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Closing in on an end to plastic pollution
A global treaty to end plastic pollution is within reach, but action on chemicals, production and financing is critical.
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How Uganda’s push for “clean cooking” could save lives and counter climate change
Kagimu is one of a growing number of Ugandans who in recent months have switched to electric cooking technologies. The ...
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Pipeline blasts released record-shattering amount of methane: UNEP study
Up to 485,000 tonnes of the greenhouse gas seeped from the Nord Stream pipeline network following a series of explosions in ...
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Innovative financing plan helps Vietnamese wind farm get off the ground
In Viet Nam, a seed capital assistance facility helps build a wind farm, which has reduced CO2 emissions and created jobs.
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New independent institute to drive and assess the implementation of Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
The Global Tailings Management Institute (GTMI), an independent, multi-stakeholder governed organisation dedicated to ...
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As heat records fall, experts call for reductions in this often-overlooked greenhouse gas
Experts say limiting the release of nitrous oxide is crucial for keeping warming below the critical 1.5°C threshold of the ...
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UNEP, Italy expand effort to harness digitalization for environmental and humanitarian gains
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), with the support of the Italian ...
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One united environment family: 25 years of the Geneva Environment Network
Inger Andersen delivers a welcome speech at the Geneva Environment Network High-Level 25th Anniversary Celebration.
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Geneva Environment Network High-Level 25th Anniversary Celebration
Partners and friends—members of the Geneva environmental community. Firstly, my huge thanks to Geneva, to Switzerland and to every member of the Geneva Environment Network, or GEN, for their powerful ...