Solid waste generation to reach 3.8bn tonnes by 2050: UN - World
Without urgent action on waste management, the global annual cost may reach $640.3bn, UNEP says.
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Without urgent action on waste management, the global annual cost may reach $640.3bn, UNEP says.
According to the report, municipal solid waste generation is predicted to grow from 2.3 billion tonnes in 2023 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050.
World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Heads of State and Government, Ministers, senior UN officials, members of civil society and the private sector gathered today at the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi for the High-Level Segment of the sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.