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© Ripley Munns on Unsplash Food waste is a global problem, not just the developed world. According to the new Food Waste Index Report 2021 of the United Nations environment program (Unep) and the British NGO WRAP, “About 931 million tons of food, or 17% of the total food available to consumers in 2019, ended up in waste bins from households, retailers, restaurants and other food services ”, as much as 23 million fully loaded 40-ton trucks, which, lined up, would circle the Earth 7 times. T...

Hydromet Gap Report 2021 The first Hydromet Gap Report tells us how far we have to go to tap the benefits of effective weather and climate services. It presents the challenges of the complex global and local undertaking required and proposes priority actions to scale up support to developing countries to strengthen their capacity. It highlights how investments in multi-hazard early warning systems create benefits worth at least ten times their costs and are vital to build resilience to extreme ...

UN ready to promote ‘win-win solution’ for Blue Nile dam project UN ready to promote ‘win-win solution’ for Blue Nile dam project UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, reported that recent negotiations under the African Union (AU) have yielded little progress.  The parties have been unable to agree a framework for engagement to settle outstanding issues, which include a dispute resolution mechanism as well as the management of the dam during protracted drough...

UN ready to promote win-win solution for Blue Nile dam project United Nations 09 Jul 2021, 09:21 GMT+10 The United Nations stands ready to support Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in efforts to resolve their decade-long disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), senior officials told the Security Council on Thursday. UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, reported that recent negotiations under the African Union (AU) have yielded little progress. The partie...

The well-being of about 3.2-billion people, 40% of the world’s population, has been harmed

Shaw says he has confidence Ardern can deliver on climate change - because if she doesn't, she'll literally be breaking the law.

Earth’s ecosystems are stressed, and people are suffering the consequences. Experts say that conserving what’s left of the natural world is not good enough; we must also restore it — and the clock is ticking. Last week marked the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration led by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) […]

The Climate Change Commission’s final advice on farming emissions is about the probable, rather than the possible.

The Climate Change Commission’s final advice on farming emissions is about the probable, rather than possible. David Williams reports Methane, the powerful, short-lived greenhouse gas, has experienced something of a pile-on of late. Last month, the United Nations Environment Programme, with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, showed human-caused methane emissions, including agricultural methane, could be reduced by 45 percent this decade. That...

Daily Times June 7, 2021 Restoring the ecosystem through sustainable measures will not only help protect the planet earth, but also improve the livelihood of its inhabitants, who are directly dependent on the green resources. Besides, curbing diseases and lessening the risk of natural disasters is equally important to overcome the eco-degradation issues. Having a look at various global survey reports showed that the top five global hazards, which the world is facing, are all related to the envi...