Wastewater is a growing health and environmental threat, accounting for almost as many planet warming emissions as the aviation industry. Yet, with the right policies, wastewater could be an invaluable resource, providing...
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UNEP’s report ‘Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: A Global Roadmap’ outlines what each stakeholder group can do individually and collectively to reach the shared destination of a circular textile sector. To...
Nairobi, 3 September 2021 - WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this...
Water bottles, disposable toiletries, plastic bags, bin liners, food packaging and cups are among the biggest plastic polluters Rethinking single-use plastic products requires collaboration from all stakeholders London, 15 June...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to present you the fifth issue of the ACP MEAs 3 monthly Digest published on the first Monday of every month. As an informative publication, the Digest provides a...
This report is the second in a series of annual New Plastics Economy Global Commitment progress reports. It looks at how Global Commitment signatories, which together account for more than 20% of the plastic packaging market, are...
African population is expected to reach 1/4 of the world's population by 2050. This growth, along with the growing consumption, puts immense pressure on our natural resources, biodiversity and the ecological balance of the planet...
As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23% lower than the previous year, according to new research published on 6 April by UN...
The report "Resource Efficiency: Potential and Economic Implications" issued by UN Environment International Resource Panel, was commissioned in 2015 by the Group of Seven (G7) countries and released in Berlin at a workshop on...
The UN-EU Partnership Report 2014-2015 reflects the humanitarian and development cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, and our coordinated work on peace and security and human rights. The EU supported many...