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05 Jun 2021 Story
Students in a classroom in South Africa
New series takes children inside iconic South African landscapes

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…

05 Jun 2021 Report
Report for The Faith for Earth Councillor Programme India

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…

31 May 2021 Perspective series
Islam and Food Systems: Position Paper

Food plays cultural and spiritual roles for Muslims. The Qur’an makes special references to pure and lawful food and to the principles of balance, justice and health. However, our current extractive approach to food and development have led to…

20 May 2021 Newsletter
Faith for Earth Updates - 20 May 2021

While the Summer has not officially started, the heat of faith and interfaith activities have started to be felt across the globe. Last year might have been the hottest year in record, but this year certainly it is one of the hottest years for the…

19 May 2021 Video
A man sorts plastic bottles in a Kenyan coastal city.
In beach town’s battle against plastic, echoes of a global crisis

A stroll along the beaches of Watamu, Kenya used to mean navigating a sea of garbage, including piles of plastic water bottles. The trash marred what was otherwise an idyllic setting on the Indian Ocean – and it…

30 Apr 2021 Newsletter
Faith for Earth Updates- 30 April 2021

Multilateralism remains our only option to cooperate in achieving the goals that would take us to a better future. The only viable agenda we have today, is Agenda 2030. The Agenda does address all aspects of the needs of the people and the planet.…

16 Apr 2021 Story
Ученица Дипика Хемром обучает младших школьников в школе Фонда "Акшар" в Ассаме (Индия, 2020 г.)
Can a plastic bottle be a ticket to an education? In India, yes.

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…

25 Feb 2021 Newsletter
Faith for Earth Updates- 25 February 2021

Entitled “For People and Planet: The United Nations Environment Programme Strategy for 2022–2025 to Tackle Climate Change, Loss of Nature and Pollution”, UNEP’s Mid-Term Strategy for 2022-2025 was discussed and adopted by 193 countries that…

26 Jan 2021 Press release
Surge in court cases over climate change show increasing role of litigation in addressing the climate crisis
Surge in court cases over climate change shows increasing role of litigation in addressing the climate crisis

Nairobi, 26 January 2021 - Climate litigation cases have spiked in recent years, making the courtroom increasingly relevant to efforts to address climate change around the world. A UN Environment Programme (UNEP)…

22 Jan 2021 Press release
Reset Earth
UN Ozone Secretariat launches ‘Reset Earth’: Animation film & mobile game bring Gen Z into protecting ozone layer

Nairobi, 22 January 2021 – ‘Reset Earth’ is an innovative educational platform for adolescents about the fundamental role of the ozone layer in protecting the planet. The platform launches on World Education Day (…

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