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NAIROBI - The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) marked its 50-year anniversary Thursday at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Activists have cr

The U.N. passed a resolution yesterday to develop a global treaty to control plastic waste

Download logoPresident Uhuru Kenyatta has announced the creation of a peace and environment award dubbed “Amani and Mazingira Global Award” as part of the

Tired of the poor improper plastic waste disposal in Nairobi, Kenya, Nzambi Matee, 29, took it upon herself to solve one of the world’s biggest environmental concerns by changing the world - one bric…

It sets the stage for international negotiations designed to produce a treaty by 2024.

GLOBAL TREATY. Delegates celebrate the adoption of a resolution to end plastic pollution at the closing meeting of the resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, 2022. The resumed UNEA-5 wrapped up with delegates adopting a resolution to pave the way for the establishment of a legally binding global treaty by 2024 to end plastic pollution. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) NAIROBI - The resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) wrapped u...

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

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhis Stockholm address linking environmental conservation and poverty reduction was echoed in the high-level opening ceremony of the special UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) beginning here on Thursday to commemorate ...

UN countries on Wednesday agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape. The UN Environment Assembly voted unanimously at its meeting in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for a resolution “to end plastic pollution.” It sets the stage for international negotiations designed to produce a treaty by 2024. “Today we wrote history. Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic,” said Norwegian Minister of Climate and the En...

Manchin laid out what he could accept in a broad social spending bill, potentially giving Democrats a chance to get their political agenda back on track.