks 35 years of the Vienna Convention. Inger Anderson, Executive Director of UNEP, explains how the…
Every year, the world generates more than two billion tonnes of trash. Even against the backdrop of a global pandemic, there is much being bought and sold, things are used and discarded. People tend to forget…
Nairobi, 14 July 2020 - The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to cut the use of climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), has reached a major milestone, with Liberia becoming…
On 26 June, individuals, governments, companies and other organizations celebrate World Refrigeration Day, which raises awareness about the significant role that refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pumps play…
The informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) system is a voluntary and informal mechanism of information exchange on intended trade between countries in ozone-depleting substances (ODS), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and…
The raid is not like other police raids. No flashing lights and no breaking down doors. There is no cache of weapons to seize. But on a planetary scale, what the police came to confiscate is no less dangerous. On…
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