With a looming planetary crisis, experts stress the need for more women in science. discusses the importance of gender equality in environmental solutions.
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The revival of Chile’s Cahuil Lagoon showcases sustainable conservation’s success, as wetlands globally decline by 85% since 1700s, threatening ecosystems due to climate change and urbanization.
To curb nitrous oxide emissions, we need to reduce synthetic fertilizer use, adopt more sustainable farming practices, and invest in better nitrogen management technologies.
Saint Kitts and Nevis launches drought forecasting system to help farmers adapt to climate change and ensure food security.
Thawing , accelerated by climate change, could release dormant, deadly microbes and pathogens, posing a growing threat to both human health and the environment.
In this episode from UNEP's "", we dive into questions related to how the media covers climate adaptation. What makes a climate story go viral? Why are stories so important for making sense of the climate crisis? How can the media convey the urgency without breeding despair? Lis and Marcus sit down with The New York Times’ adaptation reporter Christopher Flavelle to explore these questions. Plus, the filmmaker and explorer Malaika Vaz shares what it’s like to capture victims of the climate crisis and tell their story to a global audience.
Every year since 2005, honours individuals and organizations working on innovative and sustainable solutions to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
In 2024, working on innovative and sustainable solutions to restore land, enhance drought resilience, and combat desertification.
The aims to protect climate-resilient coral reefs and transition coastal economies to "ocean-positive" practices.
The in Cali, Colombia, resulted in a historic agreement requiring companies using genetic data to contribute to the UN-managed "," supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
Negotiations at #COP16Colombia have reached the halfway point. Here in Cali at this 'People's COP' we need to see progress on turning commitments into real, tangible action. Lots of work ahead, but together, we can make #PeaceWithNature. More information of .
Ugly, annoying, and destructive, are invisible yet pervasive, contributing to 45% of global warming and causing significant harm to our health and the environment.
Worldwide, nearly cook on inefficient stoves or over open fires, breathing in harmful smoke.
Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, UNEP warns of severe air pollution in East and Southeast Asia, urging immediate action to address the crisis and save lives.
Every year, the world produces around 430 million tonnes of plastic, most of which soon becomes waste. to plastic pollution is a concept known as .
Every year, the world loses enough cover to fill Portugal, with much of that deforestation happening in 20 tropical countries, including Brazil.
Puyanawa is the chief of the Puyanawa Indigenous Peoples, whose traditional territory had for generations been diced up and deforested, including by the notoriously brutal rubber barons of the colonial era. But in recent years, the Puyanawa have regained control over their lands, largely ending the clear cutting ravaging much of the Amazon. Instead, the Puyanawa have turned to farming, using traditional practices, like dotting their fields with hardwood trees, to ease the burden on the land.
SDG-15: Life on land - Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
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