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931 million tonnes of food – or 17 per cent of all food – end up in the trash without being eaten. From landfills it contributes to global warming while straining local government funds. COVID-19 has impacted our food consumption and a ‘build back…
30 per cent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels are soaked up by forests and woodlands. Yet every year the world loses 10 million hectares of forest. Deforestation and forest degradation accounts for 11 per cent of carbon emissions. The…
While the world struggles to address the climate emergency, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and average global temperature is now 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. Even fully meeting the commitments set out in the…
The buildings and construction sector is not on track. Reaching the committed targets of the Paris Agreement will mean reducing energy demand, decarbonizing the power sector and reducing lifecycle carbon emissions. While this is extensive, it will…
Bangkok, 20 April 2021 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that it is working to fight plastic pollution using citizen science and machine learning, with technical advisory support from Google.…
For the better part of the last month the Flipflopi, a boat cobbled together from recycled plastic, has been circumnavigating Africa’s biggest lake, braving high winds and torrential rain to shine a light on…
Deepika Hemrom’s parents pay her school fees with plastic. Not Master Card or Visa but actual plastic waste. They are participating in a ground-breaking scheme in Assam, India, that allows low-income families to…
Speech prepared for delivery at the Colloquia on Science Diplomacy organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. More…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all acutely aware that human health, animal health and planetary health are inextricably linked. For example, animals, including wild animals, are the source of more than 70 per…
COVID-19 hasn’t only raised concern for health. It has also stimulated thought and debate around issues of human rights – including those related to the environment. After all, the emergence of the zoonotic disease…
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