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Ottawa, 23 April 2024 – The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), open

The world has a once-in-a-generation chance to profoundly change humanity’s relationship with plastic. That is the message from officials ahead of “pivotal” talks next week on a legally binding global instrument to end plastic pollution.

Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and

Ecuador, India, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Uruguay, and Vietnam have joined forces to reduce the environmental impact of the agricultural sector Highly hazardous pesticides and plastic waste from agriculture release toxic persistent o

When it comes to climate change, carbon dioxide is the gas that grabs most of the headlines.

Spanish officials declare a state of emergency due to drought. Unprecedented water shortages hammer Mexico City. Severely parched Zambia warns of a national disaster.  

Nairobi, 19 February 2024 - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today released its

Ever since the first lump of coal was burned thousands of years ago, fossil fuels have played a central part in the story of humanity.

Nairobi, 22 February 2024 – While heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) exports represent a modest 3.6% of the global automotive trade's total value, their associated CO2 emissions have surged by over 30% since 2000, with trucks contributi

Clean Air Flagship launched to save lives and slow climate change by boosting cooperation and reducing pollutant emiss

In a video address at the sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to come together to address the planet’s mos

When Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, it was hailed as “the material of a thousand uses”.

When Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite in 1907, it was hailed as “the material of a thousand uses”.

The environmental category of the 16th edition of the International Poster Biennial, hosted by Mexico for three decades, will be devoted to biodiversity Artists around the world are invited to submit their posters until 15 May 2020

In her native Somalia, designer Nimco Adam was known as the Queen of Tie Dye, spending hours plunging fabrics into vats of chemical dyes to use in her collections. Then, one day, she lost her sense of smell.

It’s 9 am and the rural district of Mount Airy in central Jamaica is already sweltering. As cars trundle along the region’s unpaved roads, chocolate-brown dust clouds burst from behind their back wheels. 

This story was originally published on 1 June 2022 and has been updated.

Amir Beg Khusrawi still has vivid memories of a flash flood that swept through his village in Afghanistan’s rugged northeast a decade ago.

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As rush hour dawns in Dar es Salaam, brightly coloured bajaji – or gas-powered rickshaws – deftly and opportunely squeeze through gaps between packed minibus taxis, known as dala dala.