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The The World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal, “Climate-Responsible Finance – A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living world“.

50 billion tons: enough to build a wall 27 metres wide and 27 metres high around planet Earth. This is the volume of sand and gravel used each year, making it the second most used resource worldwide after water. Given our dependency on it, sand must be recognised as a strategic resource and its extraction and use needs to be rethought, finds a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 

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United Nation's Environment Programme has named Sir David Attenborough this year's Champion of the Earth.

By the uns environment programme. the award recognises the veteran broadcasters devotion to telling stories about the natural world and climate change. the head of the environment programme said sir davids programmes have helped people "fall in love with the planet". our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. let me just say that we are deeply honoured. like so much of life today, this award ceremony was conducted over the internet but there was nothing virtual about sir davids delight. you have...

This Earth Day, test your environmental knowledge with these questions to see just how much you know.

Switching en masse to a plant-based diet is essential to protect wildlife habitats and prevent the loss of numerous species, a new report concludes. At the root of the problem is cheap food. While cut-priced comestibles may seem like a good thing, constant pressure to reduce food production costs forces many farmers to adopt unsustainable methods.

Pacific countries made major strides towards realising the vision of the Cleaner Pacific 2025 today, with the launch of ISLANDS Pacific – a 14-nation initiative aiming to avoid the release of 28,000 tonnes of marine litter, safely dispose of 720 tonnes of contaminated material, and reduce the burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and mercury in island communities.  ISLANDS Pacific will strengthen existing regional efforts to #BeatPollution, through support for container deposit legis...

South-east Asia among regions hardest hit by climate change: IPCC report Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

UNEP marks 50th anniversary with call to back vision for green future-