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Armenia's 2023 World Ozone Day Activities
(2023-11-16)Armenia's World Ozone Day activities in 2023 -
El Salvador - Acciones realizadas en el marco del día internacional de la capa de ozono
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Terms of reference for the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)
(2023-10)These Terms of Reference for the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) are agreed to by the Quadripartite (FAO, UNEP, WOAH, and WHO). -
Call for Experts - One Health High-Level Expert Panel (“OHHLEP”)
(2023-10)The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), collectively, ... -
Mayors Gather in Paris for the First Ever International Forum to End Plastic Pollution in Cities - Event Summary
As worldwide plastic pollution continues to rise, mayors from every continent, scientists, NGOs, Intergovernmental Organisations and philanthropies gathered in Paris to exchange solutions to reduce the impact of plastics ... -
Latest News from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership - April 2020 (Newsletter #1)
(2020-04)The first edition of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Newsletter will provide you with latest highlights, upcoming events - such as the launch this month of experts consultations on mercury from oil and gas as well as ... -
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Montreal Protocol Award for Custom, and Enforcement Officers (5th edition)
(2023-01)Nominations of Customs and Enforcement Officers from Bulgaria, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, ... -
Japan Mercury Project Supported Mercury Management Practitioners Online
(2022-10)Web story #1. ‘Project for Promoting Minamata Convention on Mercury by making the most of Japan’s Knowledge and Experiences’ has faced the most serious challenge on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has restricted the ... -
To Reverse Nature Loss, Cities Call for Increased Investment at UN Biodiversity Conference
(2022-12-10)Montreal, Canada, 10 December 2022 – As the largest biodiversity conference in a decade kicked off in Montreal, mayors from 15 cities around the world called for increased direct financing to allow cities to implement ... -
The Ramped, Vegetated and Healthy Slopes Enable us to Grow Our Food and Protect Our Village from Landslides and Flooding: Haiti - Success Story
(2022-10)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
Changing Flash Floods into Farming Opportunities in Hare 2 Kebele/Village, Shebelle Woreda - Fafan Zone, Ethiopia - Success Story
(2022-10)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
“Healthy wetlands provide clean water and fish for our livelihood while also building our resilience towards floods, cyclones, and droughts”: India - Success Story
(2022)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
“Our protected and rehabilitated peatland saves us and our valuable trees from peat fire”: Indonesia - Success Story
(2022)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
“Commercial beekeeping improves our livelihoods and supports the protection of our forests and water streams, preventing drought and flooding”: Uganda - Success Story
Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ... -
Key International Associations and UN Team Up to Provide More Opportunities for Women in the Cooling Sector - Paris, 11 April 2022
(11/04/2022)To help accelerate this process, a new initiative called the International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) has been launched to advance the engagement of women, promote career opportunities, and increase their overall ... -
ACP MEAS 3 Digest Volume 2 Issue 1 March 2022 - A Quarterly Newsletter of the ACP MEAs Programme Funded by the European Union and Coordinated by UNEP
The ACP MEAs is an EU-UNEP partnership programme that begun in March 2009 as an initiative of the European Commission to address challenging environmental issues through the implementation of the MEAs in the African, ... -
OzoNews, Volume XXII, 15 April 2022 issue
(15/04/2022)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change 3. Meeting arrangements for 89th and 90th meetings of the Executive Committee 4. Key International Associations ...