Digital hub designed to protect coral reefs shortlisted for global award
A new digital platform to help dive professionals protect fragile coral reefs has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2020 Con X Tech Prize, an award that provides seed funding to innovative conservation projects. The Green Fins Global Hub by The Reef-World Foundation, which is being developed in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was shortlisted …. Read More
Global Trade in Used Vehicles Report
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the USA and Japan to low- and middle-income countries are hindering efforts to combat climate change. They are contributing to air pollution and are often involved in road accidents. Many of them are of poor quality and would fail road-worthiness tests in the exporting countries. …. Read More
IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics
The report by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) addresses the links between the degradation of nature and increasing pandemic risks, quantifying the economic costs of pandemics as well as the costs of preventing future pandemics, and offers evidence-informed policy options for governments and decision-makers to escape the era of pandemics.
Used vehicles get a second life in Africa – but at what cost?
John Mwangi’s 22-year-old car is his lifeline. His run-down Toyota saloon not only ferries him around the streets of the traffic-congested Kenyan capital, Nairobi, but is also his main source of revenue. Resting against its open boot, surrounded by fresh pumpkins, sweet potatoes and other vegetables, a smiling Mwangi, 34, explained how it has transformed …. Read More
16th UNEP FI Global Roundtable: Plenary sessions
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) 16th Global Roundtable, held virtually for the first time ever from 13-14 October 2020, attracts over 2500 participants. Here are the plenary sessions of the event convened under the theme «Financing a Resilient Future.» The New Climate Leadership in Finance: The Race to Net-Zero Thirty of the world’s largest …. Read More
Las metas y valores que impulsan el negocio de Hector Joseph Dager Gaspard
Hector Joseph Dager Gaspard define el poder de la cooperación para generar valor integral y soluciones innovadoras para cada uno de sus clientes y las zonas geográficas en donde está operando. Visión Descubrir todo el potencial del capital humano para mejorar la trayectoria del éxito de toda la corporación, con el sueño y la convicción de …. Read More
State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean
Despite representing less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, the Mediterranean Sea is home to up to 18% of the planet’s marine species. The decline of Posidonia Oceanica (an endemic seagrass species known as the “lungs of the Mediterranean”), overfishing, non-indigenous species are among the symptoms of environmental degradation. Marine and coastal ecosystems are reeling under pressure …. Read More
Global trade in used vehicles report
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the USA and Japan to low- and middle-income countries are hindering efforts to combat climate change. They are contributing to air pollution and are often involved in road accidents. Many of them are of poor quality and would fail road-worthiness tests in the exporting countries. …. Read More
Creencias religiosas se asociarían con suicidios en pueblos indígenas
Espíritus que toman posesión de los cuerpos, temor a afrontar castigos, asuntos de linaje o convicción de que llegó la hora de morir, son algunas de las razones por las que los indígenas del pueblo Ikʉ, de Yo’sagaka, en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, deciden quitarse la vida. Todas estas explicaciones sobre el “ahorco”, …. Read More
Celebrating African youth turning the tide on plastic pollution
Nairobi, 16 October 2020 – More than 400 young Africans were today honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution in their communities as part of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge. At a high-level event, political leaders, senior UN officials and Grammy-nominated Ghanaian musician Rocky Dawuni lauded the leadership shown by young people in global efforts …. Read More
Discrimination in the air
Nine out of 10 people globally breathe polluted air, causing about 7 million premature deaths every year. On 7 September 2020, the United Nations observed the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. This article is part of UNEP’s continuing coverage of air pollution and its impact globally. Over 40 per cent of the U.S. …. Read More
Iraq’s environmental sustainability prioritized in new UNEP/UNDP agreement
Manama, Baghdad, 22 October 2020 – The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for West Asia based in Manama, Bahrain, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq have joined forces today, signing a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, particularly the environmental Sustainable Development Goals …. Read More
Nature meets policy in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso country is implementing several multilateral environmental agreements – including the National Economic and Social Development Plan (2016-2020), which envisages “strong, sustainable and inclusive economic growth.” But transformational change is no small feat. In 2019, Burkina Faso ranked 141 out of 162 countries in terms of progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The United Nations Development …. Read More
Thirty of the world’s largest investors set unprecedented 5-year portfolio decarbonization targets
Geneva, 13 October 2020 – Thirty of the world’s largest investors with $5 trillion assets under management have collectively agreed on concrete portfolio decarbonization targets that follow the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 °C scenario for the next five years. UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance members will implement deep greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in …. Read More
Don’t ignore economic lessons of the Great Recession: new UNEP report
“The world today finds itself in the worst financial and economic crisis in generations. The crisis has triggered an unprecedented policy response: interest rates have been dramatically reduced, in some cases down to almost zero, and hundreds of billions of dollars in liquidity support and fresh capital have been provided to banking systems around the …. Read More
New UNEP report lights the way for financial institutions to shift to more sustainable circular economies
New UNEP report highlights the critical role of financial institutions in advancing the growth of circularity by investing in businesses that take a more sustainable approach to production and consumption Transitioning to circular economies that use resources more efficiently while minimizing pollution, waste and carbon emissions could generate USD trillions in business opportunities while protecting …. Read More
Investing in sustainability: Greening finance
The COVID-19 pandemic is part of the three planetary crises: the climate crisis, the biodiversity and nature crisis, and the pollution and waste crisis – which are destroying the natural systems that allow our economies to thrive. Over the decades, there have been many commitments to address these crises. COVID-19 has shown what happens when …. Read More
Global trade in used vehicles report
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the USA and Japan to low- and middle-income countries are hindering efforts to combat climate change. They are contributing to air pollution and are often involved in road accidents. Many of them are of poor quality and would fail road-worthiness tests in the exporting countries. …. Read More
Despite representing less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, the Mediterranean Sea is home to up to 18% of the planet’s marine species. The decline of Posidonia Oceanica (an endemic seagrass species known as the “lungs of the Mediterranean”), overfishing, non-indigenous species are among the symptoms of environmental degradation. Marine and coastal ecosystems are reeling under pressure from the unsustainable pursuit of economic growth. This pressure is illustrated by the challenges of marine litter and pollution and further compounded by the rising impacts of climate change. A United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) report produced by Plan Bleu, a UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre, provides the most comprehensive assessment of the state of the environment and development in the region and includes a set of key messages that can inform an adequate policy response. The report was prepared under the Barcelona Convention, the Contracting Parties of which are 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Union.
Despite representing less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface, the Mediterranean Sea is home to up to 18% of the planet’s marine species. The decline of Posidonia Oceanica (an endemic seagrass species known as the “lungs of the Mediterranean”), overfishing, non-indigenous species are among the symptoms of environmental degradation. Marine and coastal ecosystems are reeling under pressure …. Read More
Financing Circularity: Demystifying Finance for the Circular Economy
Financial institutions will be crucial to make the shift to circularity, ensuring the consumption and production patterns of the businesses they invest in making more efficient use of resources and minimize waste, pollution and carbon emissions. This is the conclusion of the United Nations Environment Programme report Financing Circularity: Demystifying Finance for the Circular Economy which outlines how …. Read More