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UN climate report: 'Atlas of human suffering' worse, bigger | 2022-02-28 21:38:09

Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is...

Countries participating in UN environment summit expected to adopt blueprint for global plastic waste treaty - Click the link for more details

Nairobi, 28 February 2022 –  Ministers of environment and other representatives from over 170 nations convened  today in Nairobi to launch the three-day hybrid (in-person and online) resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2).  Amid concern over intensifying hostilities in Ukraine and a call by the UN Secretary-General for an immediate ceasefire, the Assembly kicked off with high hopes to advance a global agreement on plastic pollution, among a series of dr...

'Every second counts': Global reactions to UN climate report | 2022-03-01 03:03:34

Representatives from more than 100 nations are expected to agree on a broad template for a world-first treaty on plastic waste over three days of in-person and virtual deliberations.

The UN Environment Assembly opened its annual meeting February 28, 2022 in Nairobi. Youth took part in talks. Global treaty to control plastic tops the agenda.

BERLIN (AP) — A panel of scientists convened by the United Nations has published a...

NAIROBI, Feb 28 — Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools — tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya’s beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond. They are the footwear of choice for much of the world but cheap flip flops, like...

BERLIN (AP) — A panel of scientists convened by the United Nations has published a...