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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
(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 ... -
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
(14/04/2022)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 ... -
ACP MEAs 3 Monthly Information Digest Volume 2 Issue 4 April 2022
(2022-04)The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Outcomes of the Geneva biodiversity conference; Blue Deal for economic recovery and sustainable growth; Roles of indigenous communities in biodiversity protection; Rise ... -
OzoNews Volume XXII - 30 March 2022
(2022-03)In this issue: A tribute to Frank Pinto (written by his colleagues in UNDP) 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Meeting arrangements for 89th and 90th meetings of the Executive Committee 3. Continental-scale ... -
OzoNews Volume XXII - 15 March 2022
(2022-03)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Cutting HFCs to cool the Earth 3. On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke 4. Two additional regions of Asia were sources of banned ... -
The Time is Now for Bold, Ambitious and Effective Actions - Faith for Earth Newsletter 14 March 2022
(2022-03)The report - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - cites that "any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of ... -
ACP MEAs 3 Monthly Information Volume 2 Issue 3 March 2022
(2022-03)The key highlights of this month’s issue include: State of global environmental governance 2021; Health in the global environmental agenda; State of finance for nature; Failure in global climate-adaptation funds; Protecting ... -
OzoNews Volume XXII - 28 February 2022
(28/02/2022)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Launch of the online introductory course ‘International legal framework on ozone layer protection’ 3. Cooling Matters: World Refrigeration Day Announces 2022 ... -
OzoNews Volume XXII - 15 February 2022
(15/02/2022)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. Cooling Matters: World Refrigeration Day Announces 2022 Theme 3. The influence of iodine on the Antarctic stratospheric ozone hole 4. Call for nominations now open ... -
ACP MEAS 3 Monthly Information Digest Volume 2 Issue 2 February 2022
(2022-02)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the Second Issue of the ACP MEAs 3 monthly Digest for February 2022. As an informative publication, the Digest provides a collection of key information ...