Follow UNEP Europe Twitter account for the latest updates on our participation in EU Green Week: https://twitter.com/UNEP_Europe Like every year, UNEP is pleased to participate in EU Green Week, the biggest annual conference on...
Tourism is one of Maldives’ most important economic sectors, contributing more than 23% to GDP in 2018. Annual visitors in 2019 amounted to 1,7 million, having doubled in sum over the past decade. While the country is a world...
Never has there been a more pressing time to discuss our relationship with nature, as one million species are faced with extinction, our climate is in a crisis and our battle with COVID-19 is ongoing. Amid the pandemic, EU Green...
Make a difference this year and be a part of the 2020 edition of the #EUBeachCleanUp! Oceans were already heavily affected before - but with Covid waste added - our oceans are suffering even more from the impact of human waste...
On 18 June 2019, a lab session at the European Development Days discussed the nexus between cleaning up the oceans and reducing inequalities. Over 3 billion people on our planet depend on marine and coastal resources for their...
How can we collectively take action to address the marine litter crisis? UN Environment, in cooperation with the Open University of the Netherlands, has launched the 3 rd free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Marine Litter...
The 4th UN Environment Assembly gathered in Nairobi from 11-15 March 2019. The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It addresses the critical environmental...
“We need to push the EU and Member States to take a hard stance, not just against marine litter”, but to protect the ocean as a whole, said Emma Priestland from Seas at Risk, at a ‘Chasing Coral’ screening on October 4 th in...
World commits to pollution-free planet at environment summit Almost 2.5 million pledges from governments, civil society, businesses, and individuals were logged If all commitments are met, 1.49 billion people will breathe clean...
Over 4,000 key players gather to consider new policies, leadership and funding options Environmental degradation accounts for nearly one in four of all deaths, or 12.6 million people a year, as well as other human health problems...