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03 Jun 2021 Speech
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Clean energy technologies for a net-zero world

Speech prepared for delivery at the 12th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM12) at the plenary session on “Ambition into action–turning a year of ambition into a decade of delivery”. Minister Juan Carlos Jobet, Minister…

27 Apr 2021 Story
Вьетнамская крестьянка разговаривает по мобильному телефону
Getting the planet’s other half online

While the internet might seem like it’s everywhere, more than 3 billion people around the world are still offline. That digital divide is not only driving poverty, it’s also contributing to climate change and a…

20 Apr 2021 Press release
Plastic waste
UNEP and Google partner to hunt for plastic pollution with machine learning

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.…

19 Mar 2021 Story
Laptops
With new pact, tech companies take on climate change

When ride hailing company Bolt set out to design its own shared scooter, part of a push into lightweight urban transit, engineers had one overarching goal: make it eco-friendly. The result, set to hit Europe’s…

19 Feb 2021 Story
Three Gorges Big Data Area,Yichang city, China
Can big data help protect the planet?

At the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly, world and digital-industry leaders discuss how environmental action must be backed by latest technologies, including earth observations, Artificial Intelligence…

27 Jan 2021 Story
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Video game industry levels up on climate change

Want to capture the attention of millions of young people and raise awareness about the climate emergency? Then talk to the video gaming industry. Levelling up, going faster, scoring higher and taking on the…

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 (…

11 Jan 2021 Story
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Five things to know about desalination

More and more people in water-scarce countries rely on desalinated water for drinking, cooking and washing. The process involves removing salt from seawater and filtering it to produce drinking quality water. But…

17 Nov 2020 Story
Фламинго на берегу озера Богория, Кения
Sharing the benefits of Kenya’s soda lakes

Lake Bogoria in Kenya’s Rift Valley region is a soda lake – extremely salty and alkaline, unable to support fish. It has deep spiritual and cultural significance for the Endorois people, who have been its…

21 Oct 2020 Story
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New strains of rice could address climate change

Rice is a staple for more than 3.5 billion people, including most of the world’s poor. But it can be a problematic crop to farm. It requires massive amounts of water and the paddies in which it grows emit methane,…

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