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The UN Environment Programme, working in partnership with the UN Department of Global Communications, held a virtual Youth Flagship Event to commemorate World Environment Day on 4 June, 2021, under the theme…
A new report produced by the UN Secretariats of the Basel, Minamata, Rotterdam, & Stockholm conventions maps the interlinkages between hazardous chemicals, wastes and climate change, which combine to impact on efforts to conserve and restore…
A message from the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, Inger Andersen, for World Environment Day 2021.
Bees and other pollinators are increasingly under threat from human activities. To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN marks May 20 as World…
The exposure of people to toxic and harmful substances without their prior informed consent is a human rights issue. Toxic chemicals affect our rights to health, life, food, adequate standard of living and more.…
This report aims at providing an overview of the challenge that chemicals of concern pose in the context of products relevant for the building and construction sector. It outlines the relevance and linkages of chemicals of concern with regards to a…
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.…
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…
A first-of-its-kind legislative guide that provides four policy and legal approaches that countries can use to reduce their plastic waste permanently, regardless of the pandemic. This guide, developed by UNEP and the World Resources Institute, is a…
Learn how you can help beat plastic pollution and collect data for the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative.
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