Colombia Unveils COP16 Logo, Sends Message Of ‘Peace With Nature’
Ratifying its leadership in the biodiversity and climate talks, Minister Susana Muhamad, accompanied by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological...
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UN Environment Assembly Advances Collaborative Action Against Climate Change, Nature Loss And Pollution
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE The sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) concluded Friday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to...
UNEP Calls For Nominations For Young Champions of the Eart Award
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a call for nominations for its Young Champions of the Earth award, which recognizes young people’s contributions and outstanding potential...
UN Environment Assembly Opens In Kenya With Calls For Stronger Multilateral Action
Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 180 nations convened today in Nairobi for the start of the sixth session of the United...
Somalia: 13-Year-Old Girl Raped In Displacement Camp
Save the Children is calling for increased protection of girls in Somalia after a 13-year-old girl was raped by a group of armed men outside...
Humanitarian Crisis Hits Ukraine, As Over 8m Women And Girls Need Assistance In 2024
Two years of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has taken thousands of lives, caused untold destruction, displaced millions, traumatized a generation, torn families and communities,...
Nature Stages Comeback, As UN Recognizes Seven World Restoration Flagships
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean,...
GEF Council Approves $916 Million For Urgent Environmental Action
The Global Environment Facility’s 186 member governments on Monday allocated $916 million for international action on biodiversity, climate change, nature renewal, and pollution control, and...
World’s Migratory Species Of Animals Are In Decline, Global Extinction Risk Is Increasing – UN Report
The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a...
GEF Council Approves $1.1 Billion And Sets Plans For Biodiversity Fund
The Global Environment Facility’s 186 member governments have agreed to invest $1.1 billion for international action on biodiversity, climate change, nature renewal, and pollution control,...