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UN Clean Seas Campaign Aims to Eliminate Ocean Plastic

Andrew Burger March 1, 2017

Dell Computers and a cast of celebrities have joined UNEP's "Clean Seas Campaign" in a bid to eliminate ocean plastic.Read More

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Mangroves for the Future, FAO Launch Regional Sustainable Financing Project

Andrew Burger December 21, 2016

With field projects under way in South and Southeast Asia, the MFF-FAO program aims to develop a low-cost mechanism for mangrove conservation and sustainable development to supplement the sale of carbon credits.Read More

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Nations Accelerate Plans to Realize UN Biodiversity Conservation Goals

Andrew Burger December 6, 2016

Mexico established four new biological reserves and five other protected areas as representatives from more than 190 UN member nations adopted the Cancun Declaration, stepping up their efforts to conserve biological diversity. Will it be enough to curtail a Sixth Great Extinction?Read More

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UNDP, UNEP Expand National Climate Adaptation Program

Andrew Burger September 15, 2015

The two leading UN agencies are expanding efforts to assist national governments adapt to climate change as UN member nations gear up for much anticipated climate change treaty talks in Paris this December.Read More

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First UN Environment Assembly Marks Environmental Coming of Age

Andrew Burger June 24, 2014

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is taking on a higher profile in multilateral efforts to spur ecosystems-based approaches to governance and development. This includes broad-based, far reaching efforts to craft and implement climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.Read More

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Experts Gather in Bonn to Address Threats to “Water in

Andrew Burger May 22, 2013

Humans are having an alarming impact on global water supplies, climate and ecosystems, threats which the Global Water Systems Project says requires urgent, holistic and systemic remedies.Read More

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Global Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New Record

Thomas Schueneman November 21, 2012

On Tuesday the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported in its Greenhouse Gas Bulletin that the volume of atmospheric greenhouse gases hit a new record in 2011. Carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, reached a level of 390.9 parts per million (ppm) in 2011, or 140 percent of pre-industrial levels. The WMO estimates that […]Read More

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