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Under the theme, Life and Livelihoods, this World Oceans Day (8 June 2021) launches a decade of challenges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 14 to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine…
On World Environment Day, a clear message resonated across the globe: we must heal the planet, we must start now and we must work together because everyone has a role to play in reviving the world’s ailing…
The rare Markhor goat pictured in Pakistan. Photo: Unsplash/Nick SokolovWhen researcher Ashiq Ahmed Khan first visited Pakistan’s rugged Sulaiman Mountains, in 1982, he was there to study the markhor, a near-…
UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative, in partnership with the United Religions Initiative (URI), launched an innovative training in 2021 to bring interfaith and intra-faith communities and institutions together around climate action: The Faith for…
Most school children in South Africa learn about ecosystems – like wetlands and river basins – in the classroom and from textbooks. But a new programme is using videos and animation to give pupils an up-close look…
Islamabad/Nairobi, 5 June 2021 – Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day – with official celebrations held in Islamabad – by making…
Speech prepared for delivery at the World Environment Day celebrations 2021 hosted by the government of Pakistan. Thank you to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Minister Malik Amin Aslam Khan and the Ministry of Climate…
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…
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…
Islamabad, 4 June 2021 – Inclusive wealth, a measure of Pakistan’s prosperity and sustainability that accounts for social, economic and environmental factors has been on the rise consistently since 1992, a new UN…
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