Used Cars Increase Pollution in Poor Countries: Report
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are…
Covid-19 and International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
The first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies will be observed on September 7, 2020. This first celebration…
How UN Helps Children Continue Learning Amid Covid Crisis
While schools are reopening in some corners of the world after Covid-19 pandemic-induced closures, the United Nations and its partners…
Clean Air Is a Human Right: UN Environment Programme
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 23 per cent of all deaths worldwide—a total of 12.6 million people in…
Nominations Open for the 2020 Champions of the Earth Award
Nominations for the 2020 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, opened on January 20. The award…
Cut Global Emissions By 7.6% Every Year: Emissions Gap Report
A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6 per cent each…