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Video message prepared for delivery at the Ministerial Roundtable “All for One, Together towards Kunming." Excellency Huang Runqiu, Minister for Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China. Ministers,…
Geneva/Paris/Rome/Nairobi, 20 May 2021 - International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger…
Today Izabella Teixeira (former Environment Minister of Brazil) and Janez Potočnik (former European Commissioner for Environment and Science) are colleagues as Co-Chairs of the UNEP/International Resource Panel. A decade ago, they became friends as…
Speech prepared for delivery at the 154th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives Ambassador Fernando Coimbra, Chair of the CPR Excellencies, colleagues I am pleased to address you today as we open…
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…
Speech prepared for delivery at a press conference on the launch of the One Health High Level Expert Panel. Excellency, Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France Excellency, Mr Heiko…
UNEP/IUCN Protected Planet Report: great progress since 2010 with over 22 million km2 of land and 28 million km2 of ocean protected or conserved and 42% of current coverage added in the last decade; but a third of…
A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is integral to the full enjoyment of a wide range of human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, and sanitation. Without a healthy…
The right to breathe clean air is one of the components of the right to a healthy environment. Air pollution negatively impacts on the enjoyment of many human rights, in particular the right to life and the right…
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.…
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