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Unsplash / 02 Mar 2021 If anybody needed a reminder about why our planet is in trouble, UNEP’s Making Peace with Nature report gave it in detail. This report, released by the UN Secretary-General last week in the run up to UNEA-5, brought home the full scale of the planetary emergency. If we do not take action, future generations stand to inherit a hothouse planet with more carbon in the atmosphere than in 800,000 years and still rising. Future generations will live in sinking cities. From ...

# The “contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world” was discussed by delegates taking part in the Leadership Dialogues during the Fifth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5). Mr. Gaetano Leone, Coordinator of UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention Secretariat, made the following (pre-recorded) statement.   Ladies and gentlemen, In spring last year, the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan-Barcelona Convention S...

Nature and sustainable recovery the themes of UN Environment Assembly UNEA Ministry of the Environment Press release The UN Environment Assembly UNEA-5 brings together the UN Member States and representatives of the business sector and civil society organisations to a session conducted virtually on 22-23 February. The themes of the meeting are the role of nature in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and green rebuilding and sustainable recove...

NEW DELHI: India has planned to focus on emerging economic and strategic axis spreads from the East Coast of Africa to the Western Pacific Ocean - called the Seychelles-Singapore-Samoa (SSS) axis - as part of its long-term strategy to utilise oceanic resources under the country’s proposed Blue Economy policy. This in addition to another policy on the Arctic region is expected to put India at the forefront in exploring resources of strategic importance through maritime cooperation. A draft ...

Restart 2021: Rising to the challenges of the environmental agenda Photo by Jan Kronies / Unsplash / 26 Jan 2021 Statement prepared for delivery at the 153 rd meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives Ambassador Coimbra, Excellencies, colleagues I am honoured on behalf of UNEP, to address you at the first meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives in 2021. It is indeed not the start to the year we had hoped for and we still have some way to journey as we seek to end the ...

UNESCO Bangabandhu Intl Award to help spread Bangabandhus ideology globally: FM UNB 13th December, 2020 03:30:40 Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Award will help spread the ideology of Bangabandhu globally with further internationalisation of his work, life and achievements. "Bangladesh and Bangabandhu are one and unique which was reflected in the name of the award. This award will play a role in branding Ban...

UNESCO adopts proposal on Bangabandhu International Award UNB 13th December, 2020 09:35:47 The UNESCO Executive Board has unanimously adopted a proposal for the establishment of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize in the field of the creative economy. This prize will reward global initiatives of youth in the field of creative economy. The proposal was adopted at the plenary of the virtual segment of the 210th Executive Board, according to UNESCO. The decision...

UNESCO adopts proposal for Bangabandhu Int’l Award By Mir Afroz Zaman Dhaka, Dec 13 (UNI) The UNESCO Executive Board has unanimously adopted a proposal for the establishment of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize in the field of the creative economy. The prize will be awarded to global initiatives of youth in the field of creative economy. The proposal was adopted at the plenary of the virtual segment of the 210th Executive Board, according to UNESCO.