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Statement prepared for delivery at the briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Yemen on 03 June 2021. Thank you, Mr. President. The risk of a massive oil leakage from the FSO Safer, a floating single-…
Together we can create changeمعاً نستطيع صنع التغيير🌍🙌#FoodWaste@samidimassi_UN@UNEP@UNEP_Arabic @UNICManama@UNICBeirut@sce_bh#AUBFAFS pic.twitter.com/m9K34MMC7B — UN Environment Programme West Asia (@…
Baghdad/Geneva, 4 May 2021 - Mosul – Iraq’s second largest city – suffered massive devastation during the conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An estimated 7-8 million tonnes of debris was…
Globally, over 3 billion people are at risk of disease because the water quality of their rivers, lakes and groundwater is unknown, due to a lack of data. Meanwhile, a fifth of the world’s river basins are…
The next time you pour expired milk down the drain or throw away wilted vegetables, consider how this waste could have been avoided. A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) finds the world…
Women are playing a lead role in tackling some of the planet’s biggest environmental threats, from climate change to species loss, to pollution. International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March, provides an…
Statement prepared for delivery at the 153rd meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives Ambassador Coimbra, Excellencies, colleagues I am honoured on behalf of UNEP, to address you at the first meeting…
According to the report, cutting greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the impacts and costs associated with climate change. Achieving the 2°C target of the Paris Agreement could limit losses in annual growth to up…
2020 was not only the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the year of intensifying climate change: high temperatures, floods, droughts, storms, wildfires and even locust plagues. Even more worryingly, the…
For our “Ask a Scientist” video series, Valerie Kapos, answers some of the most commonly asked questions on adaptation.
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