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What is the United Nations Environmeng Programme (UNEP) doing to support biodiversity? Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UNEP Executive Director, answers this and more in her…
World Environment Day, which falls on 5 June, marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to revive natural spaces lost to development. In the lead-up to the Decade’s launch,…
A lush mountain called Macaya Peak looms tall on the southern peninsula of Haiti, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. The area is both a critical source of water and a hotspot for biodiversity since it retains…
The Caribbean Biological Corridor seeks to protect and restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the Greater Antilles and ecological connectivity between the islands. This initiative integrated by Cuba, the…
Haiti is home to a great biodiversity, with endemic species of mammals, amphibians and plants. However, this biological wealth is under threat. Since 1968, Haiti has worked to create 26 terrestrial and marine…
Since the start of the pandemic a growing number of people have turned to nature – including visible and audible nature in urban settings in the form of birds and birdsong – to soothe the angst brought about by…
Washington DC, 6 May 2021 - A Global Methane Assessment released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that human-caused methane emissions can…
Speech prepared for delivery at ‘Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Infrastructure Investment: A Virtual Dialogue with UNEP and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’. Built infrastructure is a marvel of…
Snaking along the northeastern shore of Manhattan is one of New York City’s last remaining marshes. The wetlands were built just two decades ago atop what was an illegal dump. But rapid erosion, a byproduct of…
The assessment highlights the critical role that cutting methane emissions, including from the fossil fuel industry, plays in slowing the rate of global warming. Cutting human-caused methane by 45% this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold…
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